Did Steven Spielberg Plagiarized Alfred Hitchcock?
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A lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday claims that Steven Spielberg and major Hollywood studios stole the plot from Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 film 'Rear Window' in making last year's 'Disturbia.'Dreamworks, its parent company Viacom Inc, and Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal, are accused of copyright infringement and breach of contract for making 'Disturbia' without first obtaining permission from the copyright holders, the suit said. (msnbc.com is a joint venture between NBC Universal and Microsoft.)
Spielberg, a Dreamworks founder and executive producer of 'Disturbia,' is named as a defendant. The film grossed about $80 million at the U.S. box office.
Hitchcock and actor James Stewart obtained the motion picture rights to 'Rear Window' in 1953. The lawsuit argues that Dreamworks should have done the same.
If you look on Wikipedia, it says 'Disturbia' "is an updated version of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rear Window (1954)."
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