Re: [Avid-L2] OT - "The Ghost Writer"

It's a miracle that ANY movie sees the light of day.

David Dodson
davidadodson@sbcglobal.net
818-523-0905

On Feb 19, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Rick <a_pmb_fan@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is it really a miracle that a movie saw the light of day?
>
> Rick Emery
> www.rickemery.com
>
> ________________________________
> From: avidlist <avidlist@yahoo.com>
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 10:33:16 AM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] OT - "The Ghost Writer"
>
> FOUND THIS INTERESTING:
>
> (CNN) -- You could call "The Ghost Writer" the Polanski film that
> almost wasn't.
>
> Under the circumstances, it's a miracle that Roman Polanski's
> political thriller, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor,
> even made it to the screen.
>
> After the filmmaker was arrested in Switzerland last year -- while
> "The Ghost Writer" was in post production -- there was talk that
> another director might have to finish the feature.
>
> That didn't happen -- but Polanski did end up editing the feature
> from his jail cell, according to the movie's stars.
>
> "He would be in his nine-foot by four-foot cell, edit the movie and
> give it to the warden. The warden would give it to his lawyer [who
> would] then give it to the editor," Brosnan told CNN.
>
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