CyberHippie Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Ex-classmates of 'Dazed and Confused' director sue over film's characters SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three former high school classmates of "Dazed and Confused" director Richard Linklater have filed a lawsuit claiming they have suffered embarrassment and ridicule because of characters based on them in the movie. The men — Bobby Wooderson, Andy Slater and Richard "Pink" Floyd — say Linklater did not get their permission before creating three characters in the 1993 cult classic sharing their surnames and likenesses. The suit was filed Thursday in Santa Fe against Universal Studios, which released the film. The movie follows the drug- and alcohol-fueled hijinks of teenagers on the last day of school in May 1976. The men said the negative characterizations in the film have made their lives miserable and caused their neighbors to think poorly of them. "We had fun in high school, but there is nothing true about that movie. Yet, I am having to deal with it all the time," said Floyd, who works at a car dealership in Huntsville, Texas, where the men went to high school. Ernest Freeman, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, said Slater has also had problems because people make assumptions that he takes illegal drugs. Slater runs a construction and remodeling company and Wooderson works in the technology sector. Both men also still live in Huntsville. Linklater's agent did not immediately return a message Saturday seeking comment. The suit was filed in New Mexico because it has a longer statute of limitations than other states for claims of defamation and false light, attorneys said. http://www.courttv.com/people/2004/1012/linklater_ap.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 I guess it took those stoners 11 years to clue in that they were used as part of the inspiration for the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 hahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 That lawsuit better get thrown out of court. Everytime I read about a case like this I cringe at our society. Hey Trevor, I remember you used to quote from "Dazed And Confused" everytime I saw you back in the mid-ninties, thanks for posting this, even though it made me cringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 For you Tim: Slater : Behind every good man there is a woman, and that woman was Martha Washington, man, and everyday George would come home, she would have a big fat bowl waiting for him, man, when he come in the door, man, she was a hip, hip, hip lady, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Hey Trevor,I think I told you this before, if so others maybe will enjoy this.A couple of years ago at a Farm Aid Matthew McCoughney was the host and almost everytime after the commercial break McCoughney would start off by saying. "Alright, Alright, Alright." Exactly like his character in "Dazed And Confused." He had me in stitches. And at the end of the night McCoughney was doing a rain dance with aboriginals right beside Neil Young who was also laughing at him. It's a classic picture in my head.After McCoughney's naked bongo incident a few years back I bet he barely had to act whils shooting "Dazed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Was watching this last night on the tube trying to figure out whether I was Wooderson or the Kid. I guess I was the Kid and now I'm Wooderson. Alright alright alright. On another note I was commenting at the time that Tim and Graham Clark's first band was called Wooderson and they were great. They did a great Eyes and Moma Dance in later days. Which proves they know how to play it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 aaahhhh slater, grrrrrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 hehehe nice I was actually thinking about farm-aid today. Remember when we followed Willie Nelson's tour bus out of the parking lot, and they took this totally insane route to their hotel (which was essentially around the block) to try and loose us? That was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Nice Trev, Remember on that trip when you went into a motel to see if we could get a room and you came back to the van and you told me to drive as you thought the place was being held up? That was crazy, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 "wipe that face off your head, bitch!" :: classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted October 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Nice Trev, Remember on that trip when you went into a motel to see if we could get a room and you came back to the van and you told me to drive as you thought the place was being held up? That was crazy, eh? Ah yes, the time I was almost killed in Chicago... I drove *all* the way home while you and Pat slept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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