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ClinkerGynoid
Since: Dec, 2010
14th Dec, 2011 08:18:43 AM
Boardwalk Empire had a recent episode where that happened. Someone was reading the book out loud.
The way the world is, I think a silly evening in the theatre is a good thing, to take our minds off terror. -Tim Curry
FerdinandtheBull
Since: Aug, 2010
14th Dec, 2011 07:11:40 PM
That's probably it, thanks. I must have overheard it while my dad was watching it.
Either a movie or a TV show, live-action, that quotes the opening line of David Copperfield ("Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life..."). I think it's a male character speaking in voiceover. It's not Fahrenheit 451 or The Cider House Rules, which were what kept coming up when I Googled it. This may be something very recent or famous or otherwise obvious, I just can't remember, and "stuff that quotes David Copperfield" is sort of a hard thing to search for.