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Roman Polanski To Collect Festival Honor In Zurich
BBCNews ^ | September 16, 2011

Posted on 09/16/2011 11:52:46 AM PDT by Steelfish

Roman Polanski To Collect Festival Honor In Zurich

Director Roman Polanski is to collect a career honour at the Zurich Film Festival, two years after his arrest in the city on child sex charges.

Organisers say the 78-year-old will attend the gala to receive his award which he was set to pick up in 2009.

Swiss police arrested Polanski on his arrival in the country over his 1977 US conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

He was held for 10 months before Swiss courts decided not to extradite him.

The tribute ceremony to present Polanski with his lifetime achievement award is due to be held on 27 September.

Directors of the Zurich Film Festival, Karl Spoerri and Nadja Schildknecht, said: "We are especially proud to welcome Roman Polanski this year to receive his award.

"We have always been tremendous admirers of his work and we are delighted that we will soon be able to express this to him in person," they added.

The Zurich Film Festival is taking place from 22 September to 2 October.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chinatown; daughersister; miafarrow; pedophile; polanski; quentintarantino; romanpolanski; samanthageimer; sisterdaughter; switzerland; zurich

1 posted on 09/16/2011 11:52:49 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Has Samantha Geimer been invited to honor his “achievements”?


2 posted on 09/16/2011 12:06:44 PM PDT by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: Steelfish

“Festival Honor In Zurich.”
I hope it is being held at the local gallows pole.
With two grown daughters, if he has done this to either one of them, the pole I shoved up his @$$ would knock his teeth out.


3 posted on 09/16/2011 12:18:59 PM PDT by JimmyMc
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To: Steelfish

“Festival Honor In Zurich.”
I hope it is being held at the local gallows pole.
With two grown daughters, if he has done this to either one of them, the pole I shoved up his @$$ would knock his teeth out.


4 posted on 09/16/2011 12:19:05 PM PDT by JimmyMc
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To: Steelfish

I hope this award is just luring him back to get arrested for something else.

I would LAUGH !


5 posted on 09/16/2011 12:19:46 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Steelfish
his 1977 US conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

They make it sound only horrific. It's much worse than that.

He drugged and anally raped a 13-year-old girl. But liberals will tell you she wanted it.

6 posted on 09/16/2011 12:21:39 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Roman Polanski To Collect Festival Honor In Zurich

Wonder if he is stupid or vain enough to collect it himself? No fool like an old fool.

7 posted on 09/16/2011 12:23:23 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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The celebration of wicked people and wickedness is becoming almost biblical in its scope!


8 posted on 09/16/2011 12:40:03 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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That’s what I’m thinking. Is the old roue so stupid as to pick up this award? Here we go again!


9 posted on 09/16/2011 12:42:24 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Run, Sarah, Run! Please!)
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To: Steelfish

In my be Church Lady voice, “Isn’t that special.”


10 posted on 09/16/2011 12:52:56 PM PDT by bgill (There, happy now?)
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More awards for the pervert Roman Polanski. When will this disgusting rapist and sodomite finally assume room temperature and take the Big Dirt Nap?


11 posted on 09/16/2011 5:55:19 PM PDT by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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