Posted on 09/28/2009 10:39:27 PM PDT by kcvl
The arrest of Roman Polanski has spiraled into an international incident. France has appealed to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the 76-year-old director's immediate release from a Swiss jail as he faces extradition charges from Switzerland to the U.S. Polanski is a French citizen.
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Debra Winger, who serves as president of the Zurich fest's jury, on Monday demanded Polanski's release and criticized Swiss authorities for their "philistine collusion" in arresting Polanski as he entered the country.
"This fledgling festival has been unfairly exploited, and whenever this happens the whole art world suffers," Winger said in a statement on Monday, standing together with the other four international jury members who wore red badges reading "Free Polanski" as they announced plans to continue the fest.
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Meanwhile, Polanski supporters were quick to make public demonstrations of their outrage on behalf of the Oscar-winning helmer.
Organizers of the Cannes film fest compiled a petition, whose signatures include fest prexy Gilles Jacob, fest director Thierry Fremaux, helmer Wong Kar Wai and thesp Monica Bellucci, to lobby for Polanski.
In the U.S., Harvey Weinstein is taking up the effort in Hollywood to petition against the extradition, after being approached by Fremaux.
"We're calling on every filmmaker we can to help fix this terrible situation," Weinstein said.
Hey Debra - who are you ??? Chief Justice of the World Court ???
What’s Debra been doing these days? Haven’t heard from her since the 80s. Some just don’t know when their 15 minutes is up.
Too bad Charlie Manson wasn’t a Hollywood director. He would have avoided jail.
I’m waiting for her to tell the victim to, “put some ice on it.”
Debra Winger, would you like to spring Phillip Garrido out of jail and let him share your teenaged daughter’s bedroom? WHAAAT? You don’t want that pervert near your little girl? What are you, some kind of Philistine?????
BTW, Debra Winger never could act her way out of a paper bag so who gives a sh!t what she has to say about anything? In Urban Cowboy the mechanical bull gave a better performance.
So go boycott Switzerland then, lady. See if they care.
Rue McClanahan - Dead or Alive?
Lawyer to client: “Well, they have a lot of evidence that you did it. We have only two choices now, the Insanity Defense or the Great Film Director defense. Ever made any home movies?”
Just because he is a famous director we're supposed to treat him different? What about the fact that this all happened at Jack Nicholson's house? What is his responsibility? Creeps that is what they are.
Disgusting how these so called celebs rally around this pedophile. I knew Hollywood had no morals, but damn.
These high-falutin artsy types of Hollywood kill me. To hear them, you’d think the whole world revolves around them and their movies.
The victim also wants the case to be dropped.
Hey, debbie, let’s let him forcibly drug and rape your 13-year old daughter and then you can weigh in.
I wouldn’t wish it but if you don’t see that then you don’t deserve to live with modern society.
I don't understand this. Wouldn't the art world suffer when a 44 year old man rapes a 13 year old girl? And wouldn't the art world suffer if justice is not served? Unless of course raping a 13 year old girl in now considered a high form of art. But according to Winger, Philistines don't see the art of raping 13 year old girls. When did art get redefined to celebrate rape? That is not art. That is criminality. And Hollywood has gotten to the point where they can't distinguish between art and the crime of rape.
We don’t necessarily let the victim make that choice, especially if the crime indicates that the criminal is a threat to society at large.
There aren’t enough high horses for all the self-righteous saintly posters here, you gotta get in line!
FILMMAKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!!
They could consult James Carville on how to mount a “nuts and sluts” offense.
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