Starring: Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Paul Whitehouse, Gwendoline Christie, Benedict Wong, Aneurin Barnard, Daisy May Cooper, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh, Rosalind Eleazar
Story:
Comedy drama directed and co-written by Armando Iannucci. The story follows David (Dev Patel), a burgeoning young writer, from orphaned infancy to adulthood as he befriends a collection of eccentric characters on a journey of love, acceptance, and self-discovery in Victorian England.
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We’ll add the best quotes once we’ve had a chance to watch the movie, but for now here’s a small selection.
Quotes:
David Copperfield: Whether I turn out to be the hero of my own story, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these moments must show.
David Copperfield: [voice over] This narrative is far more than mere fiction. It is the true story of the life I was about to lead.
David Copperfield: [voice over] But this narrative is far more than mere fiction. It is in fact, written memory.
David Copperfield: [voice over] My boyhood days seem now like a scarcely believable fiction.
David Copperfield: [voice over] I can easily recall people of strong character and weave their memory into my life’s journey.
Mr. Micawber: Are you David Copperfield?
Young David Copperfield: I am indeed.
Mr. Micawber: [to young David] London is full of wonders and wickedness. And it’s ours, David to go wherever we choose.
[young David starts walking ahead]
Mr. Micawber: Oh, no, not down there. Creditors make that road impassible. Two tailors, and a most unreasonable muffin man.
Creakle: Your mama is ill.
David Copperfield: How ill is she?
Creakle: Very ill.
Tungay: Very ill.
David Copperfield: Very ill?
Tungay: Very ill.
Creakle: Dangerously ill.
Tungay: She’s dead.
[pause]
Edward Murdstone: We’re very sorry.
Mr. Wickfield: Is it too early for sherry?
Betsey Trotwood, Agnes: A little early.
Mr. Wickfield: This calls for a celebration.
Betsey Trotwood: Hooray!
Mr. Dick: [to David] This is a remarkable day!
David Copperfield: [to Betsey] I’m David Copperfield. I’m your nephew! You’re the only family I have.
[referring to David]
Betsey Trotwood: What do we do with him?
Mr. Dick: If I were you, I’d wash him.
[as Betsey tries to make David conscious]
David Copperfield: What are you doing?
[referring to the bottle in her hand]
Betsey Trotwood: Medicine. Reviving you.
David Copperfield: It’s a salad dressing.
Betsey Trotwood: Is it?
[seeing a donkey in her garden]
Betsey Trotwood: Oh, donkey!
[to the woman on the donkey in her garden]
Betsey Trotwood: This is a donkey free zone!
[she shoves the woman off the donkey; as David and Dick watch from the house]
Mr. Dick: Remarkable woman. Very kind.
Betsey Trotwood: We’re ruined.
Mr. Dick: Like a castle.
David Copperfield: How can we be ruined?
Mr. Dick: Like a big castle.
Peggotty: [to David] You had nothing. Then you had something. And now you got nothing again. So it stands to right you’ll have something again.
Dora Spenlow: You were staring. Is there something wrong with me?
David Copperfield: No. I apologize for my rudeness.
[holds up her dog and makes out her dog is replying]
Dora Spenlow: Think nothing of it, sir.
David Copperfield: Speaks very well.
Dora Spenlow: It was actually me.
[referring to David; to his mother]
Uriah Heep: We could keep him as a little pet.
[Mrs. Heep laughs]
Uriah Heep: It was a joke. I’m sorry. I’ve been attempting to learn gentleman’s humor from a book.
Uriah Heep: [to David] Did you hear that?
David Copperfield: I’m a huge maniac!
Mr. Dick: What an adventure we have had.
Betsey Trotwood: You know what I want?!
Uriah Heep: A straightjacket?! A husband?!
[Betsey punches him, Uriah punches her, Betsey punches back, as Uriah goes to punch her, David punches him]
Mr. Wickfield: Feels like a party.
David Copperfield: And you have quite a ride on the way.
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