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Fox Searchlight Sets May 8, 2020 for Hilarious, Perfect 2021 Oscar Nominee, “Personal History of David Copperfield”

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I am happy to report this news: Fox Searchlight has chosen May 8, 2020 for the release of “The Personal History of David Copperfield.” At last!

I’ve been raving about Armando Iannucci’s Pythonesque take on Charles Dickens since I saw it in Toronto. “Copperfield” opened the London Film Festival and is up for awards already over there. When it hits America, the Oscar drum will start to sound for Iannucci, as well as star Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, and everyone else including Ben Whishaw as Uriah Heep. He’s a Heep of fun!

Iannucci’s movies include “In the Loop,” and “The Death of Stalin.” Plus he created “Veep” for HBO. But the tone here is very different. The movie aims for a wider following. It’s a total winner.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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