means nothing. Roman was charged with sex with minor, not real rape. After Thompson initially signed the petition, Caitlin Hayward-Tappa student at Exeter Universitychallenged the actress about her support for Polanski. Lets boycott one, lets boycott all!!! The facts have never altered. Natalie Portman Regrets Signing Roman Polanski Petition - Us Weekly Any notion that because a person puts up a huge bail, s/he definitely will not flee is an utter fallacy, whether or not in view of past conduct. - lAPI (Association des producteurs Indpendants) (Association of Independent Producers) If Polanski had faced his sentence 30 years ago, wed have forgotten HIM and the victim wouldnt have to relive it now. It speaks terribly of the industry, she replies. As to the victim wanting to drop the case, it is because she is tired of all the publicity her family gets every time Polanski whines about not being able to go to a certain country to film. i was somewhat sexually active at that time but still a virgin. Artists are not above the law in any country.. Jonathan Majors on Oscar Favorites, Bad Reviews, and the Road Trip That Made Him Realize He Was a Star, The Best Picture Race Got a Lot More Confusing This Week, Tom Cruise Made the Rounds This Week, but Other Oscar Nominees Got More Applause Than Top Gun: Maverick, How Michael B. Jordans Love of Anime Shaped Creed III Fight Scenes, Translating the Unconscious Into Images: The Cinematography of Bardo, Poker Face Takes Viewers on a Cross-Country Road Trip Without Leaving New York, The 50 Best Movies of 2022, According to 165 Critics from Around the World, All 81 Titles Unceremoniously Removed from HBO Max (So Far), 10 Shows Canceled but Not Forgotten in 2022. This list is a paltry portion of the total number of A-list film celebrities with their names on the petition. Vangelis, By trying to send Roman Polanski to the lions despite all the legal arguments, is something that unfortunately gets and will get more and more out of proportion. Instead, he describes trying to arrange a date with her. He is not a sexual predator he is a now a philanthropist. What happened to the feminists? Debra Winger described Polanskis arrest in Switzerland in 2009 as a philistine collusion. Posting their names publicly in support of Polanski speaks loudly regarding their . I didnt know. W. and others have committed terrible crimes and gone unpunished. This will not be a problem to keep up I will soon be very familiar with the names on the list, Ill just cross-check any movie I think about renting or seeing in the theater. He drugged, anally raped, performed unwanted oral sex and vaginally raped a THIRTEEN year old GIRL a CHILD. Release Polanski, demands petition by film industry luminaries Its despicable that some Hollywood stars would rather support a pedophile then uphold a serious charge such as rape of an underage girl. The only difference is weve come to our senses while they havent! SHAME on you Wes Anderson! These included Harrison Ford,. Polanski drugged a 13 year old girl and forced his penis in her anus - is that too ugly? What was done to that 13 year old victim should not be perpetrated on any child. It was stupid To take a childhood from a person is the worst thing there is. Laws - rape (statutory or otherwise) and escape from justice - have been broken. I understand that there seems to have been a biased judge in the original case. For a long time, the simple and somewhat simplistic - divide was that while people in mainland Europe viewed Polanski as a tragic artist undone by US prurience and corruption, Americans saw him, as he put it in his autobiography, as an evil, profligate dwarf. Justice at least will have run its course. The progressive congresswoman was against the project, which was originally planned for Queens, New York. What he did over 30 years ago was wrong, but the fact that the victim received a civil settlement and doe not want the matter pursued means the case should be dropped. Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. Shame on all of you. Alexandre Tylski Socially conscious & political cinema. When he started kissing her she told him: No keep away. When he performed oral sex on her she was ready to cry and asked him to stop. "I wore one to DGA," he told Metro. One of the petition's signatories was Natalie Portman, who told BuzzFeed(Opens in a new tab) she "very much" regrets putting her name on it. 8 8 Most Beautiful French Actresses . Even at 13, a child does not have Laissez cet homme exceptionel tranquil; a sera plus raisonable, moins obstin et plus gnreux. And I still have a good lot of movies to see. Natalie Portman Regrets Supporting Roman Polanski | IndieWire For those of you who support Mr. Polanski, have you never considered that he has likely perpretrated the same things against some other young victim as he did Ms. Gailey? No one should have pity for him - his suffering is completely self-inflicted. Thanks to the candour of Polanski, the rest of us have always known, too including everyone in the film industry who has worked with him since. Perhaps we can send the children of the signatories of this petition over to Roman so he can drug and sodomize them, as Im sure this whole unfortunate arrest business has him very stressed, and clearly in the opinion of the aforementioned signatories, such a genius deserves to do whatever he wants whenever he wants. He hadnt committed rape-rape, Whoopi Goldberg said on TV. furthermore, the reason the victim wants the charges to be dropped is because this case has been haunting her since she was 13- she is in her 40s now and she wants to get on with her life. He never even apologized to the woman. But he doesnt mention that in his book. I say treat them all equally! Read and educate yourself. Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen want Roman Polanski released from a Swiss Jail.The two directors and more than 100 other filmmakers and actors have signed a petition voicing their objection to . When Harrison Ford personally gave Roman Polanski his Oscar Stuck on 'Quordle' #402? Polanski is a child rapist probably a serial child rapist. Wes Anderson Back in 2009, film industry luminaries signed a petition to release Roman Polanski from a Swiss prison and now one star is regretting it. The petition demanding "the immediate release" of Polanski attracted more than 100 signatures, including Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Tilda Swinton and Wong Kar Wai. We werent saying much now, Polanski writes. - lARRF - Association des Ralisateurs et ralisatrices de Films - Belgique (Belgian Association of Filmmakers) Polanski denies the claims. Some dont reply at all, despite repeated approaches. And yet, for the past 40 years, many of them have been falling over themselves to work with a self-confessed child rapist, even defending him by pointing to his artistic credentials. He fled the country to France before he could be properly sentenced. He raped a child. Polanski has not served his time and now he is guilty of evading justice. in 2009 over 100 filmmakers and actors signed a petition demanding authorities to release Roman Polanski, who was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor after he drugged and raped a child and has been accused by many. Influencers: Profiles of a Partnership 2022, How to Pitch Stories and Articles to IndieWire, Patty Jenkins Told Chris Pine to Try Directing: 'You Gotta Do Something Besides Wait in Your Trailer', The Best True Crime Streaming Now, from 'Unsolved Mysteries' to 'McMillions' to 'The Staircase', 17 HBO and HBO Max Original Series to Get Excited About in 2023. How else will they have their entertainment? I very much regret it, Portman said. But I ask her how it feels to see Polanski, a convicted sex offender, still held up as a celebrated director, and what it says about the industrys true feelings about women and girls. 100% of the proceeds of this bundle will support Direct Relief, International Medical Corps, and Save the Children. Why not invite him over to babysit your beautuful young daughters,neices,sisters.You should all be ashamed. But to be honest, there are very few "Hollywood" names on the list and a ton of European names on the list. Jerry Schatzberg In 1986, he met the woman who would be his next wife, the actress Emanuelle Seigner. Natalie Portman admitted that she made a mistake when she signed a petition to release Roman Polanski from Swiss custody in 2009 after he was . Emma Thompson has long been an ardent supporter of women's rights, and the British Oscar-winner recently signed a letter in support of the Times Up campaign ahead of this year's BAFTAS. 2. International film events are not extraterritorial in nature - only diplomatic missions are extraterritorial, and even diplomats are triable and punishable for crimes in a foreign country once they are sent back to their countries. Radu Mihaileanu I still do. Michael Mann The Best True Crime Streaming Now, from 'Unsolved Mysteries' to 'McMillions' to 'The Staircase' i just cant comprehend how you can just so willingly run to the aid of a man who raped a child. Since then, many of them with names on the petition have claimed that they were forced to sign it. Roman Polanski sexual abuse case - Wikipedia While researching this article I had a couple of off-the-record discussions with actors and film-makers about their true feelings about Polanski. Actor Gael Garca Bernal, Academy Award-winning actress Penlope Cruz, veteran director Mario Monicelli, veteran screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr, and Academy Award-winning filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Ethan Coen are a few of the latest additions to the list of signatories demanding freedom for filmmaker Roman Polanski, currently being held by Swiss authorities. I know that before today, when Roman Polanski had only pleaded guilty to raping that 13-year-old girl in 1979, and been accused of raping that 16-year-old girl in 1986, it was like, Big deal . So is Roman Polanski. The judge certainly didnt give A DAMN about the girl. Claude Miller polanski never openly apologized and the only reason why this case has dragged on for so long is because polanski denied raping her and skipped town. I wonder how these signers would feel if it was one of their kids? What preyytell has he done for you that you would abandon your senses in this way. It is immaterial as to the occupation of the Laurent Heynemann etc. Mr. Polanski is not a threat to anyone. Please somebody start a petition against Roman Polanski and the rest of his kin. I understand that Hitler was a good painterMaybe we shouldnt have