Dan Radcliffe in David Copperfield Video

[Saundra]

Steve,

Daniel plays the son of Geoffry Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis in "The Tailor
of Panama. From what I saw (It's not my kind of movie) Daniel had very
little to do.

Saundra


--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
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> --- "Saundra" saundradj@ wrote:
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> > --- "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
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> > > Stumbling around the Internet I came across Dan
> > > Radcliffe in his very first role in the BBC special
> > > 'David Copperfield'. ..., here is a little over 5
> > > minutes from the movie.
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcCCm8LyUVY&NR
> > >
> > > Steve/bboyminn
> > >
> > Steve
> >
> > I own that DVD. I thought Daniel was very good in it as
> > he was in nearly every scene in part one. I thought he
> > displayed range of emotion very well for someone so
> > young and played nicely off his elite co-stars. And of
> > course in the way most children are, Daniel is
> > thoroughly adorable.
> >
> > Saundra
>
> bboyminn:
>
> There is a scene in the movie where David(Dan), his mother
> and his 'evil' stepfather are at the dinner table, and the
> step-father yells at David(Dan). I swear the way David(Dan)
> jump when his father yelled was so convincing, and after
> David(Dan) truly looked close to tears. The fact that the
> scene so realistically scared Dan, actually scared me when
> I watched it.
>
> In another scene when David is working in a factory putting
> labels on Jars, he is befriended by an older man, an older
> man that I believe eventually ends up in Debtors Prison. In
> another scene David/Dan and the older man are walking
> together and David/Dan reaches up and holds his hand as they
> walk. I suspect it was just a reflex reaction on Dan's part
> but I found it very touching. Also, when David/Dan visits
> the man in prison, he brings him an apples. I'm sure the
> directors thought of that, but in reality I don't see apples
> as being very cheap for a poor boy away from home, so it was
> truly a magnanimous gesture, and to a man who is surviving on
> prison swill I'm sure it was greatly appreciated.
>
> Just curious has anyone seen 'The Tailor of Panama'? Dan
> plays Pierce Brosnan's son. I haven't seen the movie but
> from what I can gather, all he has to do is eat pancakes in
> the movie.
>
> Just a few more thoughts.
>
> Steve/bboyminn
>