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THURSDAY: Oliver Twist. (1984) Alec Guinness and John Howard Davies in David Lean's adaptation of the Dickens classic make the recent "Oliver!" stick in your gulliver by comparison. With Anthony Newley as the Artful Dodger...
...twist on the usual reports of U.S. jobs leaving the country, last week Infosys Technologies, India's second largest software maker, said it has begun "aggressive hiring in America" to employ 500 people over the next three years to work for a new U.S. subsidiary, Infosys Consulting. The jobs should make American politicians smile--until they find out that these employees will be advising companies on how to improve efficiency through outsourcing and moving work to India. --By David Bjerklie
...palette that, except for Clementine's orange or blue hair, is muted, melancholy and truer to life than Hollywood's Technicolor hues. But the denouement almost veered into classic Hollywood schmaltz. As he prepared to shoot the ending, Gondry was still debating with Kaufman about whether to add a twist in which Joel would wake up as if it had all been a dream. In the end, Gondry says, they agreed it was "too gimmicky." Despite his focus on making an accessible film, Gondry "was surprised that people responded on such a personal level." Part of the magic is Kaufman...
...fact, the very week that President Bush executed a spectacular backflip with a twist, agreeing after weeks of refusal to let National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testify publicly and under oath before the 9/11 commission, the polls suggested that his strategy of painting Kerry as a waffler was working, especially in battleground states, where Kerry's 28% advantage over Bush coming out of the primaries has all but disappeared. While the race remains very tight in most polls, some showed Kerry's unfavorable ratings climbing 10 points in the weeks since he secured the nomination. In a Los Angeles Times...
...twist on the traditional African safari, why not hop a ride on an animal rather than merely watching them? Near Pilanesberg, two hours north of Johannesburg, you can take an elephant-back safari through the lightly wooded Letsatsing game reserve, home to rhino, giraffe and zebra. Guests are collected from the game-trackers' desk in the sprawling Sun City hotel and casino complex and taken to a nearby elephant wallow. An introductory lecture about the big beasts, a one-hour ride and transfers between the pickup point and the beginning of the elephant ride cost $133 per person...