Spielberg 'stole Hitchcock plot'
BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Steven Spielberg and his Dreamworks company stole the plot of Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window for the movie Disturbia, a lawsuit claims.
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Spielberg accused of stealing film plot
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Steven Spielberg and his Dreamworks company stole the plot of last year's Disturbia from the classic 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window, according to a lawsuit filed yesterday in New York. Spielberg is being sued by a trust which owns the rights to the 1942 Cornell Woolrich short story Murder from a Fixed Viewpoint. It claims that Hitchcock and his lead actor, James...
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Steven Spielberg sued: Disturbia film stole Hitchcock plot, trust says
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Plot for Spielberg's Disturbia stolen from film Rear Window, according to lawsuit
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Don't panic - it's not a Wall Street crash: It's a live 'War of the Worlds'
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
... recognize any of the names of the actors.Future "Dead of Night Theater" offerings will include Alfred Hitchcock films and scary stuff starring Vincent PriceMore important, the star of the weekly presentation will be "Makovan," described by Channel 18 as "a disembodied head trapped in a magic mirror, imprisoned by an evil witch."If you're nostalgic about the topic, or interested...
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Rear Window: Special Edition (Universal Legacy Series)
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
DVD Talk Collector Series I may not have seen every Alfred Hitchcock film in the director's acclaimed back catalogue, but I have yet to see one that tops Rear Window (1954). This tightly-wound tale of suspense, voyeurism and murder reaches far beyond its deceptively small environment, creating a potent experience that stands up to virtually unlimited viewings. Based on a 1942...
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TV Gallery: New Heroes cast shots, part four
TV Scoop (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
As if you didn't know series three of Heroes start next Wednesday (1 October) and to celebrate and get extra excited we've been looking at a phalanx of new cast photographs. They're all black and white and remind me of stuff from an Alfred Hitchcock film. Today is the last batch, so enjoy! All you have to do is click the picture below and you're away. Neat, huh?
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News: Plays Extend: Later, Hedda, Woman, Mousetrap, 39
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
... 2009. In Patrick Barlow’s stage adaptation of the John Buchan whodunit, inspired by the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, four actors play “150 roles” between them to tell the tale of London bachelor Richard Hannay fleeing to Scotland and breaking a spy ring to prove his innocence after a woman is found murdered in his home. The current West End cast is (as Hannay), , and , who is...
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Steven Spielberg Might Be Getting a Lil Disturbia in His Wallet
Get-Da-Goss (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Written by Adrian Twist - Steven Spielberg, along with DreamWorks Studios and Universal Pictures, has been named in a lawsuit for the blatant retelling of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film,
