Polanski film Oscar-worthy

June 03, 2008 Happily, "Polanski," premiering on HBO June 9 at 9:00 p.m., received the necessary advance theatrical showings in New York and L.A. to qualify for best documentary feature Oscar consideration. It's a movie that will leave them talking for hours about the disgraceful way in which the late Judge Laurence J. Rittenband sought to advance his own judicial career by plotting a headline making surprise prison sentence for Polanski that was opposed at the time by both the DA's office and the attorney representing the underage girl with whom Polanski had admittedly had sex. Presenting, as she does, archival footage along with interviews she conducted for the movie she leaves moviegoers to draw their own conclusions.

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