09-30-2009, 07:08 AM
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Leaner, Meaner, Faster
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Vegas
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Originally Posted by Pixelbucks Eric
Previous trips into Switserland were all done quick and dirty.
This time, they knew when he was arriving and got his schedule. So they knew where he was. Previous visits they just couldnt get him.
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I thought he owned a home there? Also he has been at hundreds of social gatherings with world leaders over the years as well as attending every film festival (like Cannes)
Quick check of Wiki:
"After fleeing to Europe following his 1977 U.S. conviction, Polanski continued to direct films, although there was nearly a seven-year break between 1979's Tess (a romantic drama adapted from Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles, dedicated to the memory of his late wife, Sharon Tate) and 1986's Pirates, an adventure comedy. Later films include Frantic (1988), Death and the Maiden (1994), The Ninth Gate (1999), The Pianist (2002), and Oliver Twist (2005). The most notable of his later films is The Pianist, a World War II-set adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman, whose experiences have similarities with Polanski's own (Polanski, like Szpilman, escaped the ghetto and the concentration camps, whilst family members did not). The film won three Academy Awards including Best Director (2002), the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or (2002), and seven French Césars including Best Picture and Best Director. He has also done occasional work in theatre."
Looks to me like he's been living freely in the open for over 30 years. Not sure how you go to Switzerland "dirty" to receive a film award at a big show.... |
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