<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2041973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dylan-Farrow">Dylan Farrow</keyword> was on "<keyword id="10006039" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-drew-barrymore-show">The Drew Barrymore Show</keyword>" on Monday. </li><li>Barrymore told Farrow she regrets working with Allen on his movie "Everyone Says I Love You."</li><li>"[I] was basically gaslit into not looking at a narrative beyond what I was being told," Barrymore said.</li></ul>On Monday's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bElVJBIyY">The Drew Barrymore Show,</a>" Barrymore sat down with Dylan Farrow and said she regrets working with Farrow's stepfather, <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword>.Barrymore starred in Allen's 1996 movie "Everyone Says I Love You." She said there was no "higher career calling" than to work with the famed director."Then I had children," she said, "and it changed me because I realized that I was one of the people who was basically gaslit into not looking at a narrative beyond what I was being told. And I see what is happening in the industry now and that is because of you making that brave choice. So thank you for that."Farrow was the subject of the four-part HBO docuseries "<a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">Allen V. Farrow</a>," which aired earlier this year and examined the relationship Allen had with actress <keyword id="66198" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mia-Farrow">Mia Farrow</keyword>, and the allegations of sexual abuse put forward by Dylan, which Allen has denied.<div type="image" title="The Drew Barrymore Show Dylan Farrow CBS" height="552" width="1366" msid="82745290" hostid="261"></div>"Hearing what you just said, I'm trying not to cry right now," Farrow replied. "It's just so meaningful because it's easy for me to say, 'Of course you shouldn't work with him; he's a jerk, he's a monster,' but I just find it incredibly brave and incredibly generous that you would say to me that my story, and what I went through, was important enough to you to reconsider that."Representatives for Allen did not immediately respond to Allen's request for comment.Farrow said the airing of the docuseries has brought her closure with her siblings as several agreed to talk on camera.Farrow also said it has brought her closer to her mother, Mia."I would've loved to have been able to watch the series with her," Farrow said to Barrymore. "At the time, that just wasn't possible; we were in separate quarantine pods, unfortunately. I really heard everything from her after the fact."It was just a very strange pathway that we navigated separately and together, but I think it definitely changed a lot about how me and my mom relate to each other and interact with each other, and I think there's a very renewed level of just respect, just woman to woman."<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x7bElVJBIyY" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Drew Barrymore says she was 'gaslit' into working with Woody Allen in Dylan Farrow interview

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ziering and Dick say they gave <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword> and Soon-Yi Previn "plenty of time" to be in the docuseries.</li><li>The series being criticized they believe is "standard playbook" when it comes to stories about sexual abuse allegations.</li><li>They showed <keyword id="2041973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dylan-Farrow">Dylan Farrow</keyword> shaking uncontrollably in episode 4 to present her long-lasting trauma.</li></ul>For the last four weeks, <keyword id="71946" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HBO">HBO</keyword> has aired its stirring <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">docuseries "Allen v. Farrow,"</a> which chronicles the allegations by Woody Allen's adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, that the filmmaker sexually abused her when she was 7 years old.Over the course of the series, which concluded with its fourth episode on Sunday, directors <keyword id="10892622" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="amy-ziering-and-kirby-dick">Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick</keyword> examine the allegations and the messy custody battle that followed between Allen and his longtime girlfriend, <keyword id="66198" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mia-Farrow">Mia Farrow</keyword>."<keyword id="10713481" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="allen-v-farrow">Allen v. Farrow</keyword>" has found critical acclaim, but also scorn from those who feel it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/03/allen-v-farrow-woody-allen-mia-farrow-documentary-is-pure-pr-why-else-would-it-omit-so-much">unfairly depicts Allen</a>, who has never been charged with any crime and has disputed Farrow's claim for years. After the first episode aired, Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, who is an adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, released a statement declaring the docuseries a <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-says-hbo-documentary-allen-v-farrow-hatchet-job-2021-2">"hatchet job riddled with falsehoods."</a>Insider spoke to Ziering and Dick about some of the criticisms of the series and major moments in episode 4.<div type="image" title="woody allen Soon-Yi Previn" height="1379" width="1839" msid="81503362" hostid="261"></div><h2>The filmmakers say Allen and Previn were given 'plenty of time' to be part of the docuseries</h2>Jason Guerrasio: What was your reaction when you read Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn's statement after the first episode aired?Kirby Dick: It wasn't surprising. Amy Ziering: I wasn't surprised but it was also unfair to make that assessment. It's precocious to make that statement if you haven't seen all four parts.Do you feel you gave them enough time to respond?Dick: They had plenty of time to respond and let us know if they wanted to do the interview. And keep in mind, this is in the era of COVID-19 so this would have been the easiest interview ever because they would have been sitting in front of their computer. They wouldn't have had to leave their apartment. Ziering: We gave them a window of time to just respond and then we would set up a time and it could have been months later, so it's a little disingenuous. They are not accurately presenting things. And correct me if I'm wrong, but you never heard anything from Allen's team. Ziering: Exactly. And it's an open invitation, I'm sure HBO would do a fifth episode. He's welcome to talk to us. In the statement, it says that Woody and Soon-Yi were given notice less than two months ago and only given a matter of days to respond. What is your response to that?Ziering: Untrue.<div type="image" title="woody allen and mia farrow" height="1309" width="2000" msid="81503363" hostid="261"></div><h2>The filmmakers were aware of Mia Farrow's needle-poked Valentine's Day card to Allen but wanted to focus on things related to the allegations</h2>One of the criticisms of the docuseries is there are certain things not shown. One is <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/mia-farrow-threatening-1992-valentine-day-woody-allen-article-1.1605686">Mia Farrow's Valentin's Day card</a> she sent to Allen in 1992 that had needles and a knife poked in a photo of Farrow's family. Was there ever a time when the Valentine's Day card was included in the documentary?Dick: We were aware of it. We really wanted to focus on acts that were specifically relevant to the allegations. There were these accusations made by Woody Allen, Soon-Yi, and by Moses [an adopted son of Mia Farrow's] that Mia was a bad mother and an abusive mother. That was of great concern to us and we certainly wanted to investigate that and we did. And everything we came across showed there really was no credible corroboration of that claim. In fact, all nine of her other children contradicted those statements. There really isn't any credible evidence that she was anything but a very good and loving mother. Ziering: And keep in mind if there was credibility and corroboration for abuse, where would it come out? In a custody trial. So the absence of that [in the case] is telling. But did you bring up the Valentine's Day card on camera to Mia or anyone?Dick: I believe we did discuss it. The publisher of Allen's memoir, "Apropos of Nothing," has <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-woody-allen-memoir-publisher-threatens-lawsuit-2021-2">threatened a lawsuit</a> over audiobook excerpts used. But you are claiming fair use, right?Dick: This is all fair use. We went to our attorneys and they are extremely experienced attorneys. They are litigators, they go to court over this issue, and they were and still are very confident that our use of it was legal under the guidelines of fair use.<div type="image" title="avf07" height="1080" width="1920" msid="81503365" hostid="261"></div><h2>Ziering said they showed Dylan Farrow shaking uncontrollably in episode 4 as an example of her long-lasting trauma</h2>There's a scene in episode 4 where Dylan begins to shake uncontrollably while being interviewed with her husband. Take me through what it was like shooting that.Ziering: I think that moment is very instructive and telling. Here we are almost two decades later [since the alleged abuse] and here's a woman in her own home with a very tiny film crew talking about something and having a very extreme physiological reaction that she herself was surprised by.Why I feel it was important to include is not that it's sad but to show people just how long-lasting the effects of these kinds of traumas are. People don't just do that for any other reason unless there's something that actually happened. That's above and beyond anyone's acting skills.Had she said that she'd had this reaction before? Had it happened before while you were with her?Ziering: Never. A complete shock. We weren't even in there for very long. It wasn't like we spent the whole day with her. We just came in for a short time to film what you see. It was completely out of the blue. Dick: Having done several films on sexual assault, we have seen this before so it's always surprising when it happens but it's not a surprising symptom. It's certainly something we have seen before. <div type="image" title="avf03" height="1660" width="2213" msid="81503367" hostid="261"></div><h2>Dick said the docuseries being picked apart is 'standard playbook' when it comes to sexual abuse allegations</h2>I assume you knew going in that the docuseries would get picked apart. Have you experienced this before on other projects?Kirby: Most women or children who report sexual abuse experience this kind of questioning. If something is stolen from you nobody starts taking apart that reporting at all. But when it comes to the issue of sexual assault and sexual abuse it's so common. So has any of this surprised us? No, not at all. This is the standard playbook that we've seen forever. What we hope though is by people seeing this series is they will come to understand the issue of sexual abuse better and then they will be less susceptible to those kinds of distractions or distortions. Ziering: The best defense is a good offense, especially one that capitalizes on misogynistic tropes and conventions that people are eager to embrace. Are you concerned that despite what the docuseries uncovers there will always be a Team Woody that will never be swayed in what they believe?Ziering: This is team truth. We can't fight a world that wants things to be opinion-based and belief-based and feelings-based. That's not the world I want to live in. I want to live in a world that's still truth-based. When it comes to crimes they should really look at facts and evidence and not feelings. That's what our work is intent on doing. Dick: There will always be some people out there that will not be persuaded, no matter how much evidence they are given. But we have seen in the past with our films that actually it really helps change the way people look at the issue generally and the cases specifically. We already know a lot of people who have one perspective on this that once they've seen our reporting have now dramatically shifted their perspective.

