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By Shelley Mika
Staff writer
Remember those telephone com
mercials that jerked tears out of
romantics all across the country? You
know the ones, daughter calls Mom
from college, tells her she loves her
and misses her, tear falls from Mom’s
eye and, much to your surprise, your
eyes, too.
“The Cider House Rules” is much
like those commercials. A whole lot
of wrenching emotional scenes - and
for what? To be sold long distance?
No, to be sold a typical ending.
“The Cider House Rules” follows
Homer (Tobey Maguire) from the
orphanage where he has spent his
youth out into the real world.
Though Homer’s mentor,
guardian and doctor of the orphanage
(Michael Caine), has taught Homer
his trade as an obstetrician, Homer
feels he must explore the world.
The story is set in 1943, yet a few
surprising themes, such as abortion
and incest, run in and out of the plot.
But perhaps the most surprising
thing about “The Cider House Rules”
is that it’s a well-put-together film,
yet it somehow disappoints at the
end.
Most notably, the performances
are the film’s top selling point. It’s
possible that no other actor could
have been better chosen than
Maguire.
As the young, naive and yet wise
for-his-age Homer, he brings to the
role the perfect amount of wide-eyed
awe mixed with concentrated profun
dity.
Equally as good are the younger
orphans in the film. Many times it’s
hard to find one child actor in a film
who isn’t chosen simply for chubby
cheeks or a winning smile; here there
is a whole group. The children give
incredible performances rarely
matched by stars of the same age.
And on top of it all, singer Erykah
Badu is successful in her big-screen
debut, bringing emotional depth to a
supporting character role.
In fact, all of the characters are
well-developed and acted, although
some stand out more than others.
“The Cider House Rules” wins
again in its masterful balance of
drama, humor and wisdom. Though
not a fast-paced film by any means, it
keeps a well-maintained rhythm from
beginning to end.
Perhaps the credit for this goes to
John Irving, who wrote both the
novel and the screenplay. Or perhaps
director Lasse Hallstrom has a natur
1 The Cider House
C, Rules
: f TYPE: Film
DIRECTOR:
Lasse Hallstrom
STARRING:
Tobey Maguire, Michael
Caine, Charlize Theron
and Erykah Badu
RATED: PG-13
V I GRADE: B
FIVE WORDS:
sgiiil Good film ruined by end
al feel for pacing. Either way, the film
moves along with several tear-inspir
ing moments without any hokey sen
timentality.
With all of these great qualities
it’s hard to understand why “The
Cider House Rules” ends.up being
only slightly above average. For the
most part, the end, although suitable,
is completely unsurprising.
After the relatively unpredictable
lature of the rest of the film, one feels
oretty let down.
Homer’s journey is a round trip
without any real emotional souvenirs
o show in the end.
Merger may ease music downloading
■ Major record compa
nies wait for secure means
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NEW YORK (AP) - The merger of
America Online Inc. and Time Warner
I Inc. could turn out to be a hit with those
who want their music served hot off the
Internet.
Most music now available for
downloading is either by relatively
unknown artists or is bootlegged in vio
lation of copyrights, but the merger
could help change all that - hastening
the day when customers of the compa
ny can snatch popular albums directly
off the Web instead of buying $ 16 CDs.
“One of the main barriers to con
sumers adopting online music has been
the low volume of major-label music
that’s available on a legitimate basis,”
said Aram Sinnreich, an analyst with
the Internet research firm Jupiter
Communications Inc., on Wednesday.
“AOL Time Warner has the power
to change that.”
How? Time Warner owns one of the
largest music businesses, with rights to
top artists like Alanis Morissette,
Madonna, Phil Collins and R.E.M. as
well as a cable-TV network ideal for
high-speed transmission of music.
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AOL, for its part, has a ready online
audience of 22 million users and a cov
eted team of software developers.
By owning all the pieces to supply
ing online music on a broad scale, AOL
Time Warner gains a ready edge over
other companies that need to forge
partnerships.
The promise of online music is
compelling: Sales of downloaded
online music are expected to grow from
a minuscule $ 1 million last year to $ 1.1
billion by 2004, according to Forrester
Research, making up about 6 percent of
all music sales. That means fewer CDs
sold at stores, as everyday Americans
download songs to portable digital
players.
Despite the potential, the recording
industry thus far has refused to release
its songs over the Internet until a secure
method is widely adopted for making
sure they get paid royalties for songs.
Time Warner chief executive
Gerald Levin, at a news conference
Monday, named online music as a top
priority. While Time Warner also is a
big film producer, movies are more dif
ficult to distribute online, because -
even with high-speed Internet hookups
- they can take hours to download and
video can appear jerky and inconsis
tent. As a result widespread download
ing of films is probably years awav.
While executives at America
Online and Time Warner were vague
about plans, speculation is rife.
The combined company, analysts
say, may initially step up promotion of
Time Warner’s music to AOL’s online
users through ads as well as through
links to Web sites where people can buy
CDs through the mail.
In a second stage, Time Warner
could transmit its music across existing
slow-speed Internet connections to
AOL users who pay an extra fee above
its $21.95 monthly subscription fee.
As Time Warner’s cable-TV lines
are upgraded for Internet use, the
merged company could zap songs
across these high-speed lines, resulting
in better song quality and faster down
load times than across telephone lines.
America Online also plans to boost
its existing online music efforts.
For instance, it already owns
Spinner.com, one of the biggest sites
for letting users listen to songs on their
computer. This site uses “streaming”
technology that allows people pay just
pennies for each song they hear. While
major artists are available, streaming
doesn’t let users record and keep the
music on portable digital players.
AOL’s site would be an ideal place
for Time Warner to promote its trove of
music, analysts said.
Combs indicted
on gun charges
NEW YORK (AP) - Grammy-win
ning rap mogul Sean “Puffy” Combs
was indicted Thursday on charges that
he had two stolen guns in his sport util
ity vehicle as he fled a nightclub shoot
ing.
One gun was found by police in the
vehicle, and the other was thrown out of
the vehicle, prosecutors said.
Two of Combs’ associates were
also named in the indictment: his rap
ping protege Jamal n‘‘Shyne}?!8»TOW5Mi
aftempjggsgiurder charges and body
PrafjFffHKoriy Jones on a weapons
charge.
Combs, 30, could get up to 15 years
in prison if convicted.
“The decision to indict me is
wrong,” Combs said in a statement.
“I’m innocent, and we will prove it. I
am putting my faith in God, and I know
my name will be cleared.”
Three people were wounded in the
shooting inside the crowded Club NY
3nDec. 27,1999.
Combs and girlfriend Jennifer
Lopez were arrested after they drove
iway from the scene.