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Woody Allen has lost a lawsuit filed against his former producing partner over control of the re-editing of his movies for TV and in-flight broadcast:

State Supreme Court Justice Bernard Fried ruled that terms of a settlement of a lawsuit Allen filed against Jean Doumanian, his former producer and friend of 30 years, allow her to develop the television and in-flight versions of "Bullets over Broadway," "Mighty Aphrodite," "Everyone Says I Love You," "Deconstructing Harry," "Celebrity" and "Sweet and Lowdown." [...]

They sent the matter to the court in 2004 after Allen objected to Doumanian's cuts and her decision to replace words rather than bleeping them out. But the judge agreed with Doumanian, who had argued that television networks generally did not accept Allen's approach.

Allen has never been one to rely too heavily on foul language to color his movies, so we can't imagine Doumanian will have much opportunity to abuse her new court authorized, dialogue-neutering overdub powers. By the same token, we're also hoping no legal loopholes now exist that pave the way for her to tamper in the opposite direction, releasing filthy, adult versions of Allen classics in which everyone says "I love you" in far more graphic terms.