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Entertainment & Sports

Jul. 24, 2013

[The court] decline[s] to accept [this suit]

A court recently dismissed a complaint against Sony for the use of a William Faulkner quote in Woody Allen's 2011 film "Midnight in Paris." By Mark Litwak


By Mark Litwak


In 2011 Sony Pictures Classics released the hugely popular movie "Midnight in Paris," written and directed by Woody Allen. The story centers on the character Gil Pender, a disillusioned Hollywood screenwriter who longs to be a serious novelist. Pender, played by Owen Wilson, is on vacation in Paris with his fiancée, played by Rachel McAdams.


Pender feels he is living in the wrong time, and soon is magically transported to the ...

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