'Allen v. Farrow' directors push back on criticism against their docuseries

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick told Insider it took a while for Dylan to agree to show them the footage.</li><li>"Suddenly as we were leaving she had a change of heart and said, 'If you guys want to watch we can all sit down and watch it now,'" Ziering said.</li></ul>In Sunday's episode of <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">HBO's "Allen v. Farrow"</a> we are presented with the powerful home video footage of <keyword id="66198" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mia-Farrow">Mia Farrow</keyword> recording her then 7-year-old daughter Dylan describing how <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword> sexually assaulted her (Allen has denied ever abusing Dylan).It features a shy Dylan saying that Allen, her adopted father, brought her up to the attic of Farrow's Connecticut home and abused her, saying on the video that Allen "touched my privates."It's the first time the video has been seen by the public and "<keyword id="10713481" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="allen-v-farrow">Allen v. Farrow</keyword>" directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick admit it wasn't easy to get Dylan to agree to let them see it.After a year of gaining the trust of Dylan and even getting her very reluctant mother, Mia, to agree to be interviewed on camera, the filmmakers started to work on trying to see Dylan's video talking about the abuse."We asked Dylan if she would mind if we looked at it and she initially was not interested," <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">Ziering told Insider</a>. "And then one time we were all at her house, we were finishing up an interview and had asked again if we could see the video and she declined, then suddenly as we were leaving she had a change of heart and said, 'If you guys want to watch we can all sit down and watch it now.' That's how we came to see it. It was hard to watch."Farrow shot the video with her home video camera over two days beginning on August 5, 1992 whenever Dylan would begin talking about the incident with Allen, according to the documentary. This followed incidents that concerned Farrow about Allen's behavior towards Dylan, including one friend telling Farrow that she walked into a room to find Allen's face in Dylan's lap.Farrow handed over the video footage she shot of Dylan to her daughter when Dylan grew up.<div type="image" title="avf05" height="1080" width="1920" msid="81266106" hostid="261"></div>Looking back at it now, Dylan, 35, said in episode one of "Allen v. Farrow" that as a child Allen "was always hunting me."Dylan went into more detail about Allen's alleged abuse in a <a href="https://www.insider.com/dylan-farrow-woody-allen-interview-video-2018-1">CBS interview in January 2018</a>."I was taken to a small attic crawl space in my mother's country house in Connecticut by my father," she said."He instructed me to lay down on my stomach and play with my brother's toy train that was set up. And he sat behind me in the doorway, and as I played with the toy train, I was sexually assaulted," Farrow continued. "He touched my labia and my vulva with his finger."Ziering said it was much later during production when they asked Farrow if some of the footage Mia shot could be used in the series."She said, 'If you use it for good, and it helps other children, you can use parts of the tape in the documentary,'" Ziering recalled.After episode one of "Allen v. Farrow" aired, Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn (one of Farrow's adopted daughters), <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-says-hbo-documentary-allen-v-farrow-hatchet-job-2021-2">said in a joint statement</a>:"These documentarians had no interest in the truth. Instead, they spent years surreptitiously collaborating with the Farrows and their enablers to put together a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods. Woody and Soon-Yi were approached less than two months ago and given only a matter of days 'to respond.' Of course, they declined to do so.""As has been known for decades, these allegations are categorically false," the statement continued. "Multiple agencies investigated them at the time and found that, whatever <keyword id="2041973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dylan-Farrow">Dylan Farrow</keyword> may have been led to believe, absolutely no abuse had ever taken place. It is sadly unsurprising that the network to air this is HBO - which has a standing production deal and business relationship with Ronan Farrow. While this shoddy hit piece may gain attention, it does not change the facts.""Allen v. Farrow" airs on Sunday nights on HBO and is available on HBO Max.

