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User Rating:
7.5/10   1,452 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Joe Bini (writer)
P.G. Morgan (writer)
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Release Date:
11 December 2008 (Greece) more
Tagline:
The truth couldn't fit in the headlines.
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(54 articles)
Full of the strange
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 5 December 2009, 4:09 PM, PST)

Exclusive: Brett Ratner talks about new Polanski doc
 (From EW.com - PopWatch. 2 October 2009, 2:00 PM, PDT)

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A Startling Document more (30 total)

Cast

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Pedro Almodóvar ... Himself (archive footage)
Istvan Bajzat ... Himself
Steve Barshop ... Himself
Marilyn Beck ... Herself
Madeline Bessmer ... Herself
Pierre-André Boutang ... Himself
Andrew Braunsberg ... Himself
Richard Brenneman ... Himself

Nicolas Cage ... Himself (archive footage)

Michael Caine ... Himself (archive footage)
John Cassavetes ... Guy Woodhouse (archive footage)
Dick Cavett ... Himself (archive footage)
Furnell Chatman ... Himself (archive footage)

Joan Collins ... Herself (archive footage)
Michael M. Crain ... Himself

Stephen Daldry ... Himself (archive footage)
Douglas Dalton ... Himself (also archive footage)

Catherine Deneuve ... Herself / Carole Ledoux (archive footage)

Faye Dunaway ... (archive footage)

Mia Farrow ... Herself (also archive footage)

Harrison Ford ... Himself (archive footage)
Samantha Geimer ... Herself
Jim Grodin ... Himself
Robin Groth ... Himself (archive footage)
Roger Gunson ... Himself
Gene Gutowski ... Himself
Russell Harty ... Himself (archive footage)

Hugh M. Hefner ... Himself (archive footage)

Mick Jagger ... Himself (archive footage)
Clive James ... Himself
Ken Jones ... Himself (archive footage)
Hawk Koch ... Himself
Hanna Landy ... Herself
Dr. Ronald Markman ... Himself

Rob Marshall ... Himself (archive footage)
Daniel Melnick ... Himself
Hans Mollinger ... Himself

Jack Nicholson ... Himself / Jack Gittes (archive footage)
Barbara Parkins ... Herself (archive footage)

Roman Polanski ... Himself (archive footage)
Claus Preute ... Himself
Elliot Rittenband ... Himself - Nephew
Laurence J. Rittenband ... Himself (archive footage)
Marlene Roden ... Herself
Marv Ryver ... Himself (archive footage)
Jay Sebring ... Himself (archive footage)

Emmanuelle Seigner ... Herself
Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... Himself
Fred Sidewater ... Himself
Lawrence M. Silver ... Himself (as Lawrence Silver)

Terence Stamp ... Himself (archive footage)

Meryl Streep ... Herself (archive footage)
Anthea Sylbert ... Herself
Debra Tate ... Herself

Sharon Tate ... Herself / Sarah Shagal (archive footage)
Stephen S. Trott ... Himself (archive footage)
Diane Tschekaloff ... Herself
Philip Vannatter ... Himself
Mike Wallace ... Himself (archive footage)

Leonor Watling ... Herself (archive footage)
David Wells ... Himself
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99 min
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Samantha Geimer: The worst part was... no one believed me. more
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Features Chinatown (1974) more
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Lullaby more

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23 out of 34 people found the following comment useful.
A Startling Document, 20 July 2008
9/10
Author: Julia Fonseca from United States

Roman Polanski's life reads like a work of fiction. Tolstoi, Nabokov, Pasternak even Stephen King and Jackie Collins. The fact that it's not fiction but fact makes it overwhelming. He came from a world in which evil had taken away his parents in which he found his mission without any of the things that, most of us, would take for granted. That in itself is kind of admirable almost miraculous. This remarkable documentary puts things in perspective and it achieves that without rhetoric. How easy for a world consumed by gossip an innuendo to transform the man into a monster. I felt for Polanski, I could actually put myself in his shoes and weep. There is an element of innocence in his behavior that it's impossible to ignore. Hopefully, this film, will help justice to be done, real justice and real justice involves forgiveness and compassion.

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