SINOPSIS
In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue. Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing. This film examines that year-long period, using archival footage of the media frenzy and of Polanski's life before the charges, clips from his films, and contemporary interviews with many of the principles - attorneys, the victim, and Polanski's friends and associates. Polanski remains enigmatic, but portraits emerge of the machinations of justice and of a judge more interested in his image than his word or the law.
- Andrew BraunsbergSelf - Producer & Polanski's Friend
- Richard BrennemanSelf - Reporter, Santa Monica Evening Outlook
- Douglas DaltonSelf - Attorney for the Defense
- Marilyn BeckSelf - Hollywood Gossip Columnist
- Steve BarshopSelf - Assistant District Attorney
- Madeline BessmerSelf - Girlfriend #2
- Michael M. CrainSelf - Former Public Defender
- Samantha GeimerSelf - Victim
- Mia FarrowSelf - Actress
- Pedro AlmodóvarSelf (archive footage)
- Istvan BajzatSelf - Photographer
- Pierre-André BoutangSelf - Polanski's Friend
- Nicolas CageSelf (archive footage)
- Michael CaineSelf (archive footage)
- John CassavetesGuy Woodhouse (archive footage)
- Dick CavettSelf (archive footage)
- Furnell ChatmanSelf (archive footage)
- Joan CollinsSelf (archive footage)
- Stephen DaldrySelf (archive footage)
- Catherine DeneuveSelf / Carole Ledoux (archive footage)
- Faye Dunaway(archive footage)
- Harrison FordSelf (archive footage)
- Susan GaileyRosie (archive footage)
- Jim GrodinSelf
- Robin GrothSelf (archive footage)