He PLEAD GUILTY to "engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor".

I think that pretty much PROVES it.

Not to
2 short A SixPack..:1orglaugh

the award was for best director..not for best morals. The Pianist was a beautifully directed film.

Woody Allen has has a ton of nominations and his morals are questionable. They didn't even let anyone accept on his behalf..they just gave it to him based on what was an outstanding piece of art.

Was thrilled not to see it handed to Gangs Of New York just because it would have been easy to do it or to Chicago because the Douglas clan has so much clout. I mean come on...when both Douglases showed up was there any doubt what was best picture. Atleast it was a suprise.

Force him to make great films for 10 years as a community service. Hollywood would lose money on their formula shite and the world will gain a decade of classic films. Have him pass the baton to apprentice or two .

Hey asshole... read previous post... Elvis Presley slept with Pricila when she was 14... and slept with many other underage girls...

Elvis is an idolized icon in the US and everywhere else for that matter!

Fuck Roman Polanski, Fuck Elvis, Fuck Woody Allen, Fuck Michael Moore.

That is all.

Good night.

He didn't plead guily shit for brains.

He was was ready to agree to a plea deal. Anyway, irrespective of whether he commited a crime or not, he's still a fucking great film director.

And you're a talentless turd.

"There was no plot against me. There was no set-up. It was all my fault. I think my wrongdoing was far greater than Bill Clinton's."

-Roman Polanski, Esquire magazine.


"Polanski told the girl he wanted to photograph her for Vogue, but instead gave her Quaaludes and champagne and took her to bed. He maintained she was a Lolita who knew all about sex and drugs.

Facing up to 50 years in prison if convicted at trial, Polanski pleaded guilty to one count of statutory rape."

-Daily News (New York), October 1, 1997


"He had plea-bargained and pleaded guilty to the least of six charges against him in the case."
-The Toronto Sun, March 8, 2000





Even in canada, they say he plead guilty.

So talent is the big difference here...huh?

As long as he continues to direct great films he can bang all the 13 year olds he wishes eh?

even if he would have fucked a goat to death, he's still a genius. don't deny it, he's brighter than all of us in this thread combined. :glugglug

50 kegs of beer

LOL man you guys crack me up...some guy in Colorado photographs girls clothed...but some would consider it a bit too seductive is found innocent but yet you still think he should be hung by his balls in the town square.

One guy admittedly rapes a young girl but because he's a "genius," it's all cool.

Don't tell me what I think.

I've never expressed any opinion about any guy in Colorado so shut your hole.

No, he is a genius director. His morals are one thing. Same people that say people shouldn't make political speaches at the Oscers want awards to be decided on morals.

hmm...never pointed my finger in your direction with that post but you apparently felt so guilty you figured it did pertain to you.

Now my post about talent being the deciding factor when it comes to admiring child rapists it was pointing at you.

he wouldn't get away unpunished if he stepped foot on US soil. since the crime was committed here, he has to be trialed here.

Polanski is clever enough to know that there is no reason for him to come here. thus - there will be no trial.

Big difference than someone spouting off for 30 seconds and a guy who drugs and rapes a young girl.

We're not just talking morals here, we're talking about a crime, and a wanted fugitive.

The case never went to trial so the point is moot. He may or may not be guilty of a crime. We also may never know the true details.

But that is separate (and irrelevent) to discussion of his talent as a film director.

That is my point.

who in this thread has seen The Pianist?

not me, but sure as hell am gonna see it.:thumbsup

I have not but have seen other Polanski films...but what's the point?

He's still a wanted fugitive, not for spouting off political speeches at an awards ceremony, but for drugging and raping a young girl.

something wrong with society? I think so.

The point is that the award was for that film.

I am not thrilled with what he is charged with. I wasn't there I don't know exactly and neither do any of us here. The award was for directing.

The Pianist was a brilliant film. Not an uplifting film, not a cheery 'I have been filled with so much hollywood sacrin my teeth hurt' film but one that almost was painted. One that sapped the energy out of you by the end. One that showed the horrors of situations past but didn't need to have blood spurting all over the place to show that it was evil. A director that could use various shades of grey to paint a picture. A director that got a very good performance out of Brody.

If he is guilty, let him go to jail - I won't complain but that does not mean that his film was not the best directed film in that selection.

Yeah and O.J. Simpson was a magnificent football player...but sometimes it is up to society to correct our government's wrong doings whether that is freeing the innocent from jail, or ostracizing the guilty who have been freed.

Polanski plead guilty and ran when he found out it just wasn't going to go his way.

well the Oscers are a farse anyway. This year was slightly rare because there were more 'rightful' winners that usual. Even so Chicago for best picture over something like the Pianist or even LOTR is a joke.

If he hadn't even been nominated it would have been wrong on an artistic basis but I could have understood that the academy takes political decissions. However, once it was nominated and in that list it had to win.

Good movie or not... the guy is still a rapist that had vaginal and anal intercourse with a 13 year old girl after giving her champagne and drugs. Go ahead and read the transcript for yourself. The's a special place in hell for bastards like that.

Brad

damn, he fucked her up the ass... sicko

I just read the girls grand jury testimony and she says Polanski performed "cuddliness" on her, lol, that is so much cuter than cunnilingus

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskib10.html

I refuse to watch the AAs next year. It's getting lamer and stiffer each year, I was truely pleased to see Moore to stir up some shit. all those stiff motherfuckers really need to pull out the dildos out of their asses.

making themselves so fucking important.... jee...

Well I'm glad Adrien Brody won, I used to hang out with him in NYC and can remember how excited he was when he got a part in Summer of Sam. Now he's the youngest guy to win Best Actor. Fuckin-A!

atleast you don't get the UK coverage. It is weird because they can't show the adverts so everytime there is a comerical break they cut to a studio thing where they talk about what happened since the last break. Jonathan Ross hosts it and I like him but then they have 'hollywood' guest and this year one of them was Linda 'pea soup' Blair. I could have happily bitch slapped her. So luvie...annoying giggle and complained that some of Steve Martin's words weren't 'necessary ' for the ocassion and it was a shame he made them.

Yeah...the can of mellon he carries with him should have been nominated for best supporting actor though.

Bwah!!

oh....but the best comment on the UK coverage was from John Rhys-Davies who plays Treebeard in LOTR. He said 'The Hours' wasn't very good but if you just wanted to go for the 'lesbo action' it was alright.

Yeah I really liked him in Liberty Heights.

If it were up to Hollywood and their ilk, Saddam Hussein would receive an award for being a brilliant politician.

An admitted child rapist (Polanski) receives an award.
An admitted wife-beater (Eminem) who actually sang about it and profited from it receives an award.

What more do you need to turn off the AA and stop treating Hollywood personas as if they're worthy of honor?

was the best thing about bread and roses too

I love you all... it's ok!

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i still think it's funny how you can't admit you were wrong, she was 13 years old not 16. and he gave her qualudes dude, who cares if he is a good director.

apparently the people voting for 'best director'


seriously..if he did that he should be in jail. Still glad he made the film.