Article: People: Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen support Roman Polanski

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 Polanski's arrest on 32-year-old charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, according to E! News.

Apparently Scorsese doesn't have a 13-year-old daughter and Allen ... oh, right. Never mind.

Zurich authorities took the 76-year-old Oscar-winning director of "The Pianist" into custody Saturday. Polanksi, who also directed "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby," fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with the underage girl. Despite the guilty plea, ...

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