Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski says his next film will be based on Charles Dickens' classic novel "Oliver Twist." The book has been adapted for the screen by Ronald Harwood, who also wrote the screenplay for "The Pianist." "After directing 'The Pianist,' an extremely personal movie, I started to think about what I would do next," Polanski told reporters at a Sao Paulo movie theater on Monday night.

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