Eh, you buyin’ dis watch? I don’ see no watch wit better quality den dis, so you must be buying dis watch.
Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino are suing Tutima watches and a distributor using their likenesses without permission for Tutima ads linked to Righteous Kill.
“De Niro’s and Pacino’s policies concerning commercial endorsements and tie-ins are common knowledge in the entertainment industry,” the lawsuit said. “Defendants’ actions have damaged De Niro’s and Pacino’s valuable reputations and diminished the commercial value of their name and images.”
Both men were very careful about product endorsement, the lawsuit said, with De Niro only endorsing a product or service “under very specific and compelling circumstances.”
“Pacino, over the course of his lengthy career, has never commercially endorsed any product or service in the United States,” the lawsuit said. [THR]
Their case would be a lot more believable if the movie hadn’t been Righteous Kill. At that point you might as well just do a commercial. At least that might be less predictable. Ooh, I wonder if these watches are good.



These watches were fuckin’ awesome twenty years ago.
I wanna’ see these two remake Gerry. Don’t bother with the cameras.
But I didn’t watch Righteous Kill…
Will I ever be able to forget how my stepfather damaged my valuable reputation and diminished the commercial value of my name and images … on that fateful night?
Reputation Deniro? You did fucking Rocky and Bullwinkle for Christ sake. You sat there and made poop jokes to a tennis ball for 3 hours a day.
Reputation Pacino? You were in Gigli. GIGLI…ugh.ack…threw up in my mouth a little bit just thinking about it.
Reputation….wop please.
The New Tutima Righteous Kill – The Watch to the Movie nobody watched
I hope these watches come with Dago.
Oh shit. I mean “Day Glow”
I don’t mean to contradict THR’s journalistic savvy, but Deniro has never commercially endorsed a product in the US?
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Tutima is Latin for Early Bird.
These pizza niggers oughta know better than to mess with the japs.
2 little words ruined Bobs rep:
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Actually it says Pacino has never endorsed a product. “De Niro only endorsing a product or service ‘under very specific and compelling circumstances.’”
Reading comprehension FTW.
I thought Pacino endorsed sex change operations.
Righteous Kill sucked so I don’t think I’ll be checking out the two of them teaming up in this lawsuit.
The Italian Canadian contingent is about to have a problem with your yankee ass, Drummond.
Pacino endorsed Beverly D’Angelo. Twice. BOING.
Holy shit! TIME FOR MATLOCK! (Good thing I got one of these old fart watches!)
This is complete bullshit, Pacino endorsed Tutima watches in The Recruit with Colin Farrell and had the same deal. Big ass posters with both of them in watch shops and ads in magazines. He did not have a problem with it a few years ago, I think he wears them in his day to day as well, although I am sure he is compensated for it.
Sorry nothing about that post was funny. Carry on.
Who wears a watch anymore? Besides douchebags who watch Entourage, that is.