Roman Polanski, the 76-year-old director, producer, actor, and writer is finishing his latest film from inside a Switzerland prison. He was arrested for the 1977 United States sex charge while going to the Zurich Film Festival to receive a lifetime achievement "Golden Icon Award". Polanski had been avoiding traveling to countries where he could be extradited to the United States for the 1977 charge of having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. Unfortunately, he forgot about Switzerland.
Polanski has lived in France for most of his life since fleeing Los Angeles in 1978 for fear of spending 50 years in jail. There is no statute of limitations to having non-consensual sex (in other words, sexual assault) with a minor, hence why Polanski was still a wanted man. He also pled guilty to the charge before fleeing the country after spending 42 days in a Californian jail.
The Ghost, his latest film based on the book written by Robert Harris was set to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February, 2010. However, since Polanski's arrest production has been stopped. Polanski is said to have completed editing the film on the day of his arrest. The film stars Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor and is about a ghostwriter who while writing the biography of a British prime minister discovers some of his dark secrets, therefore putting his own life in at risk. Polanski is reported to be continuing to work on his film despite his imprisonment. Well, he is going to have a lot of free time of his hands...
One question on my mind is whether this current incarceration of the film’s director will help the film’s ratings or not. I guess we just have to stay tuned and wait to see if Polanski get extradited to the U.S. after all.
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