| David Copperfield | |
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| Directed by | Delbert Mann |
| Written by | Jack Pulman |
| Based on | David Copperfield 1850 novel byCharles Dickens |
| Produced by | Frederick H. Brogger |
| Starring | Robin Phillips Ralph Richardson Ron Moody Laurence Olivier |
| Cinematography | Ken Hodges |
| Edited by | Peter Boita |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
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Running time | 118 minutes 120 minutes (US) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
David Copperfield is a 1969 British film directed byDelbert Mann based on the 1850novel of the same name byCharles Dickens, adapted byJack Pulman. The film was released in the UK in 1970. It starsRobin Phillips in the title role andRalph Richardson as Micawber, and features well-known actorsRichard Attenborough,Laurence Olivier,Susan Hampshire,Cyril Cusack,Wendy Hiller,Edith Evans,Michael Redgrave andRon Moody.
Charles Dickens's story of a young man's journey to maturity. This version finds David Copperfield as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach. In flashback, David remembers his life in 19th century Britain, as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school. He relives his struggle to overcome the loss of his idyllic childhood and the torment inflicted by his hated stepfather after his mother's death. Then virtually abandoned on the streets of Victorian London, David Copperfield is flung into manhood and contends bravely with the perils of big-city corruption and vice; hardships which ultimately fuel his triumph as a talented and successful writer.
It was made in the UK for20th Century Fox Television with some exteriors filmed inSuffolk,[1] and interior scenes filmed at The Swan Hotel inSouthwold.
The music score was the last Malcolm Arnold wrote for a film.
The film was made to be shown on television in the United States, but was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
The film had its premiere at theCarlton Haymarket in London on 2 January 1970. It opened at Studio One and on theRank Organisation's circuit in North London on 4 January 1970.[2]
The film is available on a variety of budget label DVDs, but all of them are very poor-quality transfers.
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