closed in on and bombed his bunker because good painters are a treasure.. Tom Tykwer like to see where they end up. Some think that sex with a child is a crime not just against the child, but against society. Marc Sandberg Xavier Beauvois Broadly reached out to Anderson to ask if he regrets supporting Polanski, but he declined to reply by the time of publication. Woody Allen supports him-big shocker (the guy who is now married to the woman who was essentially his stepdaughter). But then again, the judge apparently liked some very young women as well. Andre Buytaers Children are abused, murdered, go hungry every day. Its war neutrality does not preclude it from signing a necessary extradition treaty with another country. I have read the facts and testimonies of the case. do you see anyone saying thats ok? But Gailey became so frightened by the attention the case attracted, because of Polanskis fame, she tried to withdraw from it entirely. Actually, the film Wanted and Desired has notable inaccuracies and neglects to include the grand jury testimony which is readily available to the public. I am deeply saddened to see so many of my cinematic heroes supporting Polanski. Gee, she got so uptight about cancer-adled, bedridden Sharon Atkins potential release saying she hadnt paid for her crime (and I agree, by the way). Jan Kounen I propose a boycott of all films and books and plays and machinery created by all those people listed here. Really, you are worse than the most rabid of Polanskis detractors. Grard Lenne Jacques Fansten Adrien Brody with Polanksi, during filming of The Pianist, 2002. The infamous Polanski petition was also signed by beloved auteurs like Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Wong Kar-wai and Darren Aronofsky among others who asked for the release of Polanski when he was arrested in Switzerland in 2009. Unless the Puritans secretly championed the rights and autonomy of women. These people who hold such power over the media, have a duty to defend the victim not this unrepentant, repulsive excuse for of a man. Thats always going to be true, but we should keep trying to do the right thing. Henning Carlsen Stuck on 'Quordle' #403? We reached out to some of the most high-profile signatories. He would just be more careful.There are men who go unrevealed for years, even die before anyone finds out about them and here you have a man who was exposed and you support him?Yes he should be free to continue to do what he likes. lilian on Twitter: "in 2009 over 100 filmmakers and actors signed a "It should just be that everyone can empathize with everyone. I had an extraordinary working experience with both of those men, and thats the truth.. Trying to understand why Hollywood defends Polanski. : r/movies - reddit Peter Henry Fonda was born in New York City, to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario, Canada-born New York socialite Frances Brokaw (born Frances Ford Seymour). Given Portman's active involvement in the Time's Up movement, her signing of the petition came from a misplaced sense of empathy. And also going against a horrible history of over-seeing white actors and under-seeing otherized people and minorities. Every story has more than one side. If he believed her to be old enough, why did he drug her? Absolutely despicable by each and every one of these people who signed this petition. He must be brought to justice. Some people on other blogs Ive read suggested to separate the person from his work since many artist have personalities or values that arent charming. The case is not a case of morals. 1994 Actor Death And The Maiden Director Roman Polanski Fine Line 8X10 What kind of message are we sending to all of the other 13 year old girls out there that have been raped? But apparently, you artists arent supposed to be subjected to the rules and expectations we mere mortals face. Why does Hollywood keep defending Roman Polanski? - New York Post At Jack Nicholsons house, she tells him shes thirsty, so he gives her alcohol. 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. Mr. Polanksi should have long since addressed the matter. Marco Bellochio I hope all of you outraged ones stay away from children everywhere. I am sure his methods may have changed but sex offenders rarely offend just once. If Polanski had killed the girl instead of raping her, the whole matter would have been forgotten long ago Free shipping for many products! Madness. Polanski petition signatories, as of September 29th: Fatih Akin Whether its 5 years or 20 years is irrelevant. Its shocking that people like Polanski are still revered, celebrated by actors and fellow film-makers and cinematheques around the world who continue to not only promote their work, but also to work with them. Sickening. Feminist groups that challenged him were derided or ignored. International cinema. Alain Terzian Just as astonishing is Sharon Tates sister - a supposed victims advocate saying Polanski is a lovely man and should be free. And, to anyone calling this a case of morals: This is not an example of American Puritanical values gone wrong. High recidivism cant be an excuse to keep these people locked up, all victims will come forward if it happens again, and we dont need to pay any heed Kinskis real birth certificate. Instead, the Isle of Dogs premiere featured