A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 17 wins & 32 nominations total
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- TriviaMorfydd Clark plays two characters in the film - Clara Copperfield (David's mother) and Dora Spenlow - the protagonist's love.
- GoofsIn Dickens' original novel, it is implied that Wilkins Micawber is slightly rotund, balding man. Quite the exact physical opposite of Peter Capaldi who plays him here, and much nearer to previous incarnations played by Bob Hoskins, Arthur Lowe and W.C. Fields. However as exact physical casting is not really adhered to in this film, it can be forgiven that the director also played loosely with his interpretation of this character (and asides from this, Capaldi's version of the character still portrays the blind optimism and shabby charm of Dickens character) .
- Quotes
[last lines, to his younger self]
David Copperfield: Don't worry. You'll make it through. And you'll have quite the ride on the way.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits are supposed to be listed in alphabetical order, however, Paul Whitehouse is billed above Ben Whishaw whereas they should be the other way around.
- SoundtracksAuld Lang Syne
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Disappointing Adaptation
I finally finished the novel today, after months of hiding from the trailer for this film, and I was thrilled to watch. I understand that a lot of things are going to be changed and condensed from a 900 page novel into a 2 hour movie but boy, they made nearly all of the opposite decisions I would've made on what to keep and what to throw away. Mr. Dick must've gotten 10 times the screen time as Peggotty and Mr. Peggotty who were two of my favourite characters in the novel. In the beginning, I really enjoyed the whimsical nature, however, the whimsy seems to have disappeared after the first half, leaving me to wonder why it was added at all? I loved the diversity in the cast, and what a cast it was, but wow.. just a really disappointing adaptation of a beautiful novel.
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- gilliandawe91
- Jan 20, 2021
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- Історія Девіда Копперфілда
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- Budget
- $15,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,876,298
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $475,800
- Aug 30, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $14,399,270
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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