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Woody Allen on Allen Street via Susan NYC's Flickr.
Last year Woody Allen kicked off the scantily clad teen models usually draped over American Apparel billboards, and seemingly made himself the new face of Dov Charney's clothing empire. In both LA and NYC, his image (taken from Annie Hall) hung above city streets along with Yiddish writing paired up with their logo.
Now it's being reported that Allen (despite his fondness of young ladies) filed suit against the clothier for $10 million in Manhattan federal court yesterday; American Apparel never got permission to use the director's image (sounds familiar). The trademark suit states that the company used his “image and identity in total disregard of his rights to privacy and publicity, his exclusive property rights and his personal rights," and that "Allen does not engage in the commercial endorsement of products or services in the United States."
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that ad sucks big time, maybe even more than his daughter wife soon yi and woody allen themselves.
Wow if AA didn't previously get the rights for his celebrity approved then they are really really stupid - though it could have been their marketing company who screwed up.
it's that old joke, 'i'd never endorse an apparel company that would have me as its celebrity endorser'
or something like that.
finally, I hope that child molesting president of AA Dov Charney gets his ass taken to the cleaners.
While I do agree that they were stupid to use the image and that the president of the company is a bit creepy, they DO work out America and employ Americans and that's something I really think we need more of. So, I don't want to see them fail but I do think they need to step it up a bit and clean up their image. It's a shame this is happening. They really are trying to do a good thing.
April fools, anyone? Anyone?
Oh crap it's actually real. NM.
I'm rooting for Woody Allen. Hope he takes down the whole American Apparel bullshit industry, including those signs.
Matty - Either that or they figured it was better to ask for forgiveness than for permission. *shrug*
American Apparel is a creepy enterprise. Even the mannaquins look like they carry STDs.
The yiddish writing declares Woody to be "the holy rebbe."
As Grammy Hall would say, "He's a real jew."
Hebrew, not Yiddish, dummkopfs!
The Jewish Roman Polanski. For a few more shekels he needs? From privacy rights he writes?
Actually, looks like Yiddish. They use the same alphabet you know.
"...does not engage in the commercial endorsement of products or services in the United States."
Where does he live? Does he have residences here?
That pisses me off that he said such a blanketed statement. I hope that the judge sees it as a rude disregard to his origins and drops the case on that comment.
I haven't been able to say anything directly bad about Allen before but that comment just rang off the stupidity scale and I'll have something to say from this point on.
Give the guy a Euro for his thoughts; jerk.
if this is true, this ad really blows..that chick with the dog was a zillion times better.
if it's april's fool, yuck fou
citylion: I don't understand the outrage. It's a simple statement. Many celebrities do not do endorsements in the US, but will endorse products in foreign markets.
And here I was to think, a nice Jewish boy he was.
He needs the money his latest movies have been utter shyte
Oh look, it's Dirty Old Man Asiaphile Child Molester vs. Younger Dirty Old Man Asiaphile Child Molster.
These two should instead JOIN forces to form one creepy, creative union of Semetic sexual repression.
The guy is washed up. He should go back to writing gag lines for Sid Caeser.
Pedophile that he is.
Humorist Ryan Glaser wrote a hilarious piece on Woody suing American Apparel at: ryanglaser.com
$10 million equals about 23 t shirts.
AA shoud have used a cheap model to dress up like an orthodox Jew for a photo shoot!
AA's market demo relly doesn't know what 'Annie Hall' is (a movie? - a club venue?)!!
-And if they did- they sure don't give a crap about it OR Woody Allen... a has-been 'real Jew' schmuck-putz, left over from the 20th century!
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