Frantic

6) Polanski has continued to be a talented filmmaker since 1977. He's made some stinkeroos, like "Pirates" and "The Ninth Gate." But "Frantic" was an exciting thriller, "Death and the Maiden" was a solid adaptation of the one-set play, and...

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...another. Polanski, the Polish-French maker of some decent films (Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist) and some awful ones too (Frantic, The Dance of the Vampires), pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles court in 1977 to having sexual...

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...with his third wife, willowy French actress Emmanuelle Seigner, 43, and their two kids. Seigner, who starred in Polanski's thriller "Frantic," left the couple's apartment for Zurich Monday and visited her husband in jail. Kids Morgane, 16,...

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...has made some astonishingly good films over the years, films that rank among my personal favourites: Repulsion, The Tenant, Macbeth, Tess, Frantic. Hell, I even liked Bitter Moon. But does being a brilliant artist let him off the hook? No...

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...behalf by Harrison Ford, but it is not known if he has signed the petition. Harrison starred with Emmanuelle in Polanski's 1989 thriller Frantic. She became the director's third wife the next year at the age of 23. She is pals with Carla...

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...his "Pirates of the Caribbean" blockbusters. Polanski continues to land major stars for his films, among them Harrison Ford on 1988's "Frantic" and Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley on 1994's "Death and the Maiden." In 1989, Polanski...

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His Oscar for directing 2002 film The Pianist was collected by Harrison Ford, who had previously starred in his 1988 thriller, Frantic. France's culture minister said he was "dumbfounded" by Mr Polanski's detention in Switzerland.

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...refusal to even consider throwing out his 1977 case. He's still been making films, and won an Oscar for The Pianist in 2003 (which Frantic star Harrison Ford accepted on his behalf), but hasn't returned to the US since. He had the quite the...

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...fugitive. His Oscar for directing the 2002 The Pianist was collected by Harrison Ford, who had previously starred in his 1988 thriller, Frantic. A statement from the organisers of the film festival stated: "Roman Polanski, one of the...

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...Bitter Moon featuring Hugh Grant and 1994's Death and the Maiden, with Hollywood-friendly films. He made the Harrison Ford-vehicle Frantic in 1988, and in 1999 the supernatural thriller Ninth Gate, which featured Johnny Depp. Polanski's...

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