one only have to read the cast list and credit to salivate in anticipation of this david copperfield and but and ala and ala . how so much major act and directorial talent could have turn one of literature rich tale into such a monumental bore and be totally beyond me . it pretty to look at with lovely photography and particularly the yarmouth sequence and but and just plain dull . no need to go on . skip it and check out the selznick or the marvelous bbc mini series from the 1980 .