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Not so fast there, Roman...

Anyone hoping to see Roman Polanski possibly accepting an Academy Award in person or via satellite should pretty much give that up now, as the Academy has said they won't make any special arrangements for any individual to accept an award remotely.

Of course, I guess they're not counting Bob Dylan who accepted his award via satellite back in 2001, since he already was hooked up to a satellite feed for a performance of the song that eventually won the Oscar that evening.

I don't defend Polanski's actions, either the original crime he committed or the fact that he fled the country (which, given that it was consensual sex is the worse of the two crimes, if you ask me) but if he manages to finally win an Oscar I'd like to see some kind of acceptance speech, if only because of how personal a movie The Pianist was for him.

TiVo update: it hasn't locked up on me again since my last post (phew) but I have had some playback glitches...I'm definitely not out of the woods yet.

Posted by jason at February 13, 2003 03:02 PM | TrackBack | Read more: Movies , The Oscars