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Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski Set Free A French-Polish national, Roman Polanski has been living in France — which doesn't extradite its citizens — since the late '70s. He has also visited Switzerland numerous times in the last three decades, unmolested by either Swiss or American authorities, and even bought a house there several years ago. Some have asserted that [...]

Roman Polanski, 76, the Oscar-winning director currently under house arrest in Switzerland, has issued a statement circulated by his friend Bernard-Henri Lévy, publisher of the French film magazine La Règle du Jeu. In his statement, Polanski accuses Los Angeles district attorney Steve Cooley, currently "campaigning for election," of seeking publicity at his expense. [Roman Polanski's full statement.] Polanski adds that he has spent time in [...]

According to The Guardian, Roman Polanski's latest effort, The Ghost Writer, will have its premiere in competition at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, which takes place February 11-21. Based on the International Thriller Writers' Award-winning novel The Ghost by Robert Harris (who also penned the screenplay), The Ghost Writer was shot at Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin and was finished by Polanski while in prison [...]

Roman Polanski, who won a best director Oscar for the Holocaust drama The Pianist in 2003, was arrested at the Zurich airport last night. According to reports, the 76-year-old filmmaker could face extradition to the United States for charges of having sex with a minor in the late 1970s. Polanski, who was in Switzerland to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival, [...]