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‘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
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lution. I bring you free iPods.
Go ahead and scoff. You’ll
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your system good and early.
As soon as you’re finished,
grab a pen and paper, and
take down some notes.
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The economics behind the
to the task at hand.
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Inside FreeiPods.com there is FreeiPods.com, receives an aver
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AOL tb a month of Blockbuster, to earn a $300 iPod, and the num
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of convincing other people to making money.
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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
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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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