'Dr. Livingstone, I presume' - As Stanley, Aidan Quinn stumbles through the jungle in 'Forbidden Territory'.

The Boston Herald | December 4, 1997| | Copyright

"Dr. Livingstone, I presume."

It's one of the most famous sentences ever uttered. The explorer-journalist Sir Henry Stanley spoke it to the missionary David Livingstone, whom he braved many dangers to rescue in central Africa in 1871.

"It's an absurd line," said Aidan Quinn, who plays Stanley in a new TV movie chronicling the epochal stumble through the jungle.

"What other white man could it be in the middle of Africa? Actually, 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume' substituted for the embrace Stanley was afraid to offer."

The movie, "Forbidden ...

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