
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
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- PG
- 1h 59min
- Comedy, Drama
- 28 Aug 2020 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 25 nominations.
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Fisayo Akinade | ... |
Markham
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Nikki Amuka-Bird | ... |
Mrs Steerforth
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Albie Atkinson | ... |
Mealy Potatoes
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Aneurin Barnard | ... |
Steerforth
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Tuwaine Barrett | ... |
Referee Boy
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Nigel Betts | ... |
Creditor
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Ruby Bentall | ... |
Janet
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Darren Boyd | ... |
Murdstone
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Peter Capaldi | ... |
Mr Micawber
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Gwendoline Christie | ... |
Jane Murdstone
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Morfydd Clark | ... |
Clara Copperfield / Dora Spenlow
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Daisy May Cooper | ... |
Peggotty
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Matthew Cottle | ... |
Mr Spenlow
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Faisal Dacosta | ... |
Mick Walker
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Glen Davies | ... |
Coalman
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James Eeles | ... |
Street Sweeper
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Rosalind Eleazar | ... |
Agnes
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Daniel Fearn | ... |
Pawnbroker
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Frankie Fitzgerald | ... |
Coach Driver
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Bronagh Gallagher | ... |
Mrs Micawber
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Lynn Hunter | ... |
Mrs Heep
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Ranveer Jaiswal | ... |
4-7-Year-Old David
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Aimée Kelly | ... |
Emily
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Divian Ladwa | ... |
Dr Chillip
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Hugh Laurie | ... |
Mr Dick
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Rosaleen Linehan | ... |
Mrs. Gummidge
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Oengus MacNamara | ... |
Bootmaker
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Anna Maxwell Martin | ... |
Mrs Strong
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Aston McAuley | ... |
Butcher's Boy
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Victor McGuire | ... |
Creakle
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Sophie McShera | ... |
Mrs Crupp
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Andy McSorley | ... |
Boatman
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Freddie Meredith | ... |
Grainger
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Dev Patel | ... |
David Copperfield
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Emeka Sesay | ... |
Head Clerk
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Scampi | ... |
Jip the Dog
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Phaldut Sharma | ... |
Butcher
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Peter Singh | ... |
Tungay
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Tilda Swinton | ... |
Betsey Trotwood
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Jairaj Varsani | ... |
Young David
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Anthony Welsh | ... |
Ham
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Paul Whitehouse | ... |
Daniel Peggotty
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Ben Whishaw | ... |
Uriah Heep
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Benedict Wong | ... |
Mr Wickfield
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Omar Alboukharey | ... |
Pub Goer (uncredited)
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Neilesh Ambu | ... |
Middle Class Man (uncredited)
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Antony Barlow | ... |
Micawber's Creditor (uncredited)
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Freddie Browne | ... |
Ben Micawber (uncredited)
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Leo Burdon | ... |
Arthur Micawber (uncredited)
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Rob Craine | ... |
Littimer (uncredited)
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Joanne Garnet | ... |
Martha Micawber (uncredited)
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Antoniya Gerimpapazi | ... |
