Naming Names: The ‘Free Roman Polanski’ Petition
by Big Hollywood
And please do take a moment to give to the Hollywood Fund For Moral Illiteracy…
Woody Allen
Wes Anderson
Darren Aronofsky
Jonatham Demme
Stephen Frears
David Lynch
Martin Scorsese
Full list: (it might have been quicker to name who didn’t sign the petition)
Fatih Akin, Stephane Allagnon, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Wes Anderson, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alexandre Arcady, Fanny Ardant, Asia Argento, Darren Aronofsky, Olivier Assayas, Alexander Astruc, Gabriel Auer, Luc Barnier , Christophe Barratier, Xavier Beauvois , Liria Begeja , Gilles Behat, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Marco Bellochio, Monica Bellucci, Djamel Bennecib, Giuseppe Bertolucci , Patrick Bouchitey, Paul Boujenah, Jacques Bral, Patrick Braoudé, André Buytaers, Christian Carion, Henning Carlsen, Jean-michel Carre, Mathieu Celary, Patrice Chéreau, Elie Chouraqui, Souleymane Cissé, Alain Corneau, Jérôme Cornuau, Miguel Courtois, Dominique Crevecoeur, Alfonso Cuaron, Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Jonathan Demme, Alexandre Desplat, Rosalinde et Michel Deville, Georges Dybman, Jacques Fansten, Joël Farges, Gianluca Farinelli (Cinémathèque de de Bologne), Etienne Faure, Michel Ferry, Scott Foundas, Stephen Frears, Thierry Frémaux, Sam Gabarski, René Gainville, Tony Gatlif, Costa Gavras, Jean-Marc Ghanassia, Terry Gilliam, Christian Gion, Marc Guidoni, Buck Henry, David Heyman, Laurent Heynemann, Robert Hossein, Jean-Loup Hubert, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Gilles Jacob, Just Jaeckin, Alain Jessua, Pierre Jolivet, Kent Jones (World Cinema Foundation), Roger Kahane, Nelly Kaplan, Wong Kar Waï, Ladislas Kijno, Harmony Korinne, Jan Kounen, Diane Kurys, Emir Kusturica, John Landis, Claude Lanzmann, André Larquié, Vinciane Lecocq, Patrice Leconte, Claude Lelouch, Gérard Lenne, David Lynch, Michael Mann, François Margolin, Jean-PierreMarois, Tonie Marshall, Mario Martone, Nicolas Mauvernay, Radu Mihaileanu, Claude Miller, Mario Monicelli, Jeanne Moreau, Sandra Nicolier, Michel Ocelot, Alexander Payne, Richard Pena (Directeur Festival de NY), Michele Placido, Philippe Radault, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Raphael Rebibo, Yasmina Reza, Jacques Richard, Laurence Roulet, Walter Salles, Jean-Paul Salomé, Marc Sandberg, Jerry Schatzberg, Julian Schnabel, Barbet Schroeder, Ettore Scola, Martin Scorsese, Charlotte Silvera, Abderrahmane Sissako, Paolo Sorrentino, Guillaume Stirn, Tilda Swinton, Jean-Charles Tacchella, Radovan Tadic, Danis Tanovic, Bertrand Tavernier, Cécile Telerman, Alain Terzian, Pascal Thomas, Giuseppe Tornatore, Serge Toubiana, Nadine Trintignant, Tom Tykwer, Alexandre Tylski, Betrand Van Effenterre, Wim Wenders.
EDIT: new names
Isabelle Adjani
Antoine Aronin
Paul Auster
Morgane Beauverger
Candice Belaisch-Goldchmit
Yamina Benguigui
Pascal Bruckner
Jessika Cohen
Philippe Corbé
Jean-Paul Dayan
Katarina De Meulder
Arielle Dombasle
Nathalie Faucheux
Corinne Figuet
Pierre Forciniti
Louis Garrel
Albert Gauvin
Johanna Gozlan
Davide Homitsu Riboli
Taylor Hackford
Isabelle Huppert
Neil Jordan
Thierry Kamami
Milan Kundera
Gaelle Lancien
Claude Lanzmann
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Sam Mendes
Camille Meyer
Patrick Mimouni
Yann Moix
Mike Nichols
Sandra Nicolier
Marie Nieves Perez Neël
Salman Rushdie
Carine Sarna
Ysabelle Saura Del Pan
William Shawcross
Olivier Soares Barbosa
Steven Soderbergh
Nil Symchowicz
Danièle Thompson
Eugenia Varela Navarro
Diane von Furstenberg
Scott Foundas
Margaret Walker
Elsa Zylberstein
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806 Comments
Top of the list..
