Armando Iannucci Adds ‘Personal’ Touches to Make Dickens ‘More Joyous’

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When an individual is cast against type, the results are always interesting. Armando Iannucci has made a reputation as a writer and director of cutting-edge contemporary comedies, from BBC’s “I’m A…

So he may seem an unlikely match for Charles Dickens, but Searchlight’s “The Personal History of David Copperfield” turns out to be a perfect vehicle for him.

Notable Dickens film adaptations include MGM’s 1935 George Cukor-directed “David Copperfield”; David Lean’s versions of “Great Expectations” and “Oliver Twist” ; plus the Carol Reed-helmed film of Lionel Bart’s musical “Oliver!” . “I wanted to make it bright and colorful and alive, and to engage viewers by saying ‘This book may be 150 years old, but it still talks to you.’ When David is asked to read, he says he can’t: They didn’t have a word for dyslexia, but that’s what he’s talking about.”

 

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