The truth couldn't fit in the headlines.
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Documentary
| Crime
DVD, 99 minutes
Country:
USA
| UK
Director:
Marina Zenovich
Writer:
Joe Bini
| P.G. Morgan
| Marina Zenovich
Producer:
Nick Fraser
| Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
| P.G. Morgan
| Steven Soderbergh
| Michelle Sullivan
| Randy Wooten
| Lila Yacoub
| Marina Zenovich
Music:
Mark De Gli Antoni
Plot outline
Marina Zenovich's new documentary examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Cast
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Istvan Bajzat
- Steve Barshop
- Marilyn Beck
- Madeline Bessmer
- Pierre-André Boutang
- Andrew Braunsberg
- Richard Brenneman
- Nicolas Cage
- Michael Caine
- John Cassavetes
- Dick Cavett
- Furnell Chatman
- Joan Collins
- Michael M. Crain
- Stephen Daldry
- Douglas Dalton
- Catherine Deneuve
- Faye Dunaway
- Mia Farrow
- Harrison Ford
- Samantha Geimer
- Jim Grodin
- Robin Groth
- Roger Gunson
- Gene Gutowski
- Russell Harty
- Hugh M. Hefner
- Mick Jagger
- Clive James
- Ken Jones
- Hawk Koch
- Hanna Landy
- Ronald Markman
- Rob Marshall
- Daniel Melnick
- Hans Mollinger
- Jack Nicholson
- Barbara Parkins
- Roman Polanski
- Claus Preute
- Elliot Rittenband
- Laurence J. Rittenband
- Marlene Roden
- Marv Ryver
- Jay Sebring
- Lorenzo Semple Jr.
- Fred Sidewater
- Lawrence M. Silver
- Terence Stamp
- Meryl Streep
- Anthea Sylbert
- Debra Tate
- Sharon Tate
- Stephen S. Trott
- Diane Tschekaloff
- Philip Vannatter
- Mike Wallace
- Leonor Watling
- David Wells
Plots
- In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue. Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing. This film examines that year-long period, using archival footage of the media frenzy and of Polanski's life before the charges, clips from his films, and contemporary interviews with many of the principles - attorneys, the victim, and Polanski's friends and associates. Polanski remains enigmatic, but portraits emerge of the machinations of justice and of a judge more interested in his image than his word or the law. Written by