Canterbury Passerby (uncredited)
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Tess Gustard | ... |
Shushing Woman (uncredited)
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Mia Hemerling | ... |
Factory Child (uncredited)
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Kelvin Hewlett | ... |
Upper Class / Passerby (uncredited)
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Zak Holland | ... |
Theatre Audience (uncredited)
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Joanne James | ... |
Milliner / Middle Class Widow Woman (uncredited)
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Robert Jarvis | ... |
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Megan Johnston | ... |
Betty Micawber (uncredited)
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Arun Kapur | ... |
Fisherman (uncredited)
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Lamissah La-Shontae | ... |
Homeless Child (uncredited)
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Kirk Lake | ... |
Teacher (uncredited)
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Wayne Llewellyn | ... |
Bailiff (uncredited)
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Michael Nettleship | ... |
Passerby (uncredited)
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Kwok Ng | ... |
Middle Class Man / Passerby (uncredited)
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Kevin Nolan | ... |
Theatre Audience Member (uncredited)
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Mark Oldridge | ... |
Army Officer (uncredited)
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Paul Redfern | ... |
Micawbers Creditor (uncredited)
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Graham j Reeves | ... |
Canterbury Stall Holder (uncredited)
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Nig Richards | ... |
Drunk (uncredited)
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Mylo Roberts | ... |
Ben Micawber (uncredited)
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Steve Saunders | ... |
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
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Sebastian Senior | ... |
Passerby (uncredited)
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Ailís Smith | ... |
Miss Larkins (uncredited)
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Todd Vanhees | ... |
Tailor (uncredited)
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Laura Vivio | ... |
Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
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Morgan Walters | ... |
Coachman (uncredited)
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Robin Webber-McAulay | ... |
Middle-Class Passerby / Beggar (uncredited)
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John West | ... |
Fisherman (uncredited)
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James Daniel Wilson | ... |
Factory Worker (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
Armando Iannucci |
Written by
Simon Blackwell | ... | (screenplay by) |
Charles Dickens | ... | (novel) |
Armando Iannucci | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Glen Basner | ... | executive producer |
Daniel Battsek | ... | executive producer |
Simon Blackwell | ... | executive producer |
Ben Browning | ... | executive producer |
Célia Duval | ... | co-producer |
Peter Fellows | ... | assistant producer |
Armando Iannucci | ... | producer |
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos | ... | executive producer |
Kevin Loader | ... | producer |
Ollie Madden | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Christopher Willis |
Cinematography by
Zac Nicholson |
Film Editing by
Mick Audsley | ||
Peter Lambert |
Editorial Department
Sophie Billington | ... | digital film bureau |
Giles Burgess | ... | first assistant editor |
Sara Buxton | ... | assistant colourist |
Jena Cheung | ... | assistant editor |
Tom Corbett | ... | head of extraction and delivery |
Zoe Cousins | ... | digital film bureau |
Ian Cunningham | ... | first assistant editor |
Karolina Dziwinska | ... | digital intermediate producer |
Rob Farris | ... | digital intermediate head of production |
Adam Glasman | ... | digital intermediate colourist |
Neil Harrison | ... | senior digital intermediate administrator |
Marnie Hollande | ... | 2nd Assistant Editor |
Lawrence Hook | ... | digital intermediate technical supervisor |
Emma Liu | ... | assistant digital intermediate producer |
John Percival | ... | assistant digital intermediate producer |
Robin Peters | ... | additional editor |
Alexander Phillips | ... | digital intermediate Assistant |
Robert Platt-Higgins | ... | post-production coordinator |
Finlay Reid | ... | assistant colourist |
Fenn Reynolds | ... | second assistant editor |
Pani Scott | ... | associate editor |
