Woody Allen

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Re: Woody Allen

#351 Post by knives » Thu May 14, 2009 6:53 pm

Wow, was Allen ever this in demand before? Even in his oscar days I don't think people were fighting over him.

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#352 Post by tavernier » Mon May 18, 2009 11:57 am


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#353 Post by Tom Hagen » Mon May 18, 2009 12:22 pm

I am amazed that the settlement agreement allowed Allen to immediately go outside and tell the press that it was for $5 million.

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#354 Post by tavernier » Mon May 18, 2009 1:07 pm

More on the settlement from the NY Times.

Some of the anti-Woody comments are priceless!

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#355 Post by Barmy » Mon May 18, 2009 1:15 pm

Woody is kind of scuddy…. He married a 12 year old and sues an American business for using his “image” without his permission. And gets $5 MILLION? Goes anybody else see how this is the reason American business is in decline? Beyond decline … we don’t have a prayer. What are we going to start manufacturing next, toys for Chinese kids to get in their Happy Meals…. ooops, I dont have McDonalds permissin to say that. …. Hey WoodHead, can you email me the name of a good lawyer.

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Re: Woody Allen

#356 Post by tavernier » Mon May 18, 2009 1:17 pm

^^^ I thought that was you--did you post all those comments and just keep changing your name?

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#357 Post by Antoine Doinel » Mon May 18, 2009 1:38 pm


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#358 Post by nsps » Tue May 19, 2009 5:23 pm

AWA wrote:
nsps wrote:Perhaps the figure refers to money made from ALL his films during four years, not the films FROM the last four years? I could see him still receiving due royalties for DVDs, TV broadcasts, etc.
That is approximately how much his films made at the worldwide box office alone in the past four years, yes. Match Point did $90m, Scoop $40m, Cassandra's Dream $25m and VCB did over $90m (and still rising). This doesn't include any kind of estimate on DVD sales of new and older titles, how much he makes touring Europe with his band in December and January and his real estate investments.

He's probably not worth $250m but the fact that AA's claim that his value is decreased couldn't have come at a worse time with Woody's financial pull at, arguably, the highest it has ever been.
Ah. I didn't realize we were talking about grosses—thought it was how much Woody himself made. But considering that those four films probably cost as much or less to make and advertise than one big blockbuster, $250 mil is still a nice figure.

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#359 Post by Fielding » Wed May 20, 2009 10:06 pm

Considering the cost was a combined total of $60 million, it's an excellent figure!

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#360 Post by Jun-Dai » Sat May 30, 2009 1:57 am

Although Allen is often derided for not being a visually interesting filmmaker
Really?

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#361 Post by Camera Obscura » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:29 pm

Without his glasses, Allen can't see a damn thing. How does he manage, looking through the lens of a camera and all?

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#362 Post by AWA » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:21 pm

Camera Obscura wrote:Without his glasses, Allen can't see a damn thing. How does he manage, looking through the lens of a camera and all?
I believe one eye is far worse than the other.

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#363 Post by gokinsmen » Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:20 am

Camera Obscura wrote:Without his glasses, Allen can't see a damn thing. How does he manage, looking through the lens of a camera and all?
He should totally make a film about a director who loses his sight during production. :-"

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#364 Post by nsps » Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:30 am

gokinsmen wrote:
Camera Obscura wrote:Without his glasses, Allen can't see a damn thing. How does he manage, looking through the lens of a camera and all?
He should totally make a film about a director who loses his sight during production. :-"
Or on second thought, maybe he'll only get one great single-shot gag out of the whole production.

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#365 Post by gokinsmen » Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:38 am

I hope you're referring to the single-shot scene where he gropes Tiffani-Amber Thiessen.


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#367 Post by yaojinlong » Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:25 pm

As all we know Bergman is so admired by Woody Allen,I would like to say <husbands&wives> is another version of Bergman's<scene from a marriage>.

The difference is "h&w"is just like a comedy film and "scene" is so serious!

Anyway,these two films are all favor my taste.Two good films about marriage. O:)

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Re: Woody Allen

#368 Post by Lemmy Caution » Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:16 pm

Not sure how accurate this is, since I spotted it on Xinhua:
Woody Allen offered $15 mln to film in Rio de Janeiro

(Xinhua 2009-10-16)

Brazilian film production company Conspiracao Filmes has offered U.S. film director Woody Allen 15 million U.S. dollars to shoot his next movie in Rio de Janeiro, local media reported Wednesday.

Another Brazilian film production company, O2, owed by the well-known director Fernando Meirelles, also expressed interest inco-producing Woody Allen’s next film.

Allen’s sister Letty Aronson and film producer Stephen Tenembaum were given a guided tour of Rio by advertising executive Claudio Loureiro who made the offer during the visit, local media reported.

Aronson said that the movie would probably cost 20 million dollars, more than the 14.9 million dollars invested in the movie "Match Point" shot in London, and the 17.5 million dollars in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" filmed in Spain.

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Re: Woody Allen

#369 Post by tavernier » Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:52 pm


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Re: Woody Allen

#370 Post by AWA » Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:45 am

MGM coming along with HD versions of their Woody films?

Could be...

If MGM's Woody catalog is getting the HD treatment for television, which would mean some kind of upgrade (and hopefully some kind of restoration or transfer from cleaner prints than the versions currently available on SD DVDs), then how far off can HD releases be?

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#371 Post by Cold Bishop » Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:54 am

I believe they already have quite a few based off the American MGM-HD channel. There seems to be Woody Allen film playing every week.

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#372 Post by Markson » Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:02 pm

Looks like Allen's film after You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger is set to star... Owen Wilson.

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#373 Post by Markson » Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:22 pm

And it looks like Marion Cotillard is now the leading lady. Strange combo, but––as an unabashed Allen geek––I'm pretty curious about where this is going.

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Re: Woody Allen

#374 Post by Fiery Angel » Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:08 pm

Owen Wilson? Yikes--I may have to finally skip a Woody movie.

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Re: Woody Allen

#375 Post by James » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:46 am

Fiery Angel wrote:Owen Wilson? Yikes--I may have to finally skip a Woody movie.
You care about actors that much? It's not like we're talkin' Natalie Portman or Julia Roberts here. In fact, I'd call Owen Wilson a decent actor.

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