Roman Polanski
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Roman Polanski freed on $4.5 million bail...offer safe haven to, or defend his conduct." Polanski has dual French and Polish citizenship and his arrest caused an outcry in France, with government ministers initially rushing to his defence. Dozens of leading Hollywood names signed a... In this article: Roman Polanski, Interpol, US, The Ghost, Rosemary's Baby, Emma Thompson, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and The Pianist |
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CNN | 2 days ago
Swiss won't fight Polanski bail ruling
...now 45 and a married mother of three, called in January for the case to be tossed out. Polanski's arrest has divided public opinion, even in Hollywood. Some high-profile filmmakers, such as Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Pedro Almodovar,...
In this article: Paul Petersen, Oscar, United States, Switzerland, Kirstie Alley, E mail, and Screen Actors Guild
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Yahoo! News | October 20, 2009
Swiss court rejects Polanski bail bid (AFP)
...rule on as well. Polanski's arrest had sparked an uproar in the cinema world, with top US film-makers including Woody Allen, David Lynch and Martin Scorsese among the first to sign a petition for his release. On Thursday, French...
In this article: United States, Switzerland, Oscar, Agence France Presse, Zurich, and All rights reserved
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Gawker | 3 days ago
Polanski is Free! (Kind of) [Breaking]
...any extradition proceedings. But it will probably make Polanski supporters, who argue that he not should be punished for drugging and anally raping a child because he's won an Oscar since and had a tough life. A couple of petitions against...
In this article: Oscar, Harvey Weinstein, Milan Kundera, Robert Harris, Monica Bellucci, Tilda Swinton, Salman Rushdie, and Woody Allen
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Detroit Free Press | October 15, 2009
LETTERS: Taxing pension income would hurt buyout takers
...Roman Polanski. Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar and Martin Scorsese have "demanded the immediate release" of fellow filmmaker Polanski, who was arrested in Switzerland on a U.S. arrest warrant related to a 1977 child-sex charge. What are these...
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E! Online | September 29, 2009
Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese: Free Roman Polanski!
Tony Barson/Getty Images; Chris Weeks/Getty Images; Mike Marsland/Getty Images Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen want Roman Polanski back on the streets. Jewel, not so much... The two Oscar winners, along with Pedro Almodovar, John...
In this article: Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Oscar, Twitter, Rosemary's Baby, Wong Kar-wai, Pedro Almodovar, and Wim Wenders
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L.A. Times - L.A. Now | November 08, 2009
Emma Thompson removes her name from petition in support of Polanski
...focus, but we have NO idea what that might have been from this "article." Polanski is a rapist. he gave a 13 year old drugs and alcohol--no one is denying that. Thompson, Allen and the rest of the rapist apologists are an embarrassment to...
In this article: Emma Thompson, Exeter University, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, England, and United States
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Roman Raymond Polanski (Roman Rajmund Polański; born 18 August 1933) is a French-born and resident Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Polanski began his career in Poland, and later became a critically acclaimed director of both art house and commercial films. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, and in 2002 received the Academy Award for Best Director for his film, The Pianist. He has also been the recipient of two Baftas, four Césars, a Golden Globe and the Palme d'Or. He left the People's Republic of Poland in 1961 to live in France for several years, then moved to Britain, where he collaborated with Gérard Brach on three films, beginning with Repulsion (1965). In 1968 he moved to the United States, immediately cementing his burgeoning directing status with the 1968 groundbreaking Academy Award winning horror film Rosemary's Baby.
Despite his reputation as a major Polish filmmaker, Polanski left then-communist Poland and moved to France, where he had already made two notable short films in 1961: The Fat and the Lean and Mammals. While in France, Polanski contributed one segment ("La rivière de diamants") to the French-produced omnibus film, Les plus belles escroqueries du monde (English title: The Beautiful Swindlers) in 1964. However, Polanski found that in the early 1960s the French film industry was generally unwilling to support a rising filmmaker whom they viewed as a cultural Pole and not a Frenchman. So he soon left France to find new opportunities and financial backing in England.
- Name At Birth:
- Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański
- Birth Date:
- August 18, 1933
- Birthplace:
- Paris, France
- Spouse:
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- Sharon Tate (1968–1969)
- Emmanuelle Seigner
- Barbara Lass(1959–1962)
- Occupation:
- Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
- Years Active:
- 1953–present
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