Laurent Treherne | ... | digital intermediate head of technology |
Casting By
Sarah Crowe |
Production Design by
Cristina Casali |
Art Direction by
Nick Dent | ... | supervising art director |
Todd Ellis | ... | standby art director |
Thomas Goodwin | ||
Dominique Law | ... | (as Dominique Pace) |
Polly Stevens |
Set Decoration by
Charlotte Dirickx |
Costume Design by
Suzie Harman | ||
Robert Worley |
Makeup Department
Julie Atkins | ... | makeup artist |
Laura Breslin | ... | hair junior / makeup junior |
Helen Cannon | ... | Hair and Makeup Artist |
Andrea Cracknell | ... | daily hair stylist / daily makeup artist |
Giorgio Galliero | ... | daily hair stylist / daily makeup artist |
Caroline Greenough | ... | hair supervisor / makeup supervisor |
Carly Guy | ... | hair and makeup artist daily |
Karen Hartley | ... | hair designer (as Karen Hartley-Thomas) / makeup designer (as Karen Hartley-Thomas) |
Anna Lubbock | ... | daily hair and makeup artist |
Julie Nightingale | ... | hair stylist: crowd / makeup artist: crowd |
Alison Noble | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Laura Odette Phipps | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Emma Romans | ... | make up artist daily |
Lucy Willis | ... | crowd hair / crowd makeup |
Amie Wilson | ... | hair stylist / makeup artist |
Hayley Young | ... | daily hair stylist / daily makeup artist |
Production Management
Monique Mussell | ... | production manager |
Louise Seymour | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daisy Baldry | ... | crowd second assistant director |
Jack Blackwell | ... | Floor Runner |
James Budd | ... | Crowd PA / crowd third assistant director: dailies |
Alicia Graf | ... | base pa |
Andrew Heard | ... | third assistant director |
Nikki Molloy | ... | second assistant director |
Christian Proctor | ... | key floor pa |
Nige Watson | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Bruce Barnes | ... | carpenter |
Neil Benterman | ... | props |
George Bettles | ... | carpenter |
Shalina Bhamra | ... | art department assistant |
Philippa Brocklehurst | ... | graphics assistant |
Jane Brodie | ... | graphics art director |
Paul Carter | ... | property master |
Jacqueline Crockett | ... | construction coordinator |
Sarah Downes | ... | stand-by props |
Violet Elliot | ... | assistant set dec |
Chris Evans-Wilson | ... | assistant art director |
Douglas Ingram | ... | storyboard artist |
Tobias Warwick Jones | ... | graphics assistant |
Sonia Kasparian | ... | assistant art director |
Simon Knowles | ... | carpenter |
Debbie Lowndes | ... | props |
Russell Oxley | ... | scenic artist |
Evannia Paine | ... | dressing props |
Mick Pirie | ... | buyer |
Richard Robinson | ... | dressing props |
Alice Russell | ... | graphics assistant |
Brianna Patrice Russell | ... | Art Department Intern |
Betty Sims-Hilditch | ... | assistant buyer |
Mark Spring | ... | standby rigger |
Lew Taylor | ... | petty cash buyer |
Julia Tonetti | ... | junior draughtsperson |
Pierre Tormo | ... | carpenter |
Rowena Zoro | ... | dressing props daily |
Olga-Zoe Mendrinos | ... | Art Department Intern (uncredited) |
Carl Thorpe | ... | standby props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Julian Bale | ... | second assistant sound |
Howard Bevan | ... | additional first assistant sound: dailies |
Lilly Blazewicz | ... | foley editor |
Peter Burgis | ... | foley artist |
Paul Carter | ... | re-recording mixer |
Ian Chase | ... | re-recording: foreign dialogue |
Paul Cotterell | ... | re-recording mixer |
Matt Davies | ... | dialogue editor |
Rory de Carteret | ... | adr mixer |
Chris Devlin | ... | 1st assistant sound |
Simon Diggins | ... | adr mixer |
Gibran Farrah | ... | adr mixer |
Zoe Freed | ... | foley artist |
Glen Gathard | ... | foley mixer |
Rebecca Heathcote | ... | assistant foley artist |
Ihor Kaniuk | ... | re-recording mixer |
Conor Kelly | ... | mix technician |
Maria Kelly | ... | adr recordist |
Steve Little | ... | dialogue editor |
Adam Oakley | ... | foley editor |
Kasper Pedersen | ... | adr & crowd editor |
Timothy Preston | ... | re-recording: foreign dialogue |
Jemma Riley-Tolch | ... | foley mixer |
Tristan Rose | ... | adr recordist |
Alyn Sclosa | ... | assistant sound editor |
Robbie Scott | ... | mix technician |
Jodie Stedman | ... | sound trainee |
Mike Tehrani | ... | adr mixer |
Wouter van Herwerden | ... | ADR Recordist |
Special Effects by
Graham Aikman | ... | special effects technician |
Luke Corbyn | ... | special effects technician |
Kieran McCallum | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Mark Stuart Bailey | ... | cg supervisor |
Sebastian Barker | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Thomas Castagna | ... | digital compositor |
Vikram Chadha | ... | visual effects producer |
