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 Spring Mountain Vineyard: Media Coverage
Safra cobbled together four separate but contiguous properties to create an 850-acre hillside property with 230 acres of vines, most of which are newly planted, often with expensive close spacing of the vines to increase density.(This is thought to improve quality, but the jury is still out.)
Safra bought the property in 1992, restored its landmark Victorian mansion and badly tended vineyard, installed a new winery, and built caves for aging.
Safra's original winemaker, who left and has since been rehired - is reshaping the wines with an eye to greater finesse and subtlety.
www.springmtn.com /a_mc_nys120804.htm   (685 words)

  
 Spring Mountain Vineyard: Media Coverage
Safra cobbled together four separate but contiguous properties to create an 850-acre hillside property with 230 acres of vines, most of which are newly planted, often with expensive close spacing of the vines to increase density.(This is thought to improve quality, but the jury is still out.)
Safra bought the property in 1992, restored its landmark Victorian mansion and badly tended vineyard, installed a new winery, and built caves for aging.
Safra's original winemaker, who left and has since been rehired - is reshaping the wines with an eye to greater finesse and subtlety.
www.springmountainvineyard.com /a_mc_nys120804.htm   (685 words)

  
 Excite - Celebrity Gossip - New York Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Allen, 66, is suing Doumanian and Safra for about $14 million, charging they siphoned off millions of dollars from his movie profits for themselves.
Aronson worked for Doumanian before Allen cut his deal to work with her and Safra in 1993, and she continued working for them until they split with Allen in 2000.
Safra bumped the six for a simple reason, Parcher said - they wanted to share in the profits without putting up any money themselves.
www1.excite.com /home/entertainment/celeb/page_six_celebrity_news/0,14205,06_01_2002_2_-3,00.html   (578 words)

  
 Artsandentertainment: In the news: Stern settlement gives him control of master tapes
Woody Allen, in another legal fight with two former friends and producers he accused of cheating him out of $12-million, has lost a skirmish over what versions of six of his movies will be shown on TV and in airplanes.
The fight stems from the 2001 lawsuit Allen filed against Doumanian; Jacqui Safra, her personal and professional partner; and their production company, Sweetland Films.
Allen, 70, alleged that Doumanian and Safra refused to give him an earnings report for eight films, including the six in dispute, and had cheated him out of as much as $12-million.
www.sptimes.com /2006/05/29/Artsandentertainment/In_the_news__Stern_se.shtml   (472 words)

  
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Safra, he earned a salary for each film as well as a percentage of the profits after the film's costs were recouped.
Safra, who belongs to a Swiss- Lebanese banking family, is a principal investor in the films.
Doumanian had expanded her role on the films and initiated cost-cutting measures that resulted in the departures of Mr.
www.westga.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0106&L=woody-l&D=0&O=D&P=552   (1516 words)

  
 Zap2it.com - Movie news - Judge's Ruling Prompts Settlement Talks in Woody Allen Case
Allen is suing his former producer Jean Doumanian, with whom he worked on eight movies between 1993 and 2000, and her business partner and boyfriend, Jacqui Safra.
Doumanian and Safra calculated profits by subtracting losses from the movies that didn't make money from earnings on those that performed well, then deducted expenses to get a final "adjusted gross proceeds" number.
Allen claims that agreement only covered the first three movies he made with Doumanian and Safra and that the other five were covered by separate one-picture deals.
movies.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/0,1259,---12614,00.html   (245 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Courtroom drama for Woody Allen
But Ms Doumanian and her companion Jacqui Safra have counter-claimed that all due money was paid and that Allen in fact owes them.
But the lawyer representing Ms Doumanian and Mr Safra, Peter Parcher, disputed the claim saying Allen had been given the $19.5m (£13.3m) he was due.
He said once the film was over the car was sold to Mr Safra "for less than $5,000 and is sitting in his garage at the Safra Vineyards in Napa, California".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/2018104.stm   (434 words)

  
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Allen had sued producer Jean Doumanian and her business partner and boyfriend, Jacqui Safra, saying they cheated him out of his share of profits on eight movies made since 1993.
A defense lawyer said in opening statements that Doumanian had been a "heroine" who rescued Allen's movie career, and she testified that she considered Allen ungrateful.
Safra said they backed Allen financially because they wanted to help "a friend in need."
media.www.thebatt.com /media/storage/paper657/news/2002/06/13/AggieLife/Mtv-Hard.Rock.Hotel.Sued.For.Tv.Show.Prank-517984.shtml   (420 words)

  
 Woody Allen loses fight over movie editing - Boston.com
The fight over the modified versions stems from the 2001 lawsuit Allen filed against Doumanian, Jacqui Safra, her personal and professional partner, and their production company, Sweetland Films.
Allen, 70, alleged that Doumanian and Safra refused to give him an earnings report for eight films, including the six currently in dispute, and had cheated him out of as much as $12 million.
After a nine-day trial in 2002, the parties settled the lawsuit without revealing the terms of their agreement.
www.boston.com /ae/movies/articles/2006/05/25/woody_allen_loses_fight_over_movie_editing   (384 words)