Woody Allen….
Delicious!!!
seems top heavy with Frenchies.
He usually shops at his local junior high for a new wife. Except when there's one at home. They're blood brothers.
To tell the truth, I havn't heard of most of these morons.
It's psychological. Polanski is one of the them. They're choosing to rationalize it away that what he did wasn't that bad. They're not dealing with it. I don't believe all these people are morally corrupt. They know Polanski. They like him. There is an explanation for his behavior. There must be. I just shows what happens when you have more faith in your feelings than in facts.
I think what has disturbed me lately (the last 20 minutes, that is) is a point someone brought up in another thread. How was this same group able to turn on Elia Kazan if they couldn't turn on Polanski. That is something I don't understand.
Unbelievable. Every one of these brave French artists put their names to a petition to protest the arrest of a director convicted of drugging and sodomizing a 13 year old girl. Where were those same names protesting the death threats of a Danish editor who'd published a cartoon?
What you defend is what you are. Congratulations French artists. You just outed yourselves.
CINEMATIC IMMUNITY! WTF?
// Here it is dudes: Time and making some good films does not lessen or excuse the horrific crime of the rape of a 13 year old. Done.
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I guess we all now know who thinks giving drugs to a 13 year old girl, rape and sodomize her and then running from his own admission is ok. With Woody Allen at the top of the list, thats rich. If it was my daughter this wouldn't be an issue, I'd of killed the son of a bitch before he ever made it to trial. Maybe there should be a petition to counter this one. Call it "Fry Roman Polanski". And maybe we should boycott the movies and music of those who want him free. Children are our future. Just because Porapeski makes movies that people like is in no way an excuse for what he did.
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did these loco's also sign the release form to let their 13 year old relative spend the night with this rapist, with drugs and booze. i'll be none of them signed that petition? what part of convicted, not accused rapist do they not get??
Dang, thought Gilliam and Hackford marched to the beat of their own drum. Disappointing.
What if he ends up sharing a cell with Manson…..awkward!
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
@katy – I thought the same thing!
Hoping when this is all over, we can get a good, complete list of everyone who signed. I don't support the work of those who support child rapists. I'd like to know whom to avoid.
American Police Force occupies Hardin Montana
http://mywhitehouse.org/2009/09/29/hardin-montana...
Also please sign our petition
http://mywhitehouse.org/dont-tread-on-me/
I only recognize 14 names on the list, and none of them belong to people I like, but it's still surprising to see so many people put their name to it. It's interesting, though, to see Sam Mendes on there, but not Kate Winslet.
Not that I know any of these degenerates…Look! A new list of people that are disgusting, vile and are proud of it!
I thought that was very witty! Unfortunately, it will be lost on most as they don't even know who his former wife was….
Luckily, I've never heard of most of these morally bankrupt turds. But I shall make a point of never, ever spending a penny on anything they do, for the rest of their immoral, filthy lives.
Can't help noticing that the names on the list are overwhelmingly male.
Right, because before this list came out we thought they were giants of morality.
Most of the comments in the blogosphere have been against Polanski, so I doubt many American artists would openly support this guy. Off the record on the other hand…
Q: When is it okay to rape a 13 year old girl?
A: When you work for or in Hollywood.
Can we get Iran to drop the bomb on California?
Remember EVERYONE who signed this Petition SUPPORTS RAPE and an ADMITTED RAPIST! No spin. No Excuses. Add Whoopi Goldberg to this list, she may not have signed this petition but excused Polanski's admitted rape by saying " But it's not RAPE rape" As Progressive David Sirota wrote on twitter: To Polanski apologists:He raped a child against her will.Repeat:HE RAPED A CHILD. He needs to go to jail immediately. NUFF SAID!!
A must read. It was a vile crime.
Whitewashing Roman Polanski
http://mobile.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/02/19/ro...
I'm sure John Phillips would have signed it.
Is that really a cool thing to do, plug your website in posts where it's not even tangentially related to the topic?
Leave it to the liberal gutter rats in Hollywood to support child rapists and cop killers. These degenerates don't deserve to live in this country.
Its disappointing to see Wes Anderson on there
Who the **#^&$ are these macaroons? Like angry mob member posted, they're mostly male. That and most are foreign, and Woody (heh….heh..he said Woody) is a child rapist himself. A lot of leftcoast facebook members better check their contact list. They might miss out on 15 minutes of fame.