John Hardwick | ... | digital compositor: Invisible Arts Collective |
Will Hardwick | ... | digital compositor: Invisible Arts Collective |
Ewan Laidlaw | ... | 3d intern: Automatik VFX |
Matthew Lawrence | ... | title production |
Ingo Putze | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Stephanie Jean Staunton | ... | digital compositor: Invisible Arts Collective |
Jim Steel | ... | senior digital compositor: Automatik VFX |
Patrick Tauscher | ... | digital compositor: Automatik VFX |
Craig Travis | ... | 3d artist |
Stunts
Liam Carey | ... | stunt performer |
Luke Gomes | ... | stunt double: Aneurin Barnard |
Paul Kennington | ... | stunt coordinator |
Felix Leech | ... | stunt performer |
Daz Parker | ... | stunt performer |
Steen Young | ... | additional stunt co-ordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Phillippe Aichinger | ... | video assist assistant |
Gabriel Albuquerque | ... | video playback operator |
Nathanael Bauer | ... | best boy: additional photography |
Harry Bennett-Snewin | ... | digital imaging technician |
Jordan Brooks | ... | Drone Camera Operator |
Ben Brown | ... | focus puller: "a" camera |
Luke Cairns | ... | first assistant camera: Shipwrecked unit |
Matthew Clements | ... | camera trainee: dailies |
Ashley Connell | ... | grip standby rigger |
Alex Finlayson | ... | second assistant camera: "a" camera |
Freddie FitzHerbert | ... | camera trainee |
David Katznelson | ... | additional photography |
Sam Kite | ... | rigging gaffer |
Jody Knight | ... | key grip |
Iain MacKay | ... | camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator |
James Markwick | ... | drone |
Bruno Martins | ... | electrician |
Jennie Paddon | ... | first assistant camera: b camera |
Maiya Rose | ... | Second assistant camera: dailies |
Cenay Said | ... | second assistant "b" camera |
Simon Thorpe | ... | 'b' camera grip |
Neil Tomlin | ... | libra technician dailies |
Jason Wells | ... | lighting technician |
Fran Weston | ... | first assistant camera: "b" camera, dailies |
Greg Whitbrook | ... | electrician: dailies |
Harry Wiggins | ... | lighting gaffer |
Chris Wilkinson | ... | drone pilot |
Julian Zarzoso-Lowe | ... | second assistant camera: Shipwreck Unit |
Eben Bolter | ... | additional photography (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Xanthe Spencer-Davidson | ... | casting associate |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carmen Barclay | ... | costume cutter and maker |
Barbara Brady | ... | set costumer |
Sam Brooke-Taylor | ... | key crowd costumer |
Anthony Brookman | ... | wardrobe master |
Jaime Cilia | ... | costume maker |
Carlos Fontanarrosa | ... | set costumer |
Devon Opp | ... | additional set costumer |
Laura Panayiotou | ... | tailor |
Kyle 'Buster' Reed | ... | set costumer |
Christof Roche-Gordon | ... | costume supervisor |
Hayley Clair Stewart | ... | costume: dailies |
Kim Tizard-Lee | ... | principal wardobe mistress |
Sarah Touaibi | ... | wardrobe mistress |
John Usher | ... | set costumer |
Emma Kate Wood | ... | principal costume standby |
Jane O'Donnell | ... | costumer (uncredited) |
Location Management
Marialucia Apicella | ... | location assistant |
Olivia Baldwin | ... | location marshall |
Alex Bird | ... | location marshal |
Guy Bishop | ... | location marshal |
Ed Burrell | ... | location assistant |
Carn Burton | ... | location manager: Marine Unit |
Harry F. Hartley | ... | location marshal |
Joshua Hibberd | ... | Unit Manager |
Jonny Hinsley | ... | location marshal |
Hollie Hogger | ... | location marshal |
Harriet Lawrence | ... | supervising location manager |
David Powell | ... | assistant location manager |
Philippa Sutcliffe | ... | assistant location manager |
Music Department
Sean Barrett | ... | assistant orchestrator |
Jonathan Beard | ... | orchestrator |
Jordan Cox | ... | music department |
Andrew Glen | ... | music editor |
Benjamin Hoff | ... | orchestrator |
Jake Jackson | ... | score engineer |
Roger Linley | ... | musician: double bass |
Jack Mills | ... | assistant engineer |
Satoshi Mark Noguchi | ... | score mixer |
Jill Streater | ... | head of music preparation: UK |
Jamie Thierman | ... | orchestrator |
Edward Trybek | ... | orchestrator |
Henri Wilkinson | ... | orchestrator |
Elyse Willis | ... | score reader |
Alexandra Wood | ... | soloist: violin |
Script and Continuity Department
Angelica Pressello | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
David Beminster | ... | transportation captain |
John Duggan | ... | unit driver |
Christopher Free | ... | facilities captain |
Debbie Free | ... | hair/make-up driver |
Nick Harding | ... | unit driver |
Additional Crew
Lee Admassie | ... | picture double: Anthony Welsh |
Rahul Ahuja | ... | digital marketing |
Juliet Baptiste-Kelly | ... | home economist |
Lorenzo Bertolazzi | ... | Location Assistant |
