Polanski 'finishing film in jail' 导演Polanski将于狱中完成电
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Director Roman Polanski is finishing his latest film from jail, according to screenwriter Robert Harris.

编剧家Robert Harris称,导演Roman Polanski将要在狱中完成他的最新电影。

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Polanski's film stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Cattrall

Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Harris said Polanski wanted to finish The Ghost in time for next February's Berlin Film Festival.

"He can make his wishes known from his cell. I don't think he can make phone calls but he can communicate," he said.

Polanski was arrested in Switzerland last month over his 1977 conviction for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.

He left the US in 1978 before he could be sentenced and has never returned.

The Swiss Justice Ministry1 denied the 76-year-old bail2 last week, saying there was a "very high risk that he will flee".

Polanski's legal representatives are asking Switzerland's highest criminal court to free him and say they will fight any possible extradition3(引渡逃犯) to the US.

The Ghost is based upon Harris's best-selling political thriller4 which tells the story of a ghost-writer called in to help a former British Prime Minister write his memoirs5.

'Bad treatment'

It is set against the backdrop(背景) of a possible indictment6(起诉,控告) at the International Criminal Court.

The movie stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Cattrall. Filming took place in Germany between February and May this year, and Polanski finished editing on the day of his arrest.

According to The Times, the director recently gave instructions about the film score to Alexandre Desplat, the composer best known for writing music for The Queen and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

But Harris admitted the film's reception could be affected7 by the director's current situation.

"We will test to the upper limits the notion(观念,想法) that there's no such thing as bad publicity," he said.

The arrest of Polanski, who won an Oscar in 2002 for The Pianist, has prompted an outcry among some politicians and Hollywood heavyweights.

But California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said the film-maker should not get special treatment because he is a "big-time movie director".

Harris - who also worked with Polanski on the script for a previous, abandoned adaptation(改编,适应) of his historical novel, Pompeii - said he did not condone(赦,宽恕) the director's crime, but felt the situation is more complex than some commentators8 have suggested.

"He was left with little choice but to flee," the writer said.

"He has effectively been on probation9(服缓刑) for 32 years. For this to happen to him now... it seems to me to be bad treatment, especially as the victim herself says that she doesn't want him to be pursued(追捕,追求) any further."



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1 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
2 bail Aupz4     
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
参考例句:
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
3 extradition R7Eyc     
n.引渡(逃犯)
参考例句:
  • The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱,等待引渡到英国。
  • He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。
4 thriller RIhzU     
n.惊险片,恐怖片
参考例句:
  • He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
  • I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时,总带一本惊险小说看。
5 memoirs f752e432fe1fefb99ab15f6983cd506c     
n.回忆录;回忆录传( mem,自oir的名词复数)
参考例句:
  • Her memoirs were ghostwritten. 她的回忆录是由别人代写的。
  • I watched a trailer for the screenplay of his memoirs. 我看过以他的回忆录改编成电影的预告片。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 indictment ybdzt     
n.起诉;诉状
参考例句:
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
  • They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。
7 affected TzUzg0     
adj.不自然的,假装的
参考例句:
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
8 commentators 14bfe5fe312768eb5df7698676f7837c     
n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 );时事评论员;注释者;实况广播员
参考例句:
  • Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语,真叫人腻烦。
  • Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话,令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 probation 41zzM     
n.缓刑(期),(以观后效的)察看;试用(期)
参考例句:
  • The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱,而且将他缓刑察看一年。
  • His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后,他的工资增加了800元。
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