I notice no Natasha Kinski. Maybe she remembers what it was like eh, Roman
Well now we can put "supports" child rape after all these peoples' names now. Hopefully it will haunt them.
Martin Scorsese this one hurts. The rest are just Libs and Euro trash.
I meant to put "supports child rape" they actually support it not "support" it.
When you put a bag over a naked terrorist's head, it's torture. Drugging and raping a 13 year old girl is ok.
Liberal celebrities are awesome.
No Jerry Lee Lewis?
Thanks for the list…helps when choosing what to boycott. Tangentially, we need a Polanski rating on movies.
I'm not surprised by Woody Allen. Let us not forget that Mia Farrow accused him of molesting their child together while he was also fooling around with her adopted daughter who is now Allen's wife. I guess the saying is true, birds of a feather flock together…grotesque indeed.
Woody doesn't surprise me, given his past with Soon Yi. Mia Farrow would surprise me.
You know who's loving this? Obama. After several weeks of beatdowns the pop culture has been distracted by a celebrity criminal and the degenerates who love him.
Throw the rapist in jail but by all mean let's keep our eyes on the prize.
You know who I want to hear from? Oprah….I'm not kidding.
Old West Cowboy: Alright boys, string 'im up.
Polanski: But I have an excuse! Despite being a great artist, my family was killed in the Holocost and my pregnant wife was murdered by the Manson Family.
Old West Cowboy: … Alright boys, take your hats off after.
somehow Woody Allens signature is just so appropriate
Does signing this petition make them an assessory to child rape? REMEMBER all these names, one of them might be an Obama czar sometime in the future…
At least Werner Herzog isn't on the list………yet. Thank God for small miracles.
As for the rest of them, if their 13 year old daughters ever get raped – NO SYMPATHY!
Hit them in the pocketbook……hard….
What is the matter with these people? Chinatown was a classic, fine. Does that give him a free pass forever?
SCORE!
Fortunately, I don't watch Scorsese films and i couldn't care less about French "stars" so I won't really need to boycott anyone new. I do however need to chuck my copies of Sister Act I & II. Whoopi is officially below scumsucker level. It's not "rape" rape? WTH? When is rape anything but rape? Did I miss a memo here?
yeah, 90210 cast of chracters!
I would almost feeling comfortable giving Manson a Buck Knife!
that list should be renamed "I HEART THE RAPIST"
And MacKenzie too!
being fully chastened we now see the light…
Off with his head! Ok, with both of his heads, little one first…
I'd sign that petition. And then we can post it so all these morons that signs Polanski's can see all the money that they will be loosing by supporting this douche. Going after their pocket books would be the only way to show these tools that we don't agree with the rape of 13 year old girls.
Unfortuantely for Hussein, half of these people on the list are involved with the NEA!
___I think what has disturbed me lately (the last 20 minutes, that is) is a point someone brought up in another thread. How was this same group able to turn on Elia Kazan if they couldn't turn on Polanski?—
That is something to think about!
Save this list for the next time these creeps want to throw fits over waterboarding. And, yeah, there sure aren't many women's names on this list.
Can anyone give me a simple answer as to why Hollywood supports Polanski?
You know who else got the shaft from the criminal justice system? John Wayne Gacy.
Say what you want about his personal life, but the man did some hauntingly beautiful clown paintings.
Wes Anderson is putting out a CHILDREN'S animated feature next month based on the Ronald Dahl book "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and he signs a petition supporting a child rapist/sodomizer? Shouldn't there be a petition started in support of banning Wes Anderson movies???
[...] by KingShamus on September 29, 2009 Check out the big list of ethical retards on the Roman Polanski bandwagon! Isabelle Adjani Woody Allen Wes Anderson Darren [...]
Ya know, Ike Yurner has been woefully misunderstood by the public. Sure, he was a merciless wife-beater, but he made some timeless music.
I mean, if Hollywood can excuse Polanski, everybody should get a pass.
Woody Allen is the same person more or less.No wonder
It's top heavy, and not only with French.
Hey, Mr. Polanski, we've gotta lifetime achievement award for you… it's in San Quentin. Come and get it.
I noticed the same thing. Another example is that Darren Aronofsky is on there, but Rachel Weisz — his wife, isn't. I hope the ladies don't sign. That would be very disappointing. Both guys are directors and I wonder if they think they're showing some kind of loyalty to another director by doing that. But they don't seem to understand that they're just condoning grotesque behavior. Sad that they can't seem to tell the difference.
Hey now. Let's not be hasty. I live in NorCal. Can we limit the target area to Hollywood?