Courtney Cannon | ... | Business & Legal Affairs |
Ben Coren | ... | development and production executive: film4 |
Matt Curtis | ... | Titles and Graphics Designer |
Helen de Winter | ... | Completion Guarantor |
Corine Dhondee | ... | assistant to the director |
Bryan Ellis | ... | assistant: Glen Basner |
Dorothee Freytag | ... | production coordinator |
Matt Gregan | ... | security |
Roger Gregory | ... | Director: Strategic Planning & Finance |
Alice Groves | ... | floor runner: additional photography |
Neil Hodge | ... | chef |
Adam Hutchings | ... | 1st Assistant Accountant / production accountant: additional photography |
William Ings | ... | end title artist |
Carmen Irabien | ... | publicist |
Rajneet Jabbal | ... | assistant accountant |
Zak Jarvis | ... | set pa |
Mynda Rae Krato | ... | Business & Legal Affairs |
Emily Leach | ... | production manager: Film4 |
Lucy Licht | ... | assistant: Alison Cohen, Milan Popelka |
Mark Lobatto | ... | production assistant |
Felicity Lyme | ... | clerk |
Phoebe Mandel | ... | assistant: Stefanie Berk & Brenda Vogel |
Arran McLoughlin | ... | location marshal |
Ranjana Mitra | ... | chaperone |
Paul Murphy | ... | Financial Controller |
Milan Popelka | ... | Chief Operating Officer: FilmNation Entertainment |
Sairh Sheikh | ... | payroll accountant |
Amber Rose Smith | ... | tilda swinton: Picture Double |
Roni Stein | ... | assistant: Ben Browning & Brad Zimmerman |
Edwin Steinfeld | ... | Manager: Accounting and Finance |
Siddiqui Subhani | ... | digital marketing |
Simone Tomasi | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Dan Travers | ... | marine co-ordinator |
Sarah Turner | ... | production secretary |
Haydn Webb | ... | horsemaster |
Thanks
Alexander Yves Brunner | ... | special thanks: Sold By |
John Finnemore | ... | special thanks |
Will Smith | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2020) (United States) (theatrical)
- GEM Entertainment (2019) (Non-US) (DVD) (multi-territory)
- Film & TV House (2019) (Non-US) (multi-territory)
- Searchlight Pictures (2020) (United States) (theatrical) (through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2020) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Entertainment One (2020) (Germany) (theatrical)
- GAGA (2021) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Lionsgate UK (2020) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- PVR Pictures (2020) (India) (theatrical)
- Roadshow Films (2020) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Shaw Organisation (2020) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Spentzos Films (2020) (Greece) (theatrical)
- The Searchers (2020) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Vertigo Média Kft. (2020) (Hungary) (theatrical)
- NOS Audiovisuais (2020) (Portugal)
- Remain In Light (2020) (Belgium) (DVD)
- The Searchers (2020) (Belgium)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2021) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2021) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
- SFX GB (special effects)
- Automatik VFX (visual effects)
- Invisible Arts Collective (additional visual effects)
Other Companies
- Audiolink Radio Communications (walkie talkies)
- Copperfield (payroll accountant)
- Fatts (post-production script services)
- Fintage CAM (Collection Account Management)
- Media Meals (catering)
- Moving Picture Logistics (swing drivers supplied by)
- Moving Picture Travel (travel agent)
- Panalux (lighting equipment)
- Setkeeper (pre-production software)
- Toronto International Film Festival (festival)
- Two 10 Casting (extras casting)
- Vivid Rental (Avid HD editing equipment rental)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David's journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, color and humanity. Written by yusufpiskin |
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Taglines | From rags to riches... and back again See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $15,600,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Morfydd Clark plays two characters in the film - Clara Copperfield (David's mother) and Dora Spenlow - the protagonist's love. See more » |
Goofs | When David is on the cart going to Yarmouth, fading jet contrails are clearly visible in the sky. See more » |
Movie Connections | Referenced in Episode dated 5 September 2019 (2019). See more » |
Soundtracks | Auld Lang Syne See more » |
Crazy Credits | The 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. See more » |
Quotes |
David Copperfield:
What are you doing? Betsey Trotwood: Medicine. I'm reviving you. David Copperfield: This is salad dressing. Betsey Trotwood: Is it? Thought it was Armagnac. Don't have my spectacles on. David Copperfield: Do you have lettuce somewhere covered in ointment? See more » |