roman polanski
Born in Paris in 1933, Roman Polanski was raised and educated in Poland where he attended Art School in Cracow and the famed State Film College in Lodz. [1]
Roman Polanski directed the critical and commercial hits Rosemary’s Baby (1968, starring Mia Farrow) and Chinatown (1974, starring Jack Nicholson). [2]
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired explores the implausible events that took place between these dates, along with details, before and after, that forever altered the life and career of Polanski, one of the world’s most acclaimed directors. [...] Less than a year later, on February 1, 1978, Polanski drove to LAX, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and never came back. [3]
A childhood survivor of the Krakow ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland, he began acting as a teen, then went to film school and in the late 1950s began winning international awards for his short films. [2]
The film re-examines the notorious California case involving Polanski, the world’s most celebrated director at the time, whose life already read like the script of one of his most tragic, brutal films. [...] Assistant DA Roger Gunson, who prosecuted it but ended up being sympathetic to Polanski; Samantha (Gailey) Geimer, the victim; Lawrence Silver, Samantha’s attorney; producer Andrew Braunsberg, a close Polanski friend; Philip Vannater of the LAPD (Ret.); Dave Wells and Jim Grodin, Assistant DAs (both Ret.); Richard Brenneman, reporter for the Santa Monica Evening Outlook; Marilyn Beck, Hollywood Gossip Columnist; actress Mia Farrow; Hawk Koch, producer; Dr. Ronald Markman, psychiatrist; Lorenzo Semple, Jr., screenwriter; and others. [3]
He made his English-language debut with “Repulsion” (1964), starring Catherine Deneuve, and then made “Cul-de-Sac” (1965), which won Polanski the Best Picture prize at the Berlin Film Festival. [1]
In 1978, after pleading guilty in a plea bargain with the Los Angeles district attorney, to “unlawful sexual intercourse ” with a 13-year-old girl, Polanski fled to France before sentencing. [4]
Polanski marked his American directorial debut with the horror classic “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay Adaptation. [1]
CREDITS: Directed by: Marina Zenovich; Producers: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub and Marina Zenovich; Executive Producers: Steven Soderbergh and Randy Wooten; Written by Joe Bini, P.G. Morgan and Marina Zenovich; Director of Photography: Tanja Koop; Edited by Joseph Bini; Music Composed & Arranged by Mark Degli Antoni; Co-Producer: P.G. Morgan; Associate Producer: Michelle Sullivan. [3]
Movie director Roman Polanski, who had pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, yesterday was ordered imprisoned for a 90-day psychiatric study to help the judge decide his sentence. [5]
Roman Raymond Polanski (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award -winning and four-time nominated Polish-French film director, writer, actor, producer and Holocaust survivor. [4]
Movie director Roman Polanski was ordered to undergo examination by two court-appointed psychiatrists in Los Angeles to determine if he should be institutionalized as a “mentally disordered sex offender” for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. [5]
Polanski returned to Europe, settling in France, and continued to make movies in Europe and the U.S. In 1977 he was charged in Los Angeles with drugging and raping a 13 year-old girl during a purported photo session. [2]
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[1] Roman Polanski (www.sonypictures.com/classics/
[2] Roman Polanski: Biography from Answers.com (www.answers.com/topic/
[3] HBO Documentaries: Documentary Films Series: Roman Polanski: Synopsis (www.hbo.com/docs/docuseries/
[4] Roman Polanski - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
[5] Roman Polanski Media Reports Archive (www.vachss.com/mission/