To most of these degenerates a 13 year old girl looks just like a 13 year old boy if she is not so well developed. I guess.
I just saw a clip of Debra Winger offering her support of Polanski, calling the charges "archaic." Funny. That's the same adjective I'd use to describe her career. What a waste of space these people are.
Frankly, I think we should rename it the "Celebs Who Condone Child Rape-Rape" list.
If only it were Oscar season. Guess we'll have to settle for the year's remaining film festivals to witness these career self-implosions.
Stop, you're scaring me.
Oh, you say you don't want another lifetime achievement award? No problem. We've gotta a lovely 13-year-old for you… she's in San Quentin. Come and get it.
I wish somebody wouls start a "Throw his butt in jail for rape!" petition that I could sign…
Should Nazi war criminals get a pass too? It was so long ago.
fortunately i haven't heard of 90% of the people on this list (because i'm not a film snob) but i was honestly dissapointed to see the names of Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, and Michael Mann. Collateral is one of my favorites
and p.s., isn't Monica Bellucci a 9/11 truther as well? great.
Quelle suprise!! I noticed and thought the same thing, katy!!!
I am going to make the point again because some of you might be too young to remember, but when RP fled to France, he was accepted as a hero. The explanation was that their moral structure accepted older men introducing young girls to sex.
Woody Allen……….how predictable, his is the only name I recognize. Who are the rest of these people?
For every female who signs the petition (and, I suppose, the men, too), is it safe to assume they are providing "Implied Consent" for anyone to drug them and have sex with them?
The girl was 13 and she was drugged. Even if she was old enough to consent, the drugs removed that capacity. This is rape of a child, plain and simple. He admitted to the crime and then fled. Anyone who supports Polanski will bear the shame of that support for life, if they are capable of feeling shame.
This is one of those instances when the divide between right and wrong, good and evil, is very plain to see.
There is one name on the list I recognize – Costa Gavras.
He was one of the two arresting Soviet officers in 'Spies Like Us'.
So I guess Monica Bellucci considered "Irreversible" to be some sort of sexual fantasy? These people are sick and I'm going to have to significantly expand the list of people I won't support by seeing their movies.
I didn't have an opinion on this subject until I read the original court transcript of the victim's testimony. This was a brutal rape of a 13-year-old girl. No one should be supporting his release. If Whoopi Goldberg doesn't thinks this was a rape-rape, she better read the transcript. No 13 year old should be subjected to what that guy did.
I'm in San Diego, man. Ask the Iranians to aim a little higher.
or their daughters, which is a sad testament to the judgement of many.
I suspect at this point people are signing it because all of the "cool kids" are and God forbid if any of them miss out on the bandwagon!
This has exposed the dark, rotten core of the entertainment industry. What have we done giving such people the power to use media?
If anyone ever doubted that the media elite have a sense of aristocratic entitlement, here we have them supporting droit de seigneur.
But Monica is hot. And frankly, with hot chicks, the less intelligent, the better.
Oh boy. I can already feel the minuses coming!
The aristocratic left cares about the little people the same way a farmer cares about his cows and sheep. An aristocrat like Polanski could no more rape a girl than a farmer could murder his cows or sheep. It's what they are there for.
This is sick. Hollywood is sick and Whoopi Goldberg needs to be sent to the funny farm. On the upside,the amount of liberal outrage at Hollywood's enabling is actually pretty surprising. PuffHo apologists are getting reamed in the comments sections and virtually every other blog I've found has overwhelmingly condemnatory comments. So, this isn't even endemic to all leftards-just the celebrities…and France.
Sadly, I think Sarozky has officially forfeited all the conservative brownie points he earned mocking Obama by supporting this slime.
Whoopie must be on there after wht she said on The View today… Freakin unbelieveable….
Women must be so proud…I truly do not get women today, I really don't.
Oooohhh, snoopdog!
Hollyweird…….
This pig raped a woman… and not only any woman, a pre-teen girl!
Not in my home, and for those who signed the petition… not in my home, either!
i agree 100%. I'd sign a "Fry Roman" petition – I'd love to see him hooked up to an electric chair by his, um, little meatballs and slow roasted. cruel and unusual punishment was invented for guys like him.
Immorality is a non-issue for H'wood. Their next mantra/cry will be for a change to laws where a rape victim must have at minimum four male witnesses of the crime before prosecution is even considered. It'll be credited the "Whoopansky-Sharia rape-rape act" and will be championed by progressive liberal low-lives everywhere.
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