The stars of Roman Polanski’s new movie, Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan, praised his artistic genius while avoiding the question of his alleged crimes.
“His energy is ferocious, he rules the set, keeps everyone on their toes. He has an alchemy with the camera … He’s a taskmaster. You have to know your onions,” Brosnan said.
The [...]
Roman Polanski held a private film premiere while under house arrest.
Polanski, awaiting a Swiss decision regarding extradition to the US, has marked the advent of his new movie The Ghost with a chalet soiree – albeit a rather small one.
The embattled director, 76, watched the movie on DVD with its co-writer, Robert Harris. The movie [...]
Fugitive director Roman Polanski has been spirited away to a secret location ahead of his house arrest.
Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said Polanski was moved from his Zurich jail to the hideaway on Thursday for “security reasons and personal protection”.
Galli confirmed the 76-year-old Oscar winner, who faces potential extradition to the US, was still [...]
Embattled film director Roman Polanski, 76, will fight extradition to the United States, according to his French lawyer.
The lawyer’s comment was reported in the UK Sun as conflicting reports that he was not opposing American judicial process and that his French attorneys were not authorised to comment arose in the US.
Polanski has been detained in [...]
Swiss authorities have knocked back a second bail offer from Roman Polanski.
A lawyer for the fugitive film director, Herve Temime, had called the offer a “very, very significant” cash amount.
It was made on October 26 but the Swiss Justice Ministry found the “risk that he would escape was still too high”, said ministry spokesman Folco [...]
Director Roman Polanski is depressed in the confinement of a Swiss jail, says lawyer, Herve Temime.
Temime visited Polanski at the Zurich prison where he has been held for two weeks since Swiss authorities arrested him on a 1978 American warrant over unlawful sex with a minor 30 years ago.
“He seemed very dejected when I visited [...]
Imprisoned movie director Roman Polanski is not being persecuted, the top prosecutor in Los Angeles said.
LA district attorney Steve Cooley said: “I don’t persecute anybody and it’s a matter of court processes being concluded. There’s a Superior Court bench warrant outstanding, it’s been executed and there will be further court proceedings.”
The governor of California, Hollywood [...]
