Sympathy documentary for Roman Polanski

Entertainment: At the Sundance Film Festival where a guy who raped a drugged up 13 year old probably considered a good Friday night.

The documentary film by director Marina Zenovich premiered at the film festival on the 30th anniversary of Polanski's court case, offering a sympathetic view of the famed director who fled the United States in 1978 to avoid being jailed for having intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. Chronicled in newspapers around the world then, the "sensational" case was "one of the first examples of journalists hunting people for a tabloid story," Zenovich told AFP. "There was no Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood back then (on US television), but there was a lot of interest in this case. And once they found out (victim Samantha Gailey)'s name, they found out where she went to school, where she lived, and they hunted her -- and Polanski." And, according to Zenovich, they botched the story. Relying on interviews with the attorneys in the case and Gailey (now Samantha Geimer), 1970s media footage and court documents, as well as recycled interviews of Polanski himself, the filmmaker aims to set the record straight. But, she is skeptical people's view of Polanski will change after seeing her film, Zenovich said. "America is very puritanical and people can't get past the charges. I think there is a great majority of people who even if they hear this story, they won't care because they can't get away from the charges." "Yet in Europe, he is revered," she added. "It's a culture clash."

Excuse us puritanical Americans for wanting to send this sex predator to jail for what he did, once again the Europeans have shown us the light. I said it before but the fact he is able to walk around without a care in the world and Hollywood people still want to work with him reflects their charcter and values.

Of course the Weinstein Co would pick up the rights to it. I am beginning to think both brothers are apeing the movie making skills of Uwe Boll.