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The Roman Report: Polanski Wrapping Up 'Ghost' in Prison

By IDA Editorial Staff


Roman Polanski is putting the finishing touches to The Ghost from his jail cell to ensure it is completed in time for the Berlin film festival in February, said his friend and collaborator Robert Harris yesterday, the Gardian UK reported today.

Polanski is fighting extradition to the United States after being arrested in Zurich on September 26 in connection with a three-decade old charge of unlawful sex with a minor.

Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature festival, Harris, who co-wrote the screenplay from his novel of the same name, said the Oscar-winning director was able to make his wishes known despite being locked up in Switzerland. "I don't think he can make phone calls," said the author. "But he can communicate."

The Ghost is a political thriller starring Pierce Brosnan as a British prime minister loosely based on Tony Blair, with Ewan McGregor as his ghostwriter, who begins to expect that foul play was involved in his predecessor's recent death.

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