How the 'Allen v. Farrow' directors got the heart-wrenching video of 7-year-old Dylan Farrow alleging Woody Allen's sexual abuse

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Insider spoke to "<keyword id="10713481" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="allen-v-farrow">Allen v. Farrow</keyword>" directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick.</li><li>"Allen v. Farrow" examines <keyword id="2041973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dylan-Farrow">Dylan Farrow</keyword>'s accusations of sexual abuse by her adoptive father <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword>.</li><li>"She was in a safe space speaking to us," Ziering told Insider. </li></ul>Three years ago, Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick were suddenly very busy.With the #MeToo movement in full swing, the filmmakers - best known for making documentaries about sexual abuse survivors like the Oscar-nominated "The Invisible War" and the Emmy-nominated "The Hunting Ground" - were getting countless phone calls from women willing to tell their personal stories of abuse.Dylan Farrow was not one of those people.For most of her life, Farrow has been dismissed despite her claims that she was sexually abused when she was 7 years old by her adoptive father, acclaimed writer-director Woody Allen.Instead, the collective narrative was that Farrow, now 35, was caught in the middle of an ugly split by Allen and his longtime movie star girlfriend <keyword id="66198" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mia-Farrow">Mia Farrow</keyword>, and that she was coached by her mother to make up the allegation against Allen.As Allen has maintained his innocence over decades, Farrow has only recently spoken out. In 2014 she wrote an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/kristof-dylan-farrows-story.html">open letter in The New York Times</a> about Allen's abuse towards her. Now she's going a step further.After the relentless efforts by Ziering and Dick's investigative producer Amy Herdy, Farrow, as well as her mother, Mia, and several of her siblings, went on camera to talk about the incident that has defined their lives in the new explosive four-part <keyword id="71946" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HBO">HBO</keyword> docuseries, "Allen v. Farrow," out Sunday.If you are up on the <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-mia-farrow-soon-yi-previn-relationship-kids-9-2018">ugly breakup in the '90s between Allen and Mia</a> that led to countless tabloid headlines, a custody battle over their kids, and a press conference in which Allen professed his love for another of Mia's adopted daughters, Soon-Yi Previn (who married Allen in 1997), then there's a lot in the docuseries you already know.But there's also a lot that you'll learn about for the first time.It includes the flaws in the child sexual assault evaluation of Farrow, allegations that Allen began a sexual relationship with Previn when she was a teen, information from the police report of Farrow's alleged abuse that contradicts what Allen said about the incident, and the never-before-seen video footage of Farrow telling her mother how Allen had abused her.Insider reached out to reps for Allen, but didn't immediately hear back.<div type="image" title="Kirby Dick Amy Ziering Charley Gallay Getty" height="1971" width="2628" msid="81115254" hostid="261"></div><h2>Initially, the filmmakers wanted Farrow to be in the same movie as Russell Simmons' accuser, Drew Dixon</h2>Ziering and Dick admitted they did not go after telling this saga; it came to them. Back when they were overcome by calls from abuse survivors, the duo pondered a way to tell all the stories. They rented a Brooklyn brownstone and began conducting five interviews a day.It was at that time when Herdy came to the filmmakers with the idea of having Farrow be part of the interviews."She was really reluctant at first but when she realized we were unbiased and didn't have an agenda she agreed to sit down," Ziering told Insider of that first interview with Farrow."The way she told her story and not only [told] what happened but her emotional, psychological experience was very powerful," Dick added. "It told us there could be a very rich and complex story focused on her journey."Herdy informed the directors there was "a whole lot more" to the story and they wanted to dig deeper.It just so happened that at the same time, Ziering and Dick had also interviewed Drew Dixon, a former A&amp;R executive at Def Jams Records who <a href="https://www.insider.com/oprah-russell-simmons-pushed-to-pull-support-from-metoo-documentary-2020-1">claimed hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons raped her</a>. (Simmons has continuously denied the accusations.)"They almost crossed paths, literally," Ziering pointed out, as both Dylan and Dixon came to their brownstone to be interviewed within weeks of each other.By the time they interviewed both women their idea of a big movie spotlighting #MeToo survivors shifted. Instead, Ziering and Dick decided to focus specifically on the stories of Drew Dixon and Dylan Farrow. "On the Record," which centers on Dixon, came out last year on HBO Max. Production on Dylan's story was close behind.<div type="image" title="avf05" height="1080" width="1920" msid="81115255" hostid="261"></div><h2>In the docuseries, you'll see never-before-seen video of Farrow telling Mia how Allen abused her </h2>Both Ziering and Dick praise the work of Herdy, who seemed to deliver new elements to Farrow's story on a regular basis. She became close to Farrow, as well as her mother Mia, who was completely against participating in "Allen v Farrow" initially."The absolute only reason Mia did it was because her daughter asked her to," Ziering said. "Her daughter implored her. Dylan thought her talking would help, but Mia really didn't want to do it."As Herdy uncovered more materials, like a room full of custody battle documents that hadn't been touched since the 90s, Mia also handed over her own recordings, including home videos of her kids growing up around Allen in Connecticut and recordings of private phone calls between her and Allen during their troubled relationship. (In a remarkable moment in the docuseries, we learn Allen was also recording these calls.)Then there was the most chilling piece of material: the video recordings of Farrow telling Mia how Allen abused her, which was not easy to obtain.Farrow previously recalled Allen's alleged abuse in a <a href="https://www.insider.com/dylan-farrow-woody-allen-interview-video-2018-1">CBS</a> <a href="https://www.insider.com/dylan-farrow-woody-allen-interview-video-2018-1">interview in January 2018.</a>"I was taken to a small attic crawl space in my mother's country house in Connecticut by my father," she said."He instructed me to lay down on my stomach and play with my brother's toy train that was set up. And he sat behind me in the doorway, and as I played with the toy train, I was sexually assaulted," Farrow continued. "He touched my labia and my vulva with his finger."Ziering and Dick learned that after Farrow grew up, Mia gave her the video of herself recalling her abuse at 7 years old."We asked Dylan if she would mind if we looked at it and she initially was not interested," Ziering recalled. "And then one time we were all at her house, we were finishing up an interview and had asked again if we could see the video and she declined, then suddenly as we were leaving she had a change of heart and said, 'If you guys want to watch we can all sit down and watch it now.' That's how we came to see it. It was hard to watch."Ziering said it was much later during production when they asked Farrow if some of the footage could be used in the series."She said, 'If you use it for good, and it helps other children, you can use parts of the tape in the documentary,'" Ziering recalled.The filmmakers told Insider their numerous requests to interview Allen for the movie were not returned.<div type="image" title="mia farrow woody allen dylan satchel ronan" height="1400" width="2000" msid="81115256" hostid="261"></div><h2>The directors felt Farrow went through with the movie to finally 'say her truth'</h2>Throughout the four episodes of "Allen v. Farrow," viewers are given an exhaustive retelling of one of Hollywood's messiest scandals. But Ziering admitted she and Dick were not fueled by dissecting sensational stories. They were driven by giving a voice to those who felt they didn't have one."I remember when we did 'Invisible War' - this is 2010 when no one cared about these issues, honestly - we were leaving this woman's house and she says to me, 'Amy, thank you so much for coming today. It doesn't matter if I'm in the documentary or not. What matters is you're the first person who has ever listened to me,'" Ziering recalled.The filmmaker felt that same appreciation when speaking to Farrow."The unique case with Dylan is, I think, here's this woman who not only has this intense personal trauma, which would be hard for any of us to unpack, but then the added layer of trauma by the whole way that it's played out in the public," she said.Ziering continued: "I think there was a cathartic effect of feeling she was in a safe space speaking to us. That she's not going to be attacked and finally say her truth and it not to be denied or betrayed.""Allen v. Farrow" premieres on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cKTOj7HnLbo" frameborder="0"></iframe>

