David Copperfield

1970 Drama

This lackluster 1970 version of Charles Dickens' classic novel, David Copperfield (made as a film twice before) turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield (Robin Phillips) as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters are all trotted out in choppy flashbacks as David remembers his life as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school.

Director: Delbert Mann

Starring: Robin Phillips, Susan Hampshire, Edith Evans,Laurence Olivier

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Awards

  • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television

    Directors Guild of America (1971)

     
  • Outstanding Dramatic Program

    Primetime Emmy Awards (1970)