The director’s masterful, technically brilliant work is lacking in humanity
Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski were voted out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday
A superior court judge turned down a request from Polanski’s lawyers, who wanted a new hearing to try and close the case on procedural grounds.
The US expressed disappointment at Switzerland’s refusal to extradite Roman Polanski and vowed to pursue the three decade hunt for the director.
Roman Polanski has been able to step beyond the confines of his garden for the first time in 10 months after authorities decided not to extradite him.
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Director Roman Polanski broke his silence on Sunday over the bid to extradite him to face child sex charges in the United States.
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/ 23 January 2010
A judge on Friday said fugitive film director Roman Polanski must return to the United States to be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
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/ 22 December 2009
In a case that has polarised public passions, director Roman Polanski did not win his freedom on Monday for a 32-year-old sex offence.
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/ 1 December 2009
Swiss authorities will not release Roman Polanski into house arrest at his luxury Alpine chalet before Friday, the government said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 November 2009
Security experts on Saturday started preparing Roman Polanski’s Alpine chalet for the movie director’s house arrest.
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/ 26 November 2009
Roman Polanski awaited release from a Swiss prison on Thursday after a court granted him a ,5-million dollar bail.
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/ 27 October 2009
The victim in the Roman Polanski child sex case has renewed calls for the case against the director to be dismissed.
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/ 23 October 2009
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, the Swiss Justice Ministry said on Friday.
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/ 21 October 2009
Film director Roman Polanski may decide to face justice in the US to avoid lengthy extradition procedures, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday.
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/ 21 October 2009
A Swiss court rejected on Tuesday a bid by film director Roman Polanski for release on bail as the risk was too high he would flee.
Swiss authorities denied a request to release film director Roman Polanski on bail after he was arrested in September, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Roman Polanski will find out this week whether he will be granted an unlikely release from prison pending his possible extradition to the US.
US women have attacked the film world’s backing for director who again faces threat of trial for unlawful sex with 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Roman Polanski’s arrest on a 32-year-old charge of having sex with a minor has outraged the French government and film community, reports Jon Henley.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Thursday that movie director Roman Polanski should be treated like anyone else in facing sentencing.
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/ 30 September 2009
US prosecutors have revealed details of their 31-year hunt for Roman Polanski including failed attempts to arrest him in the UK, Canada and Thailand.
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/ 29 September 2009
Lawyers for director Roman Polanski lodged an appeal with a Swiss court on Tuesday against his arrest on a United States extradition warrant.
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/ 29 September 2009
Roman Polanski is in ”good spirits” despite his arrest on a decades-old warrant relating to the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977, his agent said.
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/ 28 September 2009
Director Roman Polanski, arrested in Zurich over a US charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, will fight extradition, his lawyer said.
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/ 27 September 2009
Director Roman Polanski was arrested in Zurich on a 1978 United States arrest warrant for sex with a 13-year-old on Saturday night.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski wants to disqualify the entire Los Angeles County court system from handling his sexual misconduct case.
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/ 3 December 2008
Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski asked a Los Angeles court on Tuesday to dismiss a 30-year-old charge of unlawful sex with a minor.
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/ 14 November 2007
Ira Levin, the playwright and novelist who wrote Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives and The Boys From Brazil, has died at the age of 78, the New York Times reported on November 13. Levin died on November 12 at his home in Manhattan, apparently of natural causes.
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