How the directors of 'Allen v. Farrow' spent 3 years making the explosive docuseries that will change the way you think about Woody Allen forever

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="10713481" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="allen-v-farrow">Allen v. Farrow</keyword>" will feature new information and never-before-heard interviews.</li><li>It will premiere on <keyword id="71946" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HBO">HBO</keyword> on February 21.</li></ul>On Friday, HBO announced that it will be releasing a four-part documentary that delves into the private life of filmmaker <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword>, specifically the allegations of sexual abuse involving <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-mia-farrow-soon-yi-previn-relationship-kids-9-2018">his daughter Dylan when she was 7 years old</a>.Titled, "Allen v. Farrow," the HBO press release says the doc "goes behind decades of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood's most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow; their subsequent custody trial, the revelation of Allen's relationship with Farrow's daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed."The first episode will premiere on February 21 at 9 p.m. ET and air the following episodes over the three Sundays that follow.Read more: <a href="https://www.insider.com/kate-winslet-regrets-working-with-woody-allen-roman-polanski-2020-9">Kate Winslet, who has worked with both Woody Allen and Roman Polanski, says Hollywood's high regard of the directors is 'f---ing disgraceful'</a><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/okFP4iQrfu8" frameborder="0"></iframe>Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, the made-in-secret docuseries features intimate home video footage, court documents, police evidence, and new investigative work.It will also feature interviews with <keyword id="66198" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mia-Farrow">Mia Farrow</keyword>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/dylan-farrow-woody-allen-interview-video-2018-1">Dylan Farrow</a>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/ronan-farrow-bio-photos-mia-farrow-woody-allen-history-accomplishments-2019-10">Ronan Farrow</a>, and others close to the family who are speaking out for the first time.Insider reached out to Allen's agent for comment about the docuseries but didn't get a response.<div type="image" title="mia farrow woody allen dylan satchel ronan" height="1400" width="1866" msid="80714135" hostid="261"></div>Back in the 1980s, Allen was riding high as an acclaimed director and Farrow, who starred often in his <keyword id="406" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Movies">movies</keyword>, was a major star. The two began a relationship and Allen became a father figure to Farrow's kids and the ones they shared. But their relationship turned into a tabloid-crazed downward spiral when Allen announced in a statement in 1992 that he was in a relationship with Farrow's adopted daughter, <a href="https://www.insider.com/soon-yi-previn-thought-woody-allen-relationship-was-fling-2018-9">Soon-Yi Previn</a>. Allen was then 57 and Previn was then 21.That followed with Farrow accusing Allen of sexually abusing his daughter Dylan, who was 7 at the time.Allen was investigated by authorities but was never charged with any crimes. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/08/woody-allen-denies-abuse-allegations">He has consistently maintained his innocence</a>. <a href="https://www.insider.com/dylan-farrow-woody-allen-interview-video-2018-1">Dylan and Farrow both have publicly maintained that Allen is guilty</a>. The allegations have followed Allen ever since and have led to his films not being released in the US and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/actors-who-have-spoken-out-against-woody-allen-or-donated-salaries-list-2018-1">actors regretting to have worked with him</a>.Dick and Ziering are no stranger to tackling tough topics. The duo also made the recent documentary "On the Record," which focuses on the sexual assault allegations against hip-hop giant Russell Simmons.

HBO has secretly made a 4-part documentary on the Woody Allen sexual abuse allegations

