David Copperfield

David Copperfield is a 1993 Canadian traditionally animated film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 1850 novel of the same name. Produced for NBC, the film is directed by Don Arioli and features the voices of Sheena Easton, Julian Lennon, Howie Mandel, Andrea Martin, Kelly Le Brock, Michael York and Joseph Marcell. Loosely based on Dickens' original plot, the human characters are replaced with anthropomorphic animals. It omits several major characters (such as Mr Creakle, Dora Spenlow and Uriah Heep) and adds fantastical elements, such as the "moldies" and the "cheese monster". Plot The film starts with a female cat named Betsey Trotwood impatiently making her way through the Christmas festive streets of Blunderstone to see her niece, Clara. As she passes, the film's main villains, a leonine named Edward Murdstone and a fat rodent named Grimby are seeking new "workers" — i.e. abducting orphans and urchins off the streets. At the Copperfield estate, David is brought into the world and named after his late father. Betsey arrives with the belief that her niece gave birth to a daughter. When she finds out that her great-niece is actually a great-nephew, Betsey is furious and leaves in a huff.