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8 e ^tlACKAMASP^flf January 26, 2005 Arts fiyEntertainmei ‘In Good Company’ deserves a rais Jeff Sorensen The Clackamas Print In spite of the creative drought that is Hollywood, a tiny hint of its own golden age of entertain ment sometimes peeks through, and most recently in the form of the film, “In Good Company.” The film, written, directed, and produced by Paul Weitz (“American Pie,” “About A Boy”) is a brutally, albeit ironi cally honest look at the life of two very different men, and how being forced unwillingly into each other’s lives becomes one of the best things to ever happen to either of them. One lead male role, played by seasoned actor Dennis Quaid (who upon seeing this movie I finally forgave for “Day After Tomorrow”), is a 51-year-old ad salesman for a major sports magazine that has 30-plus years of experience under his belt. In probably his best acting perfor mance to date, Quaid alone man aged to somehow make parting with $8 much less painful. Opposite Quaid is relative new-comer Topher Grace (“That 70s Show”), who plays a sur prisingly well-portrayed failing cell phone salesman who, thanks to a company merger, becomes Quaid’s new, divorced 26-year- old boss. Heading up the supporting cast is 20-year-old Scarlett Johansson, who, as talented as she is beauti ful and with a mile long credit list (“The Horse Wisperer,” “Lost In Translation”), plays Quaid’s daughter and Grace’s love interest. Many young female actors of Hollywood could have played a simi lar role, . but the endearing sincer ity that Johansson brought to her char acter showed a talent she possesses that can’t be matched by any of the “teenie boppers” that have defaced modem Hollywood. The story itself, while very well written, is difficult to explain because so much of it is circumstantial, but it’s also brilliantly woven with clean, honest, and witty humor that rarely makes it outside of a CEO’s boardroom Infs for lack of sexual Quaid meets Grace, his new boss and his daughter’s new boyfriend, in “In Good Company, content. None movie about two men who are unwillingly drawn together in their personal and business I of this, however, seems to affect how z timely and topical this movie is, top were the incredibly inventive old days, every shot made sense, screen. The 40s and 50s sa as it touches on so many of the camera shots and the subtle use and every shot was brilliant. of the film industry’s be realities of a family man who of CGI to create arguably some A big “well done” to Weitz ucts, and anyone who mi spends day-in and day-out at the of the best filming ever produced. for this movie, as it is so remi true experience of a nigh Without divulging too much, it’s niscent of when real talent like movies will finally enjoj office. Beside all the fundamental as though shooting video photog James Cagney, Elizabeth Taylor, that shows an otherwise “great film” attributes present, raphy had been briefly revived as Humphrey Bogart, and Frank pathetic Hollywood wha what really put the movie over the the art that it once was. Like the Sinatra commanded the silver “A-List” is really all aboi Keep on rocking in the free world If you’ll excuse me, I have 40 more hours of in-your face to listen to... Joel Gaynor Über Nerd There are certain things in life that are accepted universally as true: politicianfcwill lie; every one—with the exception of Keith Richards—will someday die; Keanu Reeves cannot act; and nothing is free||||g Au contraire® Fellow poonlteic-loving col lege students, I bring you a revo lution. I bring you free iPods. Go ahead and scoff. You’ll probably want to get that out of your system good and early. As soon as you’re finished, grab a pen and paper, and take down some notes. The next time you’re J at a computer, open” J up your favorite ÿà browser and navi- gate to FreeiPods. com. Once there, you will be asked to choose between a 20GB iPod, a 4GB iPod Mini (any of five different colors), or a $250 gift certificate to the iTunes online music store. Trri 5°mething, New! CCC will be offering a ring-casting class. Check the Winter schedule for Art 008-03 or call ext. 2386 for information about the date, location and time. 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''Then what’s the catch? There effect, a classic pyramid scheme. really is<t SunHwou’ll need a You’ve completed your end of the credit card to safem for nearly bargain, but to get a freebie, you any of the available offers, and have testier five other people make no mistake: companies will sign up and also complete magically acquire your contact offers. Once that’s information. Then again, if you’re done, you truly worried about your privacy, a you aren’t using the internet any way. I also wouldn’t suggest , using your primary e-mail address, as your daily spam ® Afc count will rise significantly. So you sift through a bit more junk when you check your inbox. So you answer an extra unwanted call or two. If it starts to get to you, just turn up your iPod; it doesn’t seem so bad after all. 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