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Polanski brings a darker twist to 'Oliver'.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)

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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20050923
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Byline: Peter Rainer Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

When it was first reported that Roman Polanski would be following his Oscar-winning "The Pianist" with an adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist," a collective groan went up among the cognoscenti. Why produce yet another version of this old warhorse, which has already been adapted more than 20 times for film and television? Besides, with his mammothly coincidental plots and two-ton sentimentality, isn't Dickens hopelessly out of fashion - especially for a twisted cynic like Polanski?

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