Roman Polanski gets Zurich film festival award after two-year
wait  Director was arrested on way to collect prize in 2009 when
US attempted extradition on 1977 child sex charges Roman
Polanski Film director Roman Polanski walks to the podium to
receive the award for his lifetime work at the Zurich film
festival in Zurich, Switzerland. Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
The film director Roman Polanski collected his lifetime
achievement award from the Zurich film festival on Tuesday
night, two years after he was arrested over child sex charges on
his way to accept the prize.  "What can I say? Better late than
never," he said, laughing as he took to the stage after
sustained applause and a standing ovation from the film festival
audience. "It's a very moving moment for me."  Polanski was
unexpectedly detained on an American warrant when he landed at
Zurich airport on his way to the film festival in September
2009.  He was jailed and then placed under house arrest at his
luxury chalet for more than six months while