  
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Allen is suing former producer, Jean Doumanian, and her boyfriend and business partner, Jacqui Safra, saying they cheated him out of profits on eight movies since 1993.
To compute profits on the movies, Doumanian and Safra subtracted the losses of poorly performing films from the earnings of the winners, deducted expenses and then arrived at the "adjusted gross proceeds".
Allen contends he, Doumanian and Safra agreed upon this method in their contract for his first three movies only, and no others.
www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/06/08/1022982782911.html   (242 words)

  
 Woody Allen Lawsuit Settled, Filmmaker's Case Against Partners Comes To An End - CBS News
To which Doumanian added, "The defendants are Jean Doumanian and Jacqui Safra." Asked if she thought she and Allen could patch things up, she raised her hands and shrugged her shoulders without saying anything.
In May 2001, Allen sued Doumanian, his close friend for more than 30 years, along wtih Safra and their production company, Sweetland, to get the money he said he was owed for eight movies that they made together.
Safra, her boyfriend, who is from a wealthy banking family, said he and Doumanian backed Allen financially because they wanted to help "a friend in need."
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/06/11/entertainment/main511912.shtml   (708 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Film | Allen reduces producer to tears
Allen, 66, who made eight films with the production company run by Doumanian and partner Jacqui Safra, claims they owe him at least $12m (£8.2m) in profits.
Doumanian and Safra claim Allen received a total of $19.5m (£13.4m) from Sweetland Films and in fact owes them money.
Much of the evidence centres on a contract Allen signed with Doumanian, Jacqui Safra and Sweetland, which governed the first three movies they made together.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/2026524.stm   (667 words)

  
 Celebrity (1998) - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Allen filed suit against Doumanian, her partner Jacqui Safra and their production company Sweetland Films five years ago, accusing them of cheating him out of $12 million in profits after refusing to give him an earnings report for eight movies.
Despite reaching a settlement in 2002, the case was brought back to the Supreme Court in May after a provision from the agreement stipulated if the parties disagreed over the editing for television, the matter would be resolved by a judge.
After the shooting was completed, one of the cars was sold to Jacqui Safra, Doumanian's companion, for less than $5,000, Zweig claimed.
us.imdb.com /title/tt0120533/news   (998 words)

  
 CNN.com - Showbuzz - June 13, 2002
Terms of Tuesday's settlement with producer Jean Doumanian and her business partner and boyfriend Jacqui Safra were not released.
Doumanian was in court Wednesday but did not comment on the case.
Safra was not in court and could not immediately be reached for comment.
archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/News/06/13/showbuzz   (639 words)

  
 News for Everyone Says I Love You (1996)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Veteran director Woody Allen has been awarded $95,000 in legal fees by a New York City judge in his court battle with former producer Jean Doumanian over the editing of his films for television and airplanes.
Allen filed suit against Doumanian, her partner Jacqui Safra and their production company Sweetland Films five years ago, accusing them of cheating him out of $12 million in profits after refusing to give him an earnings report for eight movies.
Despite reaching a settlement in 2002, the case was brought back to the Supreme Court in May after a provision from the agreement stipulated if the parties disagreed over the editing for television, the matter would be resolved by a judge.
uk.imdb.com /title/tt0116242/news   (524 words)

  
 Print - Woody Settles with Producers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
After spending nine days in court, lawyers for both sides announced Tuesday they've settled Allen's lawsuit against Doumanian and her business partner boyfriend, Jacqui Safra, whom he accused of cheating him out of $12 million.
The 66-year-old filmmaker sued Doumanian and Safra last May, accusing them of skimming $12 million in profits from eight movies they made together under their Sweetland Films banner, including Mighty Aphrodite, Bullets over Broadway, Sweet and Lowdown, Small Time Crooks, Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity and Everyone Says I Love You and the documentary Wild Man Blues.
They claimed she and Safra helped out "a friend in need" when Allen's previous distributor, TriStar, backed out during his string of personal turmoil in the early 1990s.
www.eonline.com /print/index.jsp?uuid=4820220d-039d-4230-a512-62e6df877f96&contentType=newsStory   (427 words)

  
 Hollywood Ending | Jean Doumanian | In the News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly
Doumanian had contended that she and her boyfriend and producing partner, Jacqui Safra, had done Allen a favor by financing his movies after his longtime studio Tri-Star got cold feet in the wake of the scandal over his break-up with Mia Farrow and his affair with her daughter, Soon-Yi Previn (now Allen's wife).
But in their testimony on the stand, Doumanian and Safra said they couldn't remember basic details of their financial agreements with the director.
The trial was a lot like one of Allen's movies: Despite a lot of early media attention and some good one-liners (Judge Ira Gammerman to Allen: ''I'm the director here.''), few members of the public came to see it.
www.ew.com /ew/article/0,,261718~1~0~woodyallensettleslawsuit,00.html   (380 words)

