Polanski Edits Movie From Jail

Cast and crew for Polanski’s latest movie “The Ghost Writer” are saying that it is a miracle that the film was even completed.

Roman Polanski’s political thriller, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor, was almost not completed due to Polanski’s arrest.

He was detained in Europe last year while “The Ghost Writer” was in post production. Polanski edited the movie 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.

In a well publicized case, Polanski was arrested in September for an outstanding U.S. arrest warrant dating back to 1978.

He plead guilty to a single count of having unlawful sex with a minor. He left and expatriated from the US before the sentence was handed down from the court.

The director, under arrest in Switzerland is fighting extradition and was not able to attend the movie’s premiere in Germany.

The producers were very worried that another director would have to be brought in post-production to finish the movie editing

Brosnan’s character in the film is very similar to Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who faced a grilling at a public inquiry earlier this year over his controversial decision to send UK troops to Iraq in 2003.

Polanski’s work has included “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Chinatown.” In 2003 he won a best director Oscar for “The Pianist,” collected on his behalf by Harrison Ford.

While the completed movie has gotten good reviews, Polanski was still looking to improve thesound for the film in the final edit.