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David Copperfield ()

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  • Unrated
  • 1h 33min
  • Drama
  • TV Mini Series
Season: 1 Year: 1999
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary

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  Young David (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Murdstone (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Peggotty (2 episodes, 1999)
Laura Harling ...
  Little Emily (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Miss Murdstone (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Barkis (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Betsey Trotwood (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Lady in coach (2 episodes, 1999)
James Thornton ...
  Ham Peggotty (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Dan Peggotty (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Tungay (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Creakle (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Mrs. Gummidge (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Young Steerforth (2 episodes, 1999)
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  David Copperfield (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Uriah Heep (2 episodes, 1999)
Steve Swinscoe ...
  Quinion (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Mrs. Crupp (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Agnes Wickfield (2 episodes, 1999)
Thomas Maher ...
  Mick (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Mr. Spenlow (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Micawber (2 episodes, 1999)
Clare Wilkie ...
  Julia Mills (2 episodes, 1999)
Peter Sproule ...
  Bootmaker (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Mrs. Micawber (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Pawnbroker (2 episodes, 1999)
Brian Abbott ...
  Constable (2 episodes, 1999)
Jake Nightingale ...
  Tinker (2 episodes, 1999)
Emily McKenzie ...
  Janet (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Mr. Dick (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Mr. Wickfield (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Young Agnes (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Dora Spenlow (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Narrator (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Clara Copperfield (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Dr. Chillip (2 episodes, 1999)
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  Steerforth (1 episode, 1999)
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  Steerforth's Friend (1 episode, 1999)
Colin Farrell ...
  Milkman (1 episode, 1999)
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  Mrs. Steerforth (1 episode, 1999)
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  Rosa Dartle (1 episode, 1999)
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  Littimer (1 episode, 1999)
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  Emily (1 episode, 1999)
Thelma Barlow ...
  Mrs. Heep (1 episode, 1999)
Richard Howard ...
  Doctor (1 episode, 1999)
Chris Sugden ...
  Fisherman (1 episode, 1999)
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  Officer (1 episode, 1999)
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  Dancer (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
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  David's Employer (uncredited) (unknown episodes)
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  Young Clara (uncredited) (unknown episodes)

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Plot Summary

David Copperfield (Daniel Radcliffe) lives a nearly-idyllic existence with his beautiful mother Clara (Emilia Fox) and their housekeeper Peggotty (Pauline Quirke). His life changes forever when his mother re-marries. Mr. Murdstone (Trevor Eve) is a no-nonsense businessman and a strict disciplinarian who believes in corporal punishment. David is soon sent to a strict boarding school, but when his mother dies, his stepfather sends him to London to work in a foul-smelling factory. He forms a close friendship with Mr. Micawber (Bob Hoskins) and moves in with the man and his loving family, but as the Micawbers are forced by circumstance to relocate, he seeks out his aunt Betsey Trotwood (Dame Maggie Smith). She sends him to fine school and he lodges with Mr. Wickfield (Oliver Ford Davies) and his daughter Agnes (Antonia Corrigan). As he grows, older David (Ciarán McMenamin) is apprenticed to a law firm where he meets the senior partner's daughter Dora (Joanna Page). Life's challenges continue to confront him but with help from friends and family, he overcomes adversity including his wife's death and his aunt's loss of savings. Eventually he has the satisfaction of seeing the conniving Uriah Heep (Nicholas Lyndhurst) sent to a penal colony. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines One boy against the world. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Copperfield Dávid (Hungary)
  • Дейвид Копърфийлд (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • 데이빗 코퍼필드 (South Korea)
  • デビッド・コパーフィールド (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Дэвид Копперфилд (Russia)
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  • 93 min
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Budget GBP4,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Daniel Radcliffe's first filmed project. In his first role, he co-starred with six of his future co-stars of the Harry Potter film franchise: Dame Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall), Zoë Wanamaker (Madame Hooch), Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge), Dawn French (The Fat Lady in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)) and Paul Whitehouse (Sir Cadogan in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (scenes deleted)). See more »
Goofs The younger Davy is right-handed; the elder Davy is left-handed. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in David Copperfield: Part 2 (2000). See more »
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Quotes Murdstone: This boy, you should know, Miss Trotwood, has a sullen, rebellious spirit, a violent temper and an intractable disposition.
Miss Murdstone: Of all the boys in the world, this is the worst boy.
Betsey Trotwood: Strong, Miss Murdstone.
Miss Murdstone: But not at all too strong for the situation.
Betsey Trotwood: Indeed? Well, sir?
Murdstone: I placed this boy in a respectable business. He ran away from it. The facts, I propose, speak for themselves.
Betsey Trotwood: About this respectable business, a blacking factory, I believe. If he had been your own boy, you would have put him to it just the same, I suppose.
Murdstone: I had my own opinion. This is the best way of bringing up this particular boy. I act on them and I say no more about them.
Betsey Trotwood: I see. What else do you have to say?
Murdstone: Merely this: I have come to take my stepson back. I will deal with him as I think right and dispose of him as I think proper. If you seek to impede me in any way, if you step between us now, you do so forever.
Betsey Trotwood: What does the boy say? Are you ready to go, David?
Young David Copperfield: Please don't make me leave you, Aunt. They made my Mama very unhappy and they never cared for me. I want to stay here with you and Mr. Dick.
Betsey Trotwood: Mr. Dick, what shall I do with this child?
Mr. Dick: I'd have him measured for a suit of clothes directly.
Betsey Trotwood: Mr. Dick, give me your hand.
[She shakes his hand]
Betsey Trotwood: For your common sense is invaluable.
[Takes David in her arms]
Betsey Trotwood: I'll take my chance with the boy. If he is all you say he is, I can at least do as much for him as you have done. But I don't believe a word of it!
Murdstone: [Standing up angrily] Miss Trotwood, if you were a gentleman...
Betsey Trotwood: BAH! Stuff and nonsense! Don't talk to me!
Miss Murdstone: How exquisitely polite. Overpowering, really.
Betsey Trotwood: [to Murdstone, ignoring Jane] You think I don't know what kind of life you've led this child's mother? It was a woeful day when you first appeared, smirking, making great eyes at her, so you wouldn't say "Boo!" to a ghost!
Miss Murdstone: I've never heard anything to elegant.
Betsey Trotwood: [Still ignoring Jane] And when you'd made quite sure of the poor little thing, you began to train her and break her. Like a caged bird, wearing her life away and teaching her to sing your notes.
Miss Murdstone: 'Tis either insanity or intoxication.
Betsey Trotwood: [Still ignoring Jane] You broke her heart, then punished the boy, because of your own guilt! There's the truth for your comfort, and you and your instrument may make the most of it!
Miss Murdstone: May I inquire whom you are referring to as an instrument?
Betsey Trotwood: Good day, sir! And Goodbye!
[Murdstone leaves without a word]
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