Roman Polanski

Carnage

Polanski's comedy of upper-middle class savagery is fast, funny and filthy

24 Jan 2012

(15) 79mins Roman Polanski’s adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play Gods of Carnage opens with a playground spat. Set over the opening credits, it’s this innocuous bust-up that drives the bitterly funny four-hander, as the parents of both children try to…

Roman Polanski 'overwhelmed' by support

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29 Dec 2009

Roman Polanski is "overwhelmed" by the support he has received since being arrested in Switzerland. The 76-year-old film director - who is under house arrest in Switzerland awaiting a decision over whether he will be extradited to America over a…

Roman Polanski raises bail

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3 Dec 2009

Roman Polanski is expected be released from jail tomorrow (04.12.09). The 76-year-old film director will be placed under house arrest at his chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, where he will be made to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet until a…

Roman Polanski reaches bail agreement

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25 Nov 2009

Roman Polanski has reached a bail agreement with Swiss authorities. The veteran film director had his offer of $4.5 million bail accepted, which should allow him to be released from prison and kept under house arrest at a ski chalet he owns in the…

Roman Polanski's victim wants case dropped

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27 Oct 2009

The woman raped by Roman Polanski wants the case against him to be thrown out for the sake of her mental health. Samantha Geimer - known as Samantha Gailey when the film director assaulted her when she was just 13 - has pleaded with the Californian…

Roman Polanski out of prison

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19 Oct 2009

Roman Polanski has been released from prison to receive medical care. The 76-year-old director - who faces being extradited to America from France after fleeing to the country in 1978 when he was convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was taken to…

Roman Polanski facing extradition

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28 Sep 2009

Roman Polanski has been arrested and will be extradited to America. The 76-year-old director - who fled the US to France in 1978 after being convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was stopped by police shortly after stepping off a plane in Zurich…

Polanski biopic to start production

9 Nov 2007

An unauthorised biopic of director Roman Polanski is to be brought to the big screen by Damien Chapa, with the title role to be cast within the next few weeks. The filmmaker will include Polanski’s childhood in Poland during the Holocaust, as well as…

Producers erupt as Polanski walks from Pompeii

13 Sep 2007

Roman Polanski has walked away from the $100 million adaptation of Robert Harris’ Pompeii. The Polish director apparently asked for his ‘liberty’ from the project which had already been sold to distributors around the globe and producer Robert…

Up in smoke: Polanski withdraws from Pompeii film

12 Sep 2007

Roman Polanski has pulled out of a film project based on Pompeii, the best-selling novel from Robert Harris. The Oscar-winning director claims he is unable to commit to the shooting date, which had been postponed. Patrick Wachsberger, of…