David Copperfield

David Copperfield

DVD Rating: **

Reviewed by: Angus Wolfe Murray

Read Angus Wolfe Murray's film review of David Copperfield

The colour and clarity of the print is perfect. Also, the sound and music are sublime.

The only decent extra is The Making Of... which is a conventionally made half hour documentary on Dickens's early life, his feelings for his first novel and how autobiographical it is. Academics are interviewed on the subject, which is easy to understand and interesting. Mixed in with the educational stuff are scenes from the film, or rather actors hanging about in the cold, waiting to do their bit, often talking to camera in an informal, chatty way. The producer and director are there, too, discussing the adaptation. It's never boring.

Copy picture

Rob Lane's music is Rob Lane's music and the Trailers are an excuse to advertise the other, longer treats from the BBC's recent classic series, now on DVD.

Reviewed on: 30 Aug 2001
Share this with others on...
David Copperfield packshot
Faithful adaptation of Dickens' novel about a boy growing up through troubled times.
Amazon link

Product Code: BBCDVD1075

Region: 0

Ratio: 16:9

Sound: Dolby Digital

Extras: Scene Selection, Special Feature: The Making Of David Copperfield, The Music of Rob Lane, Trailers of other BBC productions


Search database:



DJDT

Versions

Time

Settings from settings.local

Headers

Request

SQL queries from 1 connection

Templates (8 rendered)

Cache calls from 2 backends

Signals