Three Men Sue Studio Over ‘Dazed’ Characters
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 film characters based on them.
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 teens on the last day of school in May 1976.
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