HOLLYWOOD & VINE

Benton Levy, an NYC attorney, figures it this way:”If I cut down your cherry tree, I’m not sure I’m entitled to your Mercedes.”

He reps Tomorrow Entertainment, which produced the upcoming Brooke Shields movie “Brenda Starr.” It’s being sued by Charles Gaudry Jr. of Fort George, Fla., who claims that the film crew trespassed on his property and vine-napped his four-inch thick, 150-year-old creeper.

And in what would seem like something completely different, as demands go for cuts of movie profits, Gaudry is asking “an equitable share” of the take.

Gaudry said the film makers originally asked if the crew could dig a deep hole on his property for a rescue scene.

When the company later told Gaudry they were going to film elsewhere, he put the matter out of mind.

Then Gaudry noticed the vine that used to hang “prominently” in his driveway was missing. He said he tracked down his vine (and claims he has photos to prove it’s his) at the other site where the company was filming.