Rosemary's Baby News

A French lawyer for Roman Polanski says he has submitted a new bail offer to a Swiss court to try to free the filmmaker from jail.

Swiss cinema fans and industry professionals have paid homage to Roman Polanski at a special evening organised by the Swiss Film Archive in Lausanne.

A hearing has been scheduled for next month in director Roman Polanski's effort to win dismissal of the 1977 sexual assault case that led to his arrest in September.

Actress Mia Farrow has been left haunted by the news a Palestinian has suffocated to death after a tunnel collapse under the Gaza Strip at the weekend .

Caption: Roman Polanski The 2008 Cannes Film Festival - Day 12 Palme d'Or Closing Ceremony - Arrivals at the Palais des Festivals Cannes, France .... POLANSKI TO FILE 'VERY SIGNIFICANT' BAIL OFFER Incarcerated director ROMAN POLANSKI is preparing to pay out a "very, very significant" amount of cash in bid to land bail, according to his lawyer.

Saturday is Halloween, that time of year when thoughts of spine-tingling horror and suspense are the order of the day.

'The media can't get anything straight ... The idea that this girl was in her communion dress, a little angel all in white, being raped by this awful Jew, 'Polacko' - that's what people were calling him - well, the story is totally different now from what it was then ... Anti-Semitism got poor Polanski.' Polanski, now 76, was arrested in ...

Imprisoned director Roman Polanski made a new, higher offer of bail but Swiss authorities rejected it because they still think the risk is too high that he would flee the country, the Justice Ministry said Friday.

The Shining has been named the most terrifying film of all time in a new poll. The 1980 Stanley Kubrick classic, starring Jack Nicholson as a deranged writer, topped the list of the world's scariest movies ahead of Rosemary's Baby, directed by Roman Polanski.

Director Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby operates on two levels: on the one hand it is a highly suspenseful and ultimately terrifying horror film, and on the other it is actually an important part of the emerging feminist movement of the decade.

The Shining starred Jack Nicholson. Photo: AP/WARNER BROS The film , based on the Stephen King story, told the story of a frustrated writer, played by Jack Nicholson, who holes up in an isolated hotel for the winter and becomes increasingly disturbed.

A scandal can be a career blessing -- David Letterman's ratings, anyone? -- but even the flimsy principles of our reality-TV culture may be tested with the release of the next film from Roman Polanski.

Share + Oct 20, 2009 7:20 am US/Eastern Judge Orders 76-Year-Old Filmmaker Held Pending U.S. Extradition Request in 1977 Sex Case GENEVA 1 of 1 Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in Milan, Italy.

The victim in the Roman Polanski child sex case has renewed calls for the case against the director to be dismissed and urged the media to leave her alone, court filings showed Monday.

U.S. Formally Requests Polanski's Extradition Share + Oct 23, 2009 8:02 am US/Central U.S. Formally Requests Polanski's Extradition GENEVA 1 of 1 Director Roman Polanski attends Che Tempo Che Fa TV Show held at RAI Studios on November 23, 2008 in Milan, Italy.

The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss and U.S. authorities said Friday.

Film-maker Roman Polanski was arrested at the request of the United States on trying to enter Switzerland on Saturday evening to receive a prize, the Zurich Film Festival said in a statement on Sunday.

Whatever your opinion of the current Roman Polanski controversy, one thing is clear: "Rosemary's Baby" is a heck of a movie.

Roman Polanski has been released from prison to receive medical care. The 76-year-old director - who faces being extradited to America from France after fleeing to the country in 1978 when he was convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was taken to an undisclosed hospital from his Swiss jail to get the necessary treatment.

Vidal Sassoon says Mia Farrow's famous cropped haircut was done by mistake. The world-famous hairdresser was flown to Los Angeles by filmmaker Roman Polanski - who was directing the actress in 1968 movie 'Rosemary's Baby' - and asked to give her a new look.