Roman Polanski's "Repulsion"
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
You have to wonder about Roman Polanski wanting to get out of raping a 13 year old in 1977 when he produced this movie in 1965.
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Roman Polanski 'will fight extradition'
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Roman Polanski's lawyer confirms that the film director will fight plans to send him back to the US.
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Statement of Roman Polanski's California Counsel
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roman Polanski has learned of many press reports relating the pending case in California and to the extradition proceedings in Switzerland which contain statements by lawyers in France. These statements were not authorized by Mr. Polanski. The French lawyers do not represent him in the case and do not speak for him about it. The lawyers representing Mr. Polanski in the...
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Gebissen wird nur nachts / Mezzo litro di rosso per il conte Dracula / The Vampire Happening
giallo fever (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
[Note that this review contains spoilers] The Vampire Happening is, to all intents and purposes, a contemporary re-make / rip-off of Roman Polanski's Dance of the Vampires , with a modish late 1960s happening substituting for the vampire's annual ball. The filmmakers freely acknowledge their inspiration through the casting of Ferdinand Mayne as the head vampire, here none other than Dracula himself,...
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The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rent It THE MOVIE: Few true crime tales have so fascinated filmmakers as the 1969 Tate/LaBianca murders, from the two TV movies of Helter Skelter to the grindhouse and exploitation "dramatizations" to numerous documentaries dating back to the 1973 Oscar nominee Manson . And it is, no doubt, a dramatic story, symbolizing (for many) the bloody end of the hippie era and a shocking example of...
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A couple of thoughts on “human rights” groups and pirates
Bombs and Dollars - American Foreign Policy Blog -... (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
* Trust the various human rights groups and intellectuals to support criminals all over. For eons, they have been supporting the causes of criminals who were convicted for death sentence. (I remember a protest march outside my house, for support of a man, who got death sentence for murdering a 14-year-old girl and then raping [...]
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Kaalgat pseudo-liberalism and the Polanski affair
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
By David Saks The late Irving Kristol once defined a liberal as someone who, upon witnessing a fourteen-year-old girl engaging in a live sex act, worries about whether she is getting the minimum wage. It was the same Kristol who described a neo-conservative as a liberal who has been “mugged by reality”. Kristol himself is widely regarded as neo-conservatism’s foremost intellectuals,...
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LA attorneys distance Polanski from French lawyer
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.
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LA attorneys distance Polanski from French lawyer
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.
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Mem Fox and Possum Magic
Splat! (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
I don’t care at all for the recent news about Mem Fox’s husband and have no wish to talk about it, but it did remind…
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Hey, I Know! Let's Put On a Show Trial!
Once Upon a Time... (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
I've followed all the debatifying about the decision to prosecute five (ALLEGED!) 9/11 co-conspirators in federal court with weary, muffled resignation. Yes, I know "debatifying" isn't, like, a real word. Since almost everyone else is making shit up, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't. Thank God we have a new controversy, eh wot? All those earlier ones were getting mighty tired. Remember...
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Lawyer: Roman Polanski's Family 'Very Upset Psychologically'
PopEater Music Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Filed under: Highbrow Celebrities , Movie News , Celebrity Scandal The wife and two children of Roman Polanski are bearing the brunt of the director's imprisonment in Switzerland as he awaits a decision on his extradition, his lawyer said in an interview to be published Friday. Polanski has proposed "very ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Polanski's lawyer says director's family suffering
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The wife and two children of Roman Polanski are bearing the brunt of the director's imprisonment in Switzerland as he awaits a decision on his extradition, his lawyer said in an interview to be published Friday.
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Polanski’s Wife & Children Upset Over Dad’s Imprisonment NOT
Celebrity Dirty Laundry (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Oh dear me! When Roman Polanski drugged and raped the little 13-year-old child was he thinking about how upset she or her family would be? Imagine the gall on the part of Roman’s shyster lawyer Herve Temime for trying to gain sympathy for Polanski by appealing to the suffering of his wife and 2 children [...]
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Polanski’s family is suffering, lawyer says
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
For a second time, Roman Polanski has proposed "very significant" bail money, house arrest and other assurances to find freedom, Herve Temime told the daily Le Figaro.
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Cash bail offer to be filed for Polanski on Monday
siward10qkr | 11/07/2009
PARIS – A French lawyer for director Roman Polanski, imprisoned in Switzerland, says a new bail offer will be filed Monday and it will be a "very, very significant" cash amount. Swiss authorities rejected an offer Friday, considering the 76-year-old filmmaker awaiting a decision on extradition to the United States a high flight risk. They noted it was not a cash offer. Herve Temime told France-Info...
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Cash bail offer to be filed for Polanski on Monday
edaleneo12df | 11/06/2009
PARIS – A French lawyer for director Roman Polanski, imprisoned in Switzerland, says a new bail offer will be filed Monday and it will be a "very, very significant" cash amount. Swiss authorities rejected an offer Friday, considering the 76-year-old filmmaker awaiting a decision on extradition to the United States a high flight risk. They noted it was not a cash offer. Herve Temime told France-Info...
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Oral arguments scheduled in Polanski's CA appeal
crystalz6j03 | 11/06/2009
LOS ANGELES – A California appeals court will listen to oral arguments from Roman Polanski's attorneys about why it should require a lower court to decide whether to dismiss charges against the fugitive director, whether he is present or not. Polanski in July appealed a Los Angeles Superior Court judge's decision not to dismiss the criminal case because the director didn't appear for a hearing. The...
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