David Copperfield
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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Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television
Directors Guild of America (1971)
Outstanding Dramatic Program
Primetime Emmy Awards (1970)
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