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Skyhorse Publishing says neither the producers or <keyword id="71946" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HBO">HBO</keyword> approached it to request permission to use the excerpts. </li><li>Directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick said in a statement they legally used the excerpts under the Fair Use doctrine.</li></ul>Skyhorse Publishing, which released <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword>'s <a href="https://www.insider.com/excerpts-from-woody-allen-memoir-apropos-of-nothing-2020-3">2020 memoir "Apropos of Nothing,"</a> is "seriously contemplating" a copyright infringement lawsuit against HBO after its docuseries "<keyword id="10713481" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="allen-v-farrow">Allen v. Farrow</keyword>" used excerpts from its audiobook voiced by Allen.The publisher told <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/02/woody-allen-book-publisher-lawsuit-threat-hbo-allen-v-farrow-1234698488/">Deadline</a> on Monday that "neither the producers nor HBO ever approached Skyhorse to request permission to use excerpts from the audiobook."The <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">four-part docuseries</a>, which premiered on Sunday, delves into the heated custody battle between Allen and his longtime partner Mia Farrow as well as the allegations by Allen's adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, that Allen sexually abused her when she was 7."Allen v. Farrow" directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-woody-allen-2021-2">told Insider</a> that after failing to land an interview with Allen for the docuseries after numerous attempts, they decided to use excerpts from "Apropos of Nothing."<div type="image" title="Kirby Dick Amy Ziering Charley Gallay Getty" height="1971" width="2628" msid="81174822" hostid="261"></div>"I was reading the book and thinking how can we get the book in and then I read online there was an audio book and I felt that was perfect," said Dick. "I went to the editors and said, 'Let's start cutting with it.'"Skyhorse claims it only received "second hand" information last week that the docuseries would use excerpts from the audiobook."Having now seen the first episode, we believe that its unauthorized use of the audiobook is clear, willful infringement under existing legal precedent, and that the other episodes will infringe, too, if they appropriate the audiobook in a similar manner," Skyhorse told Deadline. "We will take the legal action we deem necessary to redress our and Woody Allen's rights in his intellectual property."HBO did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.In episode one of "Allen v Farrow," the audio is used when Allen speaks about the first time he met Farrow and his first impression of Farrow's children. In future episodes, Allen's voice speaks on much more sensitive issues, including his denial of the sexual abuse accusations."The creators of 'Allen v. Farrow' legally used limited audio excerpts from Woody Allen's memoir in the series under the Fair Use doctrine," a representative for directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick said in a statement on Monday.<div type="image" title="soon yi previn woody allen" height="1451" width="1935" msid="81174824" hostid="261"></div>Meanwhile, Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn (one of Farrow's adopted daughters), said in a joint statement Sunday evening after episode one of the series aired: "These documentarians had no interest in the truth."Instead, they spent years surreptitiously collaborating with the Farrows and their enablers to put together a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods. Woody and Soon-Yi were approached less than two months ago and given only a matter of days 'to respond.' Of course, they declined to do so.""As has been known for decades, these allegations are categorically false," the statement continued. "Multiple agencies investigated them at the time and found that, whatever Dylan Farrow may have been led to believe, absolutely no abuse had ever taken place. It is sadly unsurprising that the network to air this is HBO - which has a standing production deal and business relationship with Ronan Farrow. While this shoddy hit piece may gain attention, it does not change the facts.""Allen v. Farrow" includes revealing information that the public has never known, like the flaws in the child sexual assault evaluation of Farrow, allegations that Allen began a sexual relationship with Previn when she was a teen, information from the police report of Farrow's alleged abuse that contradicts what Allen said about the incident, and the never-before-seen video footage of Farrow telling her mother how Allen had abused her.Episode two of "Allen v. Farrow" airs on Sunday night at 9pm.

Publisher of Woody Allen memoir threatens HBO with lawsuit over 'Allen v. Farrow'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>CBS News says the interview never aired last summer due to an "active news cycle."</li><li>Because it was shot in July 2020, the interview does not address the claims in "<keyword id="10713481" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="allen-v-farrow">Allen v. Farrow</keyword>."</li><li>Allen denies abusing his daughter Dylan Farrow in the interview.</li></ul>An interview with <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword> that was shot for "CBS Sunday Morning" last July, in which he addresses the sexual assault allegations made against him by his daughter Dylan Farrow, has been made available on <keyword id="10803410" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="paramount-plus">Paramount Plus</keyword>.Launched on the new streaming service on Sunday, it was pegged to the release of Allen's memoir, "Apropos of Nothing." Because it was shot last summer, it does not address the claims against the director in the recent HBO docuseries, "Allen v. Farrow."In a statement given to <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/woody-allen-interview-cbs-sunday-morning-paramount-plus-1234939350/">Variety</a>, CBS News stated that it never aired the interview last July due to an "active news cycle" and it is now being offered on Paramount Plus due to "renewed interest in the controversy surrounding the filmmaker.""The exclusive for Paramount Plus offers the ability to explore Allen, his career, and the allegations in context and with the depth that this story demands," CBS News added in the statement.The abuse against Allen was first reported in 1992 by then 7-year-old Dylan Farrow during the custody battle between Allen and his longtime girlfriend, actress Mia Farrow.<div type="image" title="avf07" height="1080" width="1920" msid="81746616" hostid="261"></div>In the interview with Lee Cowan, Allen denies the abuse allegations."It's so preposterous, and yet the smear has remained," Allen said. "And they still prefer to cling to if not the notion that I molested Dylan, the possibility that I molested her. Nothing that I ever did with Dylan in my life could be misconstrued as that."HBO's "Allen v. Farrow" gives an explosive examination of Dylan's allegations and the early 1990s custody battle with new interviews, including with Dylan, and materials in the investigation that the public has never known. Allen has never been charged with any crimes.Following the airing of the first of four "Allen v. Farrow" episodes, Allen and his wife Soon-Yi Previn (who is the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow) <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-says-hbo-documentary-allen-v-farrow-hatchet-job-2021-2">released a statement</a> saying that it's a "hatchet job riddled with falsehoods" and that Allen and Previn were given "only a matter of days" to respond to being involved in the docuseries."Allen v. Farrow" directors Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-address-criticisms-2021-3">denied those claims to Insider</a> and added that Allen has an open invitation to speak to them."I'm sure HBO would do a fifth episode," Ziering said. "He's welcome to talk to us."