a carpet that was resolutely red. After all, no matter how badly the legal system failed Polanski, this didnt cancel out the fact that he raped a child. etc. Linda, what you think should happen and what is mandated by law are two very different things. Guillaume Stirn Stephen Frears Those of you who think this is the same as rape should watch Oleanna. I cant wait to get out of this f**ed up town. Just Jaeckin Hes an animal because of what he did to a child; hes a coward because he didnt take his punishment like a man with character. This is a real asteroid-kicking movie. I foolishly went along. By their extraterritorial nature, film festivals the world over have always permitted works to be shown and for filmmakers to present them freely and safely, even when certain States opposed this. - le SPI Artists are not above the law in any country. Two said to me that it was a special situation because the girl had been up for it (this was a common theory at the time. It is the most vicious, sickening and coward action, to attack a young child. Seems strange that people on this board try to make some justification for Polanski out of bad things going unpunished elsewhere. - la Cinmathque de Dijon / Cinmathque Jean Douchet The director of The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Royal Tenenbaums recently premiered his latest effort, Isle of Dogs, at the Berlin Film Festival. Claude Lelouch Petition for Roman Polanski. Gay movies. Finally, to those of you suggesting that Polanski got unfair treatment: I suggest you follow up on watching documentaries with some actual research on the justice system in Los Angeles County. Though he was released from custody by July 2010, over 100 members of the film industry . The active paedophile is stealing childhoods. And I was like, sure. He should not have to go on trial again for a 30 year old statutory rape, but should have to answer to the flight. Reactions to Weinstein come soundtracked with the distinct sound of bandwagon-jumping; thanks to the #MeToo campaign, the public mood is firmly on the side of listening to victims, and Hollywood has keenly followed suit. 3. I will never ever spend another cent on anything you folks are in, or have participated in or come even close to being involved in. Nelly Kaplan Move over, "Armageddon." Robert Hossein The talent of Roman Polanski is not questioned. Shocking what your statement implies. i do realize that no ones is going to take me seriously,but here it goes anyways. His plea is on page 12: Do you understand the judge has not made any decision? Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. Drugging a girl, disregarding her repeated No, her faking an asthma attack to get him to stop is not real rape? Andr Larqui Ccile Telerman I know it wont matter one iota to many of you, which is fine, but I am one person who will do her best to avoid any of your work. Richard Pena The roles are out there for someone like Meryl Streep, but theyre not out there for the others.. 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 Sunday in Switzerland on a warrant for a 1977 underage sex case in the United States. Paolo Sorrentino Fanny Ardant Whatever transgressions the judge may have committed are irrelevant next to the drugging and repeated anal raping of a child. Shall we all rape, murder, steal, defraud etc. I express my deepest respect to those who were brave enough to sign the petition and withstand the blood-seeking mob. The student's petition, entitled: "Drop the petition for Roman Polanski's release", was launched last week, and has over 400 signatures. Thank you for not allowing the blood thirsty mob to prevent you from doing what you believe to be right. Jacques Bral But like so many narcissistic and selfish Americans, a crime is only a crime when it happens to YOU, screw everyone else. Etienne Faure Hope Polanski gets his! Im a liberal, I work at a major studio. Georges Dybman She is not an adult. Natalie Portman Regrets Signing Petition That Defended Roman Polanski His comments on the subject indicate no remorse and in fact seem to indicate a perverse (of course) pride in his engaging in satisfying his twisted appetites. Nadine Trintignant IndieWire is a part of Penske Media Corporation. The actresswho spoke at the Womens March in January and has been a vocal supporter of the Times Up campaign to end sexual violence and abuseexpressed contrition to Buzzfeed over her former views. That does not make what Polanski did any better. Yasmina Reza Souleymane Cisse - lUnion des producteurs de films The petition, made public in September 2009, demanded "the immediate release of Roman Polanski" after the Rosemary's Baby filmmaker was detained days earlier in Switzerland on a warrant for. That does not make what he did any better. He plead guilty to a lesser charge of unlawful sex with a minor because he knew they had enough evidence to fry his ass if it went to trial. Patrice Leconte One admitted they regretted their previous support, given the new allegations, but couldnt bring themselves to say so publicly. the victims opinion, in case of Stockholm syndrome or whatever. Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to 'Wordle' #622. He describes grooming Gailey on the drive to the photoshoot: I asked when shed first started having sex, he writes, as if thats a normal thing for a 43-year-old man to ask a 13-year-old girl. It is also irrelevant if her mother was trying to vicariously enjoy a brush with stardom. Actor Scott Caan, the son of the late actor James Caan, has filed a petition to manage his father's estate in new court documents obtained by The Blast. thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskicover1.html. Protecting one of its own, even one who has openly admitted to carrying out such despicable acts. Just under a decade after she signed the Polanski petition, Cruz expressed her support for the #MeToo movement and Times Up initiative to Spanish newspaper El Pais. This submitted as a defense of a man who drugs and rapes a child? Sari, to quote you: If Polanski had killed the girl instead of raping her, the whole matter would have been forgotten long ago, In what world would murder be forgotten? The girl said no many times. Again, some ignore me, a couple will talk off the record, some are too busy to talk at all. Wim Wenders. Jean-Marc Ghanassia Olivier Assayas The fact that Polanski assumed that he could travel without hindrance shows only his blatant disregard for the law of any country. We reached out to some of the most high-profile signatories to a 2009 petition in support of Roman Polanski, to ask them whether they regretted their endorsement of the convicted abuser. Even the girl now a woman who accused Polanski of rape says the case should be dropped. The arrest of Roman Polanski in a neutral country, where he assumed he could travel without hindrance, undermines this tradition: it opens the way for actions of which no one can know the effects. Given. Are you kidding me? Afterwards, in Polanskis car, Gailey cried. Where does the quest for boycott end? An Open Letter to All Those Celebrities Who Signed the Roman Polanski Michele Placido He & his friends will be able to afford the best lawyers. (Also, Woody Allen, but who's surprised there?) Dear Roman you have my full support. Patrice Chereau Signed? In 2008, film-maker Marina Zenovich caught the mood and pushed it further with her documentary, the queasily titled Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, which argued that Polanski was the victim of gross judicial misconduct during his case. Last year, four more allegations emerged: former US actor Mallory Millett said Polanski tried to rape her in 1970; German actor Renate Langer said the director raped her in Gstaad in 1972 when she was 15; a woman identified as Robin M said Polanski assaulted her in 1973 when she was 15; and a third, Marianne Barnard, accused him of assaulting her in 1975 when she was 10. Lets go folks!! Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown [sic] and international artist now facing extradition. Its remarkable how much energy Polanskis supporters have expended defending him, given that the director himself has always been extremely clear about why he did what he did: he is sexually attracted to young girls, and he has never seen this as a problem. David Heyman Theres a kind of diabolical sexism, and I say that its diabolical because theres no one that we can actually accuse of being responsible for this sexism, he said. Giuseppe Tornatore A 13-year-old cannot give consent to have sex with an adult male. Weinstein is now firmly banished and actors are apologising for appearing in Woody Allen movies. Argento spoke publicly about her support for Polanski in a Twitter post in 2017, writing: "I already regretted signing the petition years ago, already felt it was a mistake. im ashamed and sickened. That type of self-righteousness is sickening and even more dangerous than what Polanski did because it affects society as a whole, whether the issue is rape or anything else. Anyone whose name is on this petition, is supporting an admitted (he did admit it) rapist/child molester. My eyes were not open.. It is amazing at all of the people that dont care that a 13 year old girl was raped. Or else every case involving Stockholm Syndrome would never be tried. Jerome Cornuau Mike Nichols, David Lynch, Ethan Coen, Bernardo Bertolucci, Martin Scorsese, Jeremy Irons, Tilda Swinton, Terry Gilliam, Emir Kusturica, Wim Wenders and many, many others, I love you even more! Woody Allen is an incredible director. In the aftermath of Polanski's arrest last weekend, a number of performers -- including Penelope Cruz, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci -- appear as supporters on a petition which states,. My eyes were not open," she said. Portman wasn't the only high-profile signatory. He admitted to raping a child at the age of 13, fled the country and lived like a King in France, and he shouldnt be punished because he makes good movies??? Thoughts on directors/actors who have supported Roman Polanski since For a more extensive detailing of Polanskis arrest and potential extradition to the United States, check out indieWIREs coverage from earlier today. Its neutrality applies in times of war and peace, not in the application of treaty and criminal laws. Much emphasis is made in the movie about how Polanskis celebrity hurt him during the trial, which is true. have worked with him, movie insiders say. Argue all you want, I dont know ANY 13 year old girls who can hold there Quaaludes & champagne AND still say yes to having sex with a sick, dirty old man.