Oscar-winning film director, Roman Polanski, 76, when released on $4.5 million bail in a few days for his 31 year-old U.S. arrest warrant for child-rape, will enjoy freedoms unparalleled to his recent stay in a Zurich jail cell.

Although he cannot leave his Alpine chalet, named “Milky Way,” (*pictured above) Justice Ministry spokesman Falco Galli announced, “He will have no prison regime. He is completely free to determine his daily schedule. It’s also up to him to get in food and other supplies.”

Polanski will have unlimited telephone, e-mail and Internet access; can have friends over, and can throw parties. He will, however, be electronically monitored and have his phone calls recorded.

Hollywood luminaries petitioned against his arrest in September when attending Zurich Film Festival to receive the Golden Eye award for lifetime achievement. Among those that signed were Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Salman Rushdie, Harvey Weinstein, Tilda Swinton – even celebrated novelist Robert Harris wrote an opinion-editorial in “The New York Times” about it.

A Swiss court has yet to make a ruling on whether Polanski will be extradited to Los Angeles, California, to face sentencing on his crimes of three-decades ago.

Watch an MSNBC video report from September 30, 2009, featuring Polanski’s ex-sister-in-law Debra Tate, sister of his Charles Manson Family-murdered wife, actress Sharon Tate:

*(Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

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