Hipster clothing company American Apparel might think it’s cute to put an image of a Hasidim-looking Woody Allen from a comedic sequence in “Annie Hall” on Allen Street (get it?) in downtown New York, but the nebbish director thinks otherwise and is suing the company to the tune of $10 million dollars.
Problem is AA, has not licenced the image and is advertising on billboards and the Internet without his consent.
According to the lawsuit, “Allen does not engage in the commercial endorsement of products or services in the United States.”
Calls to American Apparel were not returned, but it’s said that ladies were taken off laps for a minute to asses the damage.
Woody Allen Meets Christopher Walken in “Annie Hall”
Born in Chile, raised in Canada, now living in Brooklyn, NY, Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2007. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, MuchMusic, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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