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Article: People: Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen support Roman Polanski
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- September 30, 2009
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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, ...