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Woody Allen is currently in France, directing his 2014 film. But not one to ever rest, he played a gig in Lyon last night with his regular jazz band – The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – as part of Nuits de Fourvière. Some pictures appeared in Twitter, there’s an official poster as well as […]
We have been following this story for a while now – the estate of William Faulkner suing Sony Pictures Classics for using a nine word quote in the film Midnight In Paris. The case has come to court – and gone, with Sony winning the case. For the previous stories see here and here. The […]
We have previously covered one of the more surprising court cases to involve Woody Allen. Last October, the estate of writer William Faulkner sued Sony Pictures Classics over the use of one line of dialogue in Midnight In Paris. We now have a date for the court case. Associated Press report that the case will […]
Sony Pictures Classics, the distributors for Midnight In Paris, has officially responded to the case brought about by William Faulkner‘s estate – and they’ve asked for it to be dismissed outright. Earlier this year, William Faulner’s estate brought suit against Sony Picture Classics over the use of one line of dialogue in Woody Allen’s 2011 […]
The company that looks after the legacy of author William Faulkner, who died in 1962, is suing Sony Pictures Classics. over a quote used in Woody Allen’s 2011 film Midnight In Paris. The suit rests on one line of dialogue, spoken by Owen Wilson, in the film: The past is not dead! Actually, it’s not […]