  
 Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In January 1996, the Britannica was purchased by billionaire Swiss financier Jacob Safra.
Since then Safra has introduced massive price-cutting measures in an effort to compete with Encarta, even offering the entire reference free of charge for a time (around 18 months, from October 1999 to March 2001) on the Internet.
The Britannica's current Chairman of the Board is Jacqui Safra, the principal owner of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., and Jorge Aguilar-Cauz serves as its President.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Encyclopaedia_Britannica   (4174 words)

  
 Alexa Internet Searching Browser
Alexa is very popular due to the fact that is uses Google's databases and DMOZ catalogue - two giants of the world Internet search.
The Alexa searching browser was developed in 1996 by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat, together with Jacqui Safra Investments Etoile, which belonged to Swedish billionaire Jacqui Safra.
The latter suggested using Alexa.com as a commercial project Internet Archive - a famous international web-resource that provides cultural and historical information for researchers, school children, and people specializing in the Humanities.
www.webskyguide.com /alexa_internet.html   (690 words)

  
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Allen is suing his former friend and business associate Jean Doumanian, her companion, Jacqui Safra, and their production company, Sweetland Prods.
Under cross examination, Allen said Safra was not charging him interest on the money provided by Sweetland to make his pictures.
After admitting that he did not know how much profit his first three films with Doumanian and Safra made, Allen was asked why he did not collect the monies owed him as a profit participant.
www.dealmemo.com /Content/June2002/News0605.htm   (3761 words)

  
 Businessofcinema.com's: Woody Allen awarded legal fees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Veteran filmmaker Woody Allen has been awarded $95,000 (£50,000) in legal fees by a New York City judge in his court battle with former producer Jean Doumanian over the editing of his films for television and airplanes.
Allen filed a case against Doumanian, her partner Jacqui Safra and their production company Sweetland Films five years ago, accusing them of cheating him out of $12 million (£6.6 million) in profits after refusing to give him an earnings report for eight films.
Despite reaching a settlement in 2002, the case was brought back to the Supreme Court in May (06) after a provision from the agreement stipulated if the parties disagreed over the editing for television, the matter would be resolved by a judge.
www.businessofcinema.com /y2k6/news/aug/14/woodyallen.htm   (193 words)

  
 News Roundup: June 10 at Hollywood.com
On Friday, a judge sided with filmmaker Woody Allen in his lawsuit against former business partner Jean Doumanian and her boyfriend and business partner, Jacqui Safra.
Allen is suing both Doumanian and Safra, claiming they cheated him out of profits on eight movies since 1993, including Bullets Over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Everyone Says I Love You, Deconstructing Harry and Small Time Crooks.
According to The Associated Press, Justice Ira Gammerman disagreed with the defendants' position that the films were an extension of a three-picture agreement they had with Allen in computing profits.
www.hollywood.com /news/News_Roundup_June_10/1109775   (809 words)

  
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Woody Allen has settled his civil suit in New York against a long-time friend and producer.
Allen and Jean Doumanian, who, with her companion Jacqui Safra, financed and produced Allen's movies through their company Sweetland Films, agreed to end the case.
None of the parties involved would reveal terms of the settlement.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/06/12/1023864297789.html   (52 words)

  
 Woody Allen | Jean Doumanian | movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Doumanian had contended that she and her boyfriend and producing partner, Jacqui Safra, had done Allen a favor by financing his movies after his longtime studio Tri-Star got cold feet in the wake of the scandal over his break-up with Mia Farrow and his affair with her daughter, Soon-Yi Previn (now Allen's wife).
But in their testimony on the stand, Doumanian and Safra said they couldn't remember basic details of their financial agreements with the director.
The trial was a lot like one of Allen's movies: Despite a lot of early media attention and some good one-liners (Judge Ira Gammerman to Allen: ''I'm the director here.''), few members of the public came to see it.
ew.com /ew/report/0,6115,261718~1~0~woodyallensettleslawsuit,00.html   (401 words)

  
 34th Annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House Location, House History from 1896 to 2006
In 1987, the house was purchased for $6.9 million by Jacqui Safra and Jean Doumanian, who have remained owners of the property.
Last year the Jacqui Safra put the property up for sale with a $55 million price tag on it, reputed to be the highest price for a townhouse in Manhattan.
The Kips Decorator Show House committee selected the property for its annual show house event resulting in a complete interior makeover from top to bottom on all five floors.
www.designintuit.com /issue0004/KIPS/history.html   (891 words)

  
 Encyclopædia Britannica - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
In January 1996 it was purchased by billionaire Swiss financier Jacqui Safra.
Over 117,000 hard copy versions were sold in 1990 vs 55,000 in 1994.
By the end of 1996, Britannica was in serious trouble and was purchased by Jacqui Safra for a fraction of its book value.
www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=9508   (1009 words)

  
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"All of the money in dispute went to two persons, Jean Doumanian and Jacqui Safra," Allen's lawyer said, citing the fact that during the filming of "Celebrity," the production company bought two Aston Martin cars at $40,000 each.
When the film was over, one was sold to Safra "for less than $5,000 and is sitting in his garage at the Safra Vineyards in Napa, California," Zweig said.
The fate of the other luxury sports car was not made clear.
www.dealmemo.com /Content/May2002/News0531.htm   (3800 words)

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