Woody Allen addresses Dylan Farrow allegations in rare, newly-released interview: 'It's so preposterous'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Directors <keyword id="10892622" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="amy-ziering-and-kirby-dick">Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick</keyword> are pushing back on <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword> and Soon-Yi Previn.</li><li>The disgraced director and his wife panned "<keyword id="10713481" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="allen-v-farrow">Allen v. Farrow</keyword>" in a scatching statement.</li><li>"Woody is welcome to talk to us," Amy Ziering said. "It's an open invitation."</li></ul>Filmmakers Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick are pushing back on Woody Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, who claimed in a <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-says-hbo-documentary-allen-v-farrow-hatchet-job-2021-2">scathing statement</a> last month that their four-part <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">HBO docuseries, "Allen v. Farrow," was "a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods."</a>The series has led many people to reexamine the allegations that the disgraced filmmaker sexually abused his former adopted daughter, Dylan, when she was 7 years old.In a statement, first obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Allen and Previn <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-says-hbo-documentary-allen-v-farrow-hatchet-job-2021-2">denounced the series</a> and<a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-says-hbo-documentary-allen-v-farrow-hatchet-job-2021-2"> denied the allegations</a>.The statement added: "These documentarians had no interest in the truth. Instead, they spent years surreptitiously collaborating with the Farrows and their enablers."Ziering told Insider last week in response, "It's precocious to make that statement if you haven't seen all four parts."Allen and Previn also claimed in a statement that they "were approached less than two months ago and given only a matter of days 'to respond.' Of course, they declined to do so."<div type="image" title="Kirby Dick Amy Ziering Charley Gallay Getty" height="1971" width="2628" msid="81399158" hostid="261"></div>The filmmakers said that is untrue."We gave them a window of time to just respond and then we would set up a time and it could have been months later," Ziering said. "They are not accurately presenting things."Dick added: "Keep in mind, this is in the era of COVID-19, so this would have been the easiest interview ever because they would have been sitting in front of their computer. They wouldn't have had to leave their apartment."The filmmakers said their requests for an interview with Allen or Previn were met with silence."But it's an open invitation," Ziering said. "I'm sure HBO would do a fifth episode so Woody is welcome to talk to us."Insider contacted Allen's rep for comment, but did not get a response."Allen v. Farrow" examines the relationship Allen had with his ex-girlfriend, actress Mia Farrow, through the 1990s and the accusations by the child they adopted, Dylan, that she was sexually abused by the filmmaker in the attic of Farrow's Connecticut home. It also features excerpts from a <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-allen-v-farrow-got-dylan-farrow-abuse-allegation-video-2021-2">home video Farrow shot</a> of then 7-year-old Dylan saying what Allen did to her.<div type="image" title="avf07" height="1080" width="1440" msid="81399160" hostid="261"></div>The accusation led to a tabloid-fueled custody battle between Allen and Farrow. (Allen was never charged for a crime in connection the accusations and for years has denied them).With decades of conflicting stories on the subject, do Ziering and Dick believe their docuseries can sway anyone's opinion on what actually happened? "There will always be some people out there that will not be persuaded no matter how much evidence they are given," Dick added. "But we have seen in the past with our films that actually it really helps change the way people look at the issue generally and the cases we looked into specifically."Ziering and Dick have built a career looking at sexual abuse as they also made documentaries "The Invisible War," about sexual abuse in the military; "The Hunting Ground," about sexual assault on US college campuses; and "On the Record," about the sexual abuse allegations against hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons from former record executive Drew Dixon."What we hope is by people seeing this series, they will come to understand the issue of sexual abuse better and then they will be less susceptible to those kinds of distractions or distortions," Dick said.The final episode of "Allen v. Farrow" airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.

'Allen v. Farrow' directors say Woody Allen has an 'open invitation' to be interviewed for the docuseries: 'I'm sure HBO would do a 5th episode'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Audio book excerpts of Allen reading his autobiography is used in the series.</li><li>At one time the directors considered using a person who could impersonate Allen's voice.</li><li>Allen's audio gives "a very clear perspective on what his side is," director Kirby Dick told Insider.</li></ul>"<a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">Allen v Farrow</a>" directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick knew it would be almost impossible to get <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword> on camera for their four-part docuseries.It centers on his relationship with actress Mia Farrow and the sexual abuse allegations leveled against him by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, which he's denied.But luckily, for the filmmakers, Allen voiced an audio book of his memoir.Though "Allen v Farrow" only features archival footage of Allen, as the historically press shy filmmaker never responded to the series' numerous requests to speak, it also has audio excerpts of Allen reading his <a href="https://www.insider.com/excerpts-from-woody-allen-memoir-apropos-of-nothing-2020-3">2020 autobiography, "Apropos of Nothing,"</a> in which he just so happens to address some of the topics touched on in the series.Dick remembers feeling a sense of a relief when he realized Allen did an audio version of his memoir."I was reading the book and thinking how can we get the book in and then I read online there was an audio book and I felt that was perfect," Dick told Insider. "I went to the editors and said, 'Let's start cutting with it.'"In episode one of "Allen v Farrow," which aired Sunday on <keyword id="71946" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="HBO">HBO</keyword>, the audio is used when Allen speaks about the first time he met Farrow and his first impression of Farrow's children. In future episodes, Allen's voice speaks on much more sensitive issues, including his denial of the sexual abuse accusations."I think it's really important because it allows you to hear <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-mia-farrow-soon-yi-previn-relationship-kids-9-2018">Woody Allen's perspective</a> on really everything on what we covered throughout the series," Dick said of using the audiobook excerpts. "From very early on, meeting Mia, all the way through to events that were happening less than a year ago. It's over a three decade period."But what would have happened if Allen hadn't done an audio version of his autobiography? Dick said there were all types of options they considered, even using a person who could impersonate Allen reading book excerpts."That was on the table," Dick said of the impersonator. "We were also playing around with a text-only option. We tried to keep all options open."Thankfully, Allen's own voice was available to use."I think you definitely get a very clear perspective on what his side is," Dick said of the autobiography excerpts."Allen v Farrow" airs Sundays on HBO and is available on HBO Max.

'Allen v Farrow' directors got Woody Allen to address accusations in the docuseries without ever interviewing him thanks to his audiobook

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword> called HBO's new docuseries "Allen v. Farrow" a "hatchet job riddled with falsehoods."</li><li>The four-part documentary details sexual-abuse allegations that <keyword id="2041973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dylan-Farrow">Dylan Farrow</keyword> has made against Allen.</li><li>Allen accused the documentary makers of collaborating with the Farrow family. </li></ul>Woody Allen and his wife, <keyword id="1845660" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Soon-Yi-Previn">Soon-Yi Previn</keyword>, released a joint statement Sunday evening denouncing HBO's new docuseries "Allen v. Farrow," which examines long-standing sexual-abuse allegations made against him by his former adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow.<a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">The explosive four-part docuseries</a>, which premiered Sunday on HBO, uses previously unseen archival footage as well as new in-depth interviews to track the fallout over Farrow's allegation that the writer-director molested her in 1992 when she was 7 years old.Following the documentary's premiere, Allen and Soon-Yi issued a statement first <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-soon-yi-previn-respond-to-allen-v-farrow-filmmakers-these-documentarians-had-no-interest-in-the-truth">obtained by The Hollywood Reporter</a> denying the allegations and accused the directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick of collaborating with the Farrow family."These documentarians had no interest in the truth. Instead, they spent years surreptitiously collaborating with the Farrows and their enablers to put together a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods. Woody and Soon-Yi were approached less than two months ago and given only a matter of days 'to respond.' Of course, they declined to do so," part of the statement said.<div type="image" title="avf03" height="1660" width="2555" msid="81153398" hostid="261"></div>"As has been known for decades, these allegations are categorically false. Multiple agencies investigated them at the time and found that, whatever Dylan Farrow may have been led to believe, absolutely no abuse had ever taken place. It is sadly unsurprising that the network to air this is HBO - which has a standing production deal and business relationship with Ronan Farrow. While this shoddy hit piece may gain attention, it does not change the facts."Woody Allen has consistently denied Dylan Farrow's allegations and maintained his belief that <keyword id="66198" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mia-Farrow">Mia Farrow</keyword>, who he was <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-mia-farrow-soon-yi-previn-relationship-kids-9-2018">married to for 12 years</a>, coerced Dylan into making the allegation against him as an act of revenge after she discovered that Allen was having an affair with her adoptive daughter Soon-Yi Previn, whom he married in 1997.Soon-Yi Previn was 21 when her relationship with Allen was made public.<a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-woody-allen-2021-2">During an interview with Insider published last week</a>, Ziering and Dick said that they made numerous requests to speak with Allen but that the director never responded. In lieu of fresh interviews with the director, they decided to use audio excerpts from his <a href="https://www.insider.com/excerpts-from-woody-allen-memoir-apropos-of-nothing-2020-3">2020 autobiography</a>, "Apropos of Nothing," in which he addresses some of the topics depicted in the series."I was reading the book and thinking how can we get the book in and then I read online there was an audiobook and I felt that was perfect. I went to the editors and said, 'Let's start cutting with it,'" Dick told Insider."I think it's really important because it allows you to hear Woody Allen's perspective on really everything on what we covered throughout the series. From very early on, meeting Mia, all the way through to events that were happening less than a year ago. It's over a three-decade period."

