Roman Polanski

The sudden arrest of the Polish film maker Roman Polanski has brought the release of his latest film “The Ghost” to a hold. The political thriller was mostly set to hit the screen right before Polanski was arrested in Switzerland.

Jeff Berg, the chief of International Creative Management as well as Polanski’s agent has said that the director had nearly finished editing the film. But various other post production work like music scoring and sound mixing were left to be done. The Ghost is based on Robert Harris’ novel and stars Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor as the main two leads. The other casts include Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson, Olivia Williams and James Belushi.

The novel itself caused much refute due to a strong resemblance of Lang, the protagonist’s character to former Prime Minister Tony Blair. In the movie Brosnan will be seen in the role of Lang, who was once a very popular political leader but brought down by his fealty with the United States in the war on terror.

Polanski had escaped from USA in 1978 after he was accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles. The director was in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award from a film festival from where he was arrested. Polanski’s last release was 1974’s “Chinatown”.

Polanski is a  Holocaust survivor and have gone through numerous traumatic situations in life. In 1969 he had been a witness to the murder of his pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, by followers of cult figure Charles Manson.

“I’m always optimistic when it comes to Roman. He’s strong, and he has survived every situation imaginable”, added Berg.

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