Articles tagged with: roman polanski
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Roman Polanski may be stuck in a Swiss chalet under house arrest, but his latest film is packing movie houses and just won him a Best Director award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
The Ghost Writer, a thriller starring Ian McGregor, is the story of an author who’s asked to finish... read more
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Johnny Depp worked with director Roman Polanski on the 1999 movie The Ninth Gate, and he believes there may be shady dealings behind the scenes concerning Polanski’s arrest for a 30-year-old statutory rape charge.
He said: “Why now? Obviously there is something going on somewhere. Somebod... read more
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Roman Polanski was granted $4.5m (£2.7m) bail yesterday, clearing the way for the film director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his chalet in an Alpine resort.
The Swiss Justice Minister said she would not appeal against the surprise decisio... read more
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Roman Polanski, the Oscar-winning film director arrested in Zurich over a U.S. charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, will be released on bail of 4.5 million Swiss francs ($4.49 million), the Swiss Federal Criminal Court said on Wednesday.
The Swiss Justice Ministry said Polans... read more
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Director Roman Polanski has lost an appeal to be freed from a Swiss prison ahead of his possible extradition to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
The Swiss Criminal Court said Tuesday releasing Polanski on bail or under house arrest posed a high risk of flight.... read more
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The woman Roman Polanski had sex with when she was 13 never wants to hear about the case again.
“I have survived, indeed prevailed, against whatever harm Mr. Polanski may have caused me as a child,” Samantha Geimer, 45, said early this year after filing court papers to have the ca... read more
