The Pianist

...bond as well as other guarantees against flight, including wearing an electronic bracelet. Polanski's films include "The Pianist" for which he won an Academy Award in 2002, "Chinatown," "Rosemary's Baby," "Repulsion" and "Knife in the...

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...("Invictus") and Peter Jackson ("The Lovely Bones")? Rob Marshall won DGA for "Chicago" (but lost the Oscar to Roman Polanski for "The Pianist"), but buzz for "Nine" seems to be quieting a bit. Jason Reitman wasn't nominated by DGA for...

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Polanski fled U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty to having sex with minor Director, 76, helmed "Rosemary's Baby," "Chinatown," "The Pianist" Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A hearing has been scheduled for next month in director Roman...

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...week, the U.S. Justice Department formally asked Switzerland to extradite the Oscar-winning director of such flicks as Chinatown and The Pianist to Los Angeles. And on Monday, Polanski's now 46-year-old victim, Samantha Geimer, pleaded with...

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...why they did so. Polanski became world famous abroad with films like Rosemary's Baby (1968), Chinatown (1974) and the Oscar winner The Pianist (2002), but he also emerged to be a benefactor for friends left behind who could get no further...

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...with a minor. Polanski subsequently fled the country. He never returned, not even to collect the Oscar he won for his film "The Pianist" in 2003. In 1993, he settled a civil suit with Geimer, agreeing to pay her at least $500,000. It...

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...tax cheats and Swiss banks may have provided motivation for the arrest. Polanski, who won a 2003 directing Oscar in absentia for "The Pianist," was accused of raping the 13-year-old girl after plying her with champagne and a Quaalude pill...

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...to ask to be released until the request is examined," Herve Temime said. Polanski, who won a 2003 directing Oscar in absentia for The Pianist, was accused of raping the 13-year-old girl after plying her with champagne and a Quaalude pill...

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...course. He will not accept the US extradition request," Temime told AFP. The director of "Rosemary's Baby", "Chinatown" and "The Pianist" has been regarded as a fugitive by US authorities since he fled the United States in 1978 after...

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...earlier this month due to fears the director would flee. Polanski, who won the 'best director' Oscar for the 2002 Holocaust film "The Pianist," pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and spent 42 days in prison...

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