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Roman Polanski is a Polish filmmaker who has been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system, since 1978, after pledging guilty to statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. He fled the country to France before he could be properly sentenced.
Sep 29, 2009 · AFP is reporting that a grand assembly of filmmakers, actors and producers from around the world have signed a petition urging the release of director Roman Polanski, who was arrested...
- Peter Knegt
The question was: why did people sign the Roman Polanski petition? My answer is: I think many were misinformed about his crime.
Oct 2, 2009 · A petition has been circulated on behalf of Roman Polanski — henceforth, to my mind, “RoPo” — and signed by A-list movie directors (Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese,...
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Apr 4, 2017 · The petition is no longer available online, but all these sources have partial lists: IndieWire, CNN, Jezebel, the Huffington Post, Feminist Guide To Hollywood, The Wrap, the Independent, the Guardian. Other celebrities did not sign the petition but spoke out in support of Polanski in other ways, including Meryl Streep and Whoopi Goldberg.
- Erika W. Smith
Feb 24, 2022 · However, it seems like Natalie Portman is among the few celebrities who ‘regrets’ her decision of signing the petition for Polanski, others being Asia Argento, Wes Anderson, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, and so on.
Aug 18, 2022 · This list is a paltry portion of the total number of A-list film celebrities with their names on the petition. The fact that so many of the film industry’s stars signed the petition is just downright shocking. The reason that Polanski was arrested in Zurich was down to his original arrest in 1977.
