Saw Cukor's David Copperfield the other day on TCM. Gosh, it was good. Sweetie fell asleep so I had great fun retelling the rest of the movie to her the next day. Made me love Dickens all the more. I love the Micawber character the most, a genial spendthrift, who is awful w/ money, always waiting for "that something special to happen any time now."
Cukor was so good, you know? & I totally understand and agree with David Thomson's assertion that this film showed everyone that you could tackle 800 pg novels in 135 minutes. & also the script paved the way for all the luscious BBC/English 'Masterpiece Theater' type adaptations that Sweetie & I love (& millions of others, too.)
The link is fairly funny. I THINK it is in Spanish.
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