Word: doumanian
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Manhattan supreme court Judge Ira Gammerman holds a vaunted legal position, but what he really wants to do is direct--or so it seemed last week as he presided over a trial in which WOODY ALLEN is suing his former producer, Jean Doumanian, for $12 million he says he is owed for films they made together. At one point Gammerman interrupted Allen's rambling testimony, admonishing, "I'm the director here." When Allen mentioned the year he made his first movie, Gammerman jumped in with the name of the film (Take the Money and Run). Indeed, Allen's testimony would...
WOODY ALLEN filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming that Jean Doumanian, his producer, collaborator and friend of 40 years, bilked him out of profits from his last eight films. Friends of Allen and Doumanian were shocked that the former partners may do battle in court. Industry observers were shocked to discover that there were profits from those films. The suit alleges that Doumanian deprived Allen of his guaranteed 50% share of the gross proceeds from his films since 1993. The eight movies in question (spanning from Bullets over Broadway to Small Time Crooks) grossed $67.1 million...