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Deneuve’s Soft Street Scenes (frogsmoke.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:08:48 GMT

A nearly 5-minute long sequence of a 20-year young Catherine Deneuve, walking through the streets of London. Repulsion (1965, wiki) was Roman Polanski’s first first English language film, and is widely considered a masterpiece. And, 43 years on, Deneuve is still as stunning as ever. Via Video Sift

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VIDEO EXLUSIVE: Vincent Bugliosi Supports Compassionate Release Of Manson 'Family' Member Susan Atkins (Hot Potato Mash)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:55:03 GMT

Tate, who was 8 1/2 months pregnant with director Roman Polanski's son, unsuccessfully begged Atkins for mercy stating, according to prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, "please let me live so I can have my baby." ... Now Atkins, who suffers from brain cancer, has had her leg amputated and has been given six months to live, is requesting that the state parole board grant her a "compassionate...

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Late Late Nite FDL: Clutchy Hopkins Got A Funky Buzz Going On (Firedoglake)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:00:32 GMT

Who is Clutchy Hopkins? He's everywhere, sightings are frequent yet random, from Houston to record stores in the North West, even meeting Roman Polanski.

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Screenshot of the Day: One From The Heart (Nostalgia Kinky)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:15:00 GMT

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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired - 6/11/2008 (filmcritic.com Movie Reviews)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:42:04 GMT

Among the many fascinating things about the HBO documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired is its withering scorn for the jackal-like press packs that surrounded Polanski throughout the legal ordeal he went through in Los Angeles in 1977-1978. What's fascinating is how positively quaint and charming it all seems compared to the world we live in today. What would happen if an...

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The Big Picture: My hot date with Sheila Nevins (LA Times)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:46:28 GMT

... from "When the Levees Broke" to "Taxi to the Dark Side" to "Born Into Brothels" to the recent "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired."

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Cage, Brosnan See Polanski's 'Ghost' (KillerMovies)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:45:39 GMT

Roman Polanski has set Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton and Pierce Brosnan for his next film, "The Ghost," an adaptation of the Robert Harris political thriller..

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50 Book Challenge #32: The Ministry of Special Cases (Prettier Than Napoleon)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:00:00 GMT

This was a good book, and might have been a better book had the disappeared kid not been such an annoying twerp. Good for people who like Death & the Maiden but don't want to support dirty old Roman Polanski .

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Wanted...and Left Wanting (Lessons of Darkness)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:07:06 GMT

... Last Mistress (Cinematical) Full Grown Men (Slant magazine) Coming Soon: Hancock (Slant magazine) Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (Slant magazine) Full Battle Rattle (Slant magazine) August (Slant magazine)

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BAZ BAMIGBOYE on Gillian Anderson, Nicole Kidman, Roman Polanski and much more... (Daily Mail)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:28:48 GMT

Gillian Anderson will take on one of the most controversial roles an actress can play on the stage... playing Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House.

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Cage And Brosnan Sign On For ‘The Ghost’ (DailyStab)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:12:51 GMT

Nicholas Cage and Pierce Brosnan are to take the lead roles in Roman Polanski’s latest thriller The Ghost. “I’m going to go off and work with Mr Roman Polanski and Nic Cage on a film called ‘The Ghost,’” Brosnan told MTV. “It’s a thriller.” The film is based on a Robert Harris novel and will feature Brosnan [...]

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THINKFilm Not Releasing Momma’s Man (SpoutBlog)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:45:25 GMT

Anthony Kaufman brings news that THINKFilm has given up distribution rights on Azazel Jacobs’ Momma’s Man to Kino International. THINK announced their acquisition of the film in early March , about six weeks after the film was unveiled at Sundance. Just last week , THINK’s Mark Urman told Kaufmann that they planned on going through with the release of both Momma’s and Roman Polanski:...

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Hardboiled Detectives (SJCPL Blog)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:21:40 GMT

... as the weary detective investigating a scandal in the water department of L.A….Directed by Roman Polanski, the movie holds the audience’s attention from start to finish both with this main story and the psychological and tense subplot involving a woman he falls for during his investigation. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards and winning for Best Screenplay , Chinatown is one to add...

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The Manson File, reviewed by Denise Noe (MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:31:27 GMT

To give this book a fair review, it is necessary to discuss some history because a generation has been born and reached middle age since the events that catapulted the subject of “The Manson File” into worldwide infamy. On the evening of August 9, 1969, five people were murdered at the Bel Air, California home of director Roman Polanski who was not present because he was away making a...

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Roman Polanski Scares Up Cage, Swinton and Brosnan for THE GHOST! (Ain't it Cool News)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:55:56 GMT

Cage will star as a ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a British ex-prime minister (Brosnan) when the first author unexpectedly dies. As Cage's character sifts through the politician's history, he begins to suspect that the last writer might've been murdered after turning up too much scandal, which raises the question: "Why does the prime minister insist on hiring such thorough writers when...

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Tilda Swinton joins Cage and Brosnan in ”The Ghost” (FilmoFilia)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:49:25 GMT

... former prime minister (Brosnan). Her marriage is crumbling, and she falls for the writer. Director Roman Polanski earlier said of the film: “I have been looking for a political thriller to direct for some time, and The Ghost could not be more perfect. Robert has constructed a novel with such suspense. It is hard to put it down.” Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde are producing. Polanski...

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Casting Couch: Cage Sees a Ghost; Olyphant Doing Damages; Cross Gets a Peck (E! Online)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:13:00 GMT

Nicolas Cage is going from Ghost Rider to The Ghost. The actor has come aboard to star opposite fellow Oscar winner Tilda Swinton and Pierce Brosnan in Roman Polanski's feature...

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Tilda Swinton Sees The Ghost (Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:10:39 GMT

Joining Nicolas Cage and Pierce Brosnan in Roman Polanski's political thriller.

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Nicolas Cage Among Roman Polanski's 'Ghost' Busters (Zap2it.com - News)

editorial@zap2it.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Nicolas Cage, Pierce Brosnan and Tilda Swinton will star Roman Polanski's adaptation of Robert Harris' "The Ghost" is set to move forward with a star-studded cast led by Nicolas Cage and Pierce Brosnan.

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The Big Picture: Sheila Nevins alert! (LA Times)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:26:46 GMT

... 19 Academy Awards, 20 prime-time Emmys and 28 Peabody Awards. Her most recent hot-button doc was "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," which debuted on HBO earlier this month as part of a summer-long series of Monday-night doc showings on the channel. (To learn more, here's a recent I did on the subject.)

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