Woody Allen says new HBO documentary about abuse allegations is a 'hatchet job riddled with falsehoods'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11899490" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="javier-bardem" source="Orion">Javier Bardem</keyword> called the <keyword id="12131456" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sexual-abuse-allegations" source="Orion">sexual abuse allegations</keyword> against <keyword id="12278129" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="woody-allen" source="Orion">Woody Allen</keyword> "gossip."</li><li>"Pointing fingers at someone is very dangerous if it hasn't been legally proven," he added.</li></ul>Javier Bardem has dismissed the allegations against Woody Allen in which the filmmaker's adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, claimed <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-allen-v-farrow-got-dylan-farrow-abuse-allegation-video-2021-2">he sexually abused her</a> when she was a young girl. Allen has continuously denied the allegations."Pointing fingers at someone is very dangerous if it hasn't been legally proven," <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/17/javier-bardem-when-i-won-the-oscar-i-felt-great-but-it-didnt-make-any-sense">Bardem told The Guardian</a> in a recent interview. "Beyond that, it's just gossip."The Oscar-winning actor, who starred in Allen's 2008 movie "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," is one of the few in Hollywood to defend the director.The abuse against Allen was first reported in 1992 by a then 7-year-old Farrow during the custody battle between Allen and his longtime girlfriend, actress Mia Farrow.In home video footage, shown during <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-interview-2021-2">HBO's "Allen v. Farrow"</a> docuseries, which aired back in February, a young Farrow described how she was brought up to the attic of Farrow's Connecticut home and abused, saying on the video that Allen "touched my privates."<div type="image" title="avf07" height="1080" width="1920" msid="88397810" hostid="261"></div>An investigation into the abuse allegations was completed in the 1990s following <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-mia-farrow-soon-yi-previn-relationship-kids-9-2018">Allen's split with Mia Farrow</a>, who adopted Dylan with Allen. Allen was cleared of any wrongdoing and since then has maintained his innocence.Woody also <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-addresses-dylan-farrow-allegations-in-rare-new-interview-2021-3">denied the abuse allegations in a rare July 2020 interview</a> that was shot for "CBS Sunday Morning" and was made available on Paramount Plus back in March."It's so preposterous and yet the smear has remained," Allen told CBS News National Correspondent Lee Cowan. "And they still prefer to cling to if not the notion that I molested Dylan, the possibility that I molested her. Nothing that I ever did with Dylan in my life could be misconstrued as that."<div type="image" title="javier bardem woody allen" height="1904" width="3048" msid="88397812" hostid="261"></div>Still, several actors who have worked on Allen's <keyword id="11898343" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="movies" source="Orion">movies</keyword> in the past have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/actors-who-have-spoken-out-against-woody-allen-or-donated-salaries-list-2018-1">denounced him and given their salaries to charity</a>. Most recently, Drew Barrymore said on her show that she was <a href="https://www.insider.com/drew-barrymore-gaslit-woody-allen-dylan-farrow-interview-video-2021-5">"gaslit" into working with Allen</a> on his 1996 movie "Everyone Says I Love You."However, the "Being the Ricardos" star admitted to the Guardian that he hasn't kept track of any of that."To tell you the truth, I don't follow any of that, what people said," Bardem said. "I try to go where logic dictates, which is: let's follow the rules that exist to establish whether someone is guilty or innocent.""If the case re-opens and he is proven to be guilty, I will be the first to say: 'What a horrible thing.' But so far, I haven't seen that," he added.This is not the first time Bardem has supported Allen.In <a href="https://www.insider.com/javier-bardem-defends-woody-allen-public-lynching-2018-10">2018 while attending the Lumiere Festival</a> in France, he told the audience: "I don't agree with the public lynching that he's been receiving. And if Woody Allen called me to work with him again I'd be there tomorrow morning. He's a genius."Other actors who have starred in Allen's movies and have since spoken out in support of the director include <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alec-baldwin-defends-woody-allen-to-kill-a-mockingbird-comparison-2018-1">Alec Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/03/diane-keaton-i-love-woody-allen-i-believe-my-friend">Diane Keaton</a>.

