Composer and conductor Alexandre Desplat, Oscar winner and seven-time Academy Award nominated, for his prolific filmography and his collaborations with Stephen Frears, Terrence Malick, Ang Lee, Kathryn Bigelow, Jacques Audiard, Wes Anderson, Roman Polanski, George Clooney or Matteo Garrone is one of the most worthy heirs of the French masters. An Open Letter to All Those Celebrities Who Signed the Roman Polanski Petition Dear Natalie Portman, Tilda Swinton, Isabelle Huppert, Penelope Cruz, Diane von Furstenberg, Wes Anderson, Darren. Many luminaries of the film industry added their names to the petition following Polanski's arrest prior to him receiving a lifetime achievement award in Zurich.
Amongst them were a swathe of high-profile names, including Woody Allen, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Tilda Swinton, Darren Aronofsky, Monica Bellucci, Asia Argento and Wes Anderson. This list is a paltry portion of the total. Polanski was arrested in 2009 attending a film festival in Switzerland over a 1973 arrest warrant for sexual assault.
The petition focused on the fact that the arrest "an international cultural event, paying homage to one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers, is used by the police to apprehend him.". More than 100 people in the film industry, including Woody Allen, Monica Bellucci, Martin Scorsese, Darren Aronofsky, David Lynch, Wes Anderson, Harrison Ford, Harmony Korine, Michael Mann, and Jonathan Demme, among many others signed a petition in 2009 calling for Polanski's release. [68][75][76][77] A subsequent petition the following year.
List of individuals who have signed (as of Oct. 7) the "Free Roman Polanski" petition organized by the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD): Michael A. Russ Erika Abrams, Fatih Akin, Yves Alberty, Stephane Allagnon, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar, Gianni Amelio, Greta Amend, Wes Anderson, Michel Andrieu, Roger Andrieux, Pascale Angelini, Yannick Angelloznicoud Jean.
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, Wong Kar. Polanski's 1977 mugshot In September 2009, over 160 [1] film directors, actors, screenwriters, and producers signed a petition, started by French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, [1] which urged the release of film director Roman Polanski, after he was arrested for a 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13. Wes Anderson signed a petition to release well known kidfidler Roman Polanski from prison.
He would then go on to make the movie "Moonrise Kingdom" which features a 13 year old Kara Hayward in many inappropriate positions and attire. The movie was financially supported by Polanski. Coincidence?
Petition-signers include: Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Tilda Swinton, Pedro Almodovar, Gael Garcia Bernal, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Penelope Cruz, Costa Gavras, Ariel Dorfman (Ariel Dorfman.
