Indian director Abhishek Kapoor has decided to make a film of a Dickens novel. And the Dickens novel he's decided to adapt is -- all together now -- Great Expectations. Apparently directors everywhere really do believe that's the only novel that Dickens ever wrote.
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Posted by: Christy | March 07, 2013 at 11:08 PM