Javier Bardem says Woody Allen's sexual abuse allegations are 'just gossip'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1104247" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mariel-Hemingway">Mariel Hemingway</keyword> starred as <keyword id="28035" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Woody-Allen">Woody Allen</keyword>'s 17-year-old love interest in the 1979 film. </li><li>The film has become increasingly controversial due to the underage relationship portrayed. </li><li>Hemingway said the film "100%" could not be released today.</li></ul>Mariel Hemingway earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her performance in Woody Allen's 1979 black-and-white film "<keyword id="6369186" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="manhattan">Manhattan</keyword>," but during a recent interview, she said she doesn't believe the rom-com could be released today due to the underage romance portrayed in the film.In the movie, Hemingway plays Tracy, a 17-year-old high schooler who starts a romantic relationship with a divorced 42-year-old television comedy writer played by the film's co-writer and director, Woody Allen. The film had long been considered one of Allen's best, but over the last decade, it has become tainted after allegations of <a href="https://www.insider.com/woody-allen-mia-farrow-soon-yi-previn-relationship-kids-9-2018">sexual abuse were made against Allen</a> by his former adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow.Speaking with the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-enlightening-mariel-hemingway/id1534627568?i=1000515294279">"Better Together with Anne &amp; Heather" podcast</a>, Hemingway said: "I'm not condoning any behavior. That movie probably couldn't come out today. 100 percent."<div type="image" title="Mariel Hemingway attends the world premiere of 'Crisis in Six Scenes' at the Crosby Street Hotel on September 15, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Amazon)" height="1392" width="1857" msid="82164018" hostid="261"></div>Hemingway, who is the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway, continued to say that she has not seen <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-address-criticisms-2021-3">HBO's four-episode docuseries "Allen v. Farrow,"</a> which aired earlier this year and investigates the events that led up to Dylan Farrow, then aged seven, accusing Allen of sexually abusing her in 1992. Allen has repeatedly denied the allegations. The documentary also re-examines the making and content of several Woody Allen films including "Manhattan" within the context of Dylan Farrow's allegations. Hemingway said: "It's a bit touchy for me because he wasn't disrespectful of me or unpleasant. I don't know Mia, I don't know Ronan and I don't know Dylan. I don't know that story. It's not my story to tell."Hemingway continued: "Me saying that is not me going on a bandstand defending [Woody Allen], but the integrity of his work to me still stays intact."I'm not going down that road with him. Maybe that's cowardly of me."<div type="image" title="avf03" height="1660" width="2555" msid="82164020" hostid="261"></div>In 2018, actress Babi Christina Engelhardt <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/woody-allens-secret-teen-lover-manhattan-muse-speaks-1169782">told The Hollywood Reporter</a> that she had a secret relationship with Allen aged 17, which she claims inspired the making of "Manhattan." Engelhardt told the publication that she first met Allen at a Manhattan restaurant when she passed him a note with her number. He invited her to his apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, she said, and the two began a "physically intimate" relationship. She said that Allen was aware of her age and the two continued seeing each other in secret on more than 100 occasions. "['Manhattan'] reminded me why I thought he was so interesting - his wit is magnetic," Engelhardt said. "It was why I liked him and why I'm still impressed with him as an artist. How he played with characters in his movies, and how he played with me."

'Manhattan' star Mariel Hemingway says the Woody Allen film '100%' couldn't be released today

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="27308" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Alec-Baldwin">Alec Baldwin</keyword> said <keyword id="196530" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Andrew-Cuomo">Andrew Cuomo</keyword>'s resignation was "tragic." </li><li>The actor said "cancel culture" exposes the "shortcomings" of party politicians. </li><li>"Regardless of what you think of Cuomo, this is a tragic day," Baldwin said. </li></ul>Alec Baldwin described New York governor Andrew Cuomo's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gov-andrew-cuomo-resigns-sexual-harassment-scandal-2021-3?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">shock resignation on Tuesday</a> as "tragic" and appeared to suggest that so-called "cancel culture" was to blame for the politician's downfall."Regardless of what you think of Cuomo, this is a tragic day," Baldwin said in a Tweet on Tuesday, "Party <keyword id="6358883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="politics">politics</keyword> in this country draw ambitious but ultimately isolated, even socially maladjusted men and women who, given the current cancel culture, will likely have their shortcomings exposed and magnified."Baldwin's tweet came shortly after Cuomo announced plans to resign ending his months-long battle to stay in office after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and assault."My resignation will be effective in 14 days," Cuomo said via livestream Tuesday.Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a former congresswoman, will succeed Cuomo and become <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kathy-hochul-will-become-new-york-first-female-governor-2021-8?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">the first female governor in the history of New York State</a>.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-AlecBaldwin(HABF) (@AlecBaldwin) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1425136918451343362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2021</a></blockquote>Last week, New York attorney general Letitia James announced the findings of an independent inquiry into Cuomo by investigators from her office. They found that he sexually harassed 11 women, including members of his staff."We find that the Governor sexually harassed a number of current and former New York State employees by, among other things, engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching, as well as making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature that created a hostile work environment for women," the investigators wrote in the <a href="https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2021.08.03_nyag_-_investigative_report.pdf">165-page report</a> released August 3.Insider's Jake Lahut and Oma Seddiq reported that before Cuomo appeared live to announce his resignation plans, his private attorney, Rita Glavin, held a closed press briefing in which she accused several of the governor's victims of either lying or lacking credibility.This isn't the first time that Baldwin - who quit Twitter in January following the controversy surrounding his wife <a href="https://www.insider.com/hilaria-baldwin-apology-spanish-accent-background-controversy-2021-2">Hilaria ostensibly faking her Spanish heritage</a> - has spoken out against so-called cancel culture or defended Andrew Cuomo. In March, he posted a video to Instagram where he said he believed "the cancel culture was getting out of hand." He continued: "There are people who deserve to be punished for what they've done but not everybody should be punished in the same way." <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMI5VfqjVAf" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alec Baldwin (@alecbaldwininsta)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Weeks earlier in a <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/film/alec-baldwin-defends-woody-allen-and-andrew-cuomo-in-cancel-culture-rant-2896261">now-deleted 14-minute Instagram post</a>, Baldwin said he had been criticized for defending people "who have been accused of crimes.""I'm not defending someone who is guilty of something. I'm choosing to defend someone who has not been proven guilty of something," he said in response. Speaking about Cuomo, he added: "The Attorney General is going to investigate accusations against a Governor. Then, and only then, can we talk about people resigning."The 63-year-old actor then continued to defend the film director Woody Allen - whom he has worked with three times - against renewed sexual assault allegations by his former adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow in the <a href="https://www.insider.com/allen-v-farrow-directors-address-criticisms-2021-3">HBO docu-series "Allen v. Farrow."</a>"I don't care how many fucking documentaries you make, you have to prove it in a courtroom," Baldwin said. He added: "If it was proven beyond a reasonable doubt that this person was guilty, I would certainly be open to changing my tune and even apologizing to victims. I'm all in favor of tough laws on people who sexual harass or abuse, but it has to be proven."

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HBO has secretly made a 4-part documentary on the Woody Allen sexual abuse allegations

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Publisher of Woody Allen memoir threatens HBO with lawsuit over 'Allen v. Farrow'

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Woody Allen addresses Dylan Farrow allegations in rare, newly-released interview: 'It's so preposterous'

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Woody Allen says new HBO documentary about abuse allegations is a 'hatchet job riddled with falsehoods'

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Javier Bardem says Woody Allen's sexual abuse allegations are 'just gossip'

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'Manhattan' star Mariel Hemingway says the Woody Allen film '100%' couldn't be released today

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Alec Baldwin blames 'cancel culture' for Andrew Cuomo's resignation: 'This is a tragic day'

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