The 1989 French film "3615 code Père Noël", which is about a young boy who is home alone with his elderly grandfather and has to fend off a home invader dressed up as Santa Claus, has been noted for its plot similarities to "Home Alone". "3615 code Père Noël" director René Manzor threatened the producers of "Home Alone" with legal action on the grounds of plagiarism, alleging that "Home Alone" was a remake of his film. "3615 code Père Noël" was not released in the United States during its original theatrical run in January 1990 and did not become widely available there until 2018.
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Home Alone | Accusations of plagiarism
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The 1989 French film "3615 code Père Noël", which is about a young boy who is home alone with his elderly grandfather and has to fend off a home invader dressed up as Santa Claus, has been noted for its plot similarities to "Home Alone". "3615 code Père Noël" director René Manzor threatened the producers of "Home Alone" with legal action on the grounds of plagiarism, alleging that "Home Alone" was a remake of his film. "3615 code Père Noël" was not released in the United States during its original theatrical run in January 1990 and did not become widely available there until 2018.
Home Alone | Accusations of plagiarism
publishers Doubleday, and various parties connected with the 1940 film version of the novel, were sued for plagiarism by Edwina L. MacDonald who alleged that du Maurier had copied her novel "Blind Windows". Du Maurier successfully rebutted the allegations.
Rebecca (novel) | Plagiarism allegations
A very similar plot was later used in the American film "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" (2007), generating accusations that "Chuck and Larry" was a clone of "Strange Bedfellows". In November 2007 the producers of "Strange Bedfellows" initiated legal action against Universal Pictures for copyright violation. The suit was withdrawn in April 2008 after the producers of "Strange Bedfellows" received an early draft of "Chuck and Larry" that predated their film, thus satisfying that they had not been plagiarised.
Strange Bedfellows (2004 film) | Alleged plagiarism
The court, observing "prima facie" evidence that there had been copyright violations, asked the filmmakers to deposit with the court on 21 October 2011 before releasing the film. However, Patnaik challenged the court's decision and demanded that the producers give him credit and not cash. Sinha later claimed that he alone had developed the film's story.
Ra.One | Plagiarism allegations
For the character of Ralph, she drew on the book "The Murder of Childhood" by Ray Wyre and Tim Tate. For the character of Nancy, she drew on an article in "The Guardian" by Marian Partington, whose sister Lucy had been murdered by the serial killers Fred and Rosemary West. And, for the character of Agnetha, Lavery drew on the Gladwell article. "I wanted [the play] to be accurate", she told Gladwell.
Frozen (play) | Allegations of plagiarism
In 1945, Schwarz filed a plagiarism action against Universal Pictures and its executives. He alleged that the studio had pirated a romantic movie manuscript that contained musical themes, and used the material in one of the studio's own movie productions, "His Butler’s Sister" (1943), which allegedly involved a similar theme. The court read the scenario, viewed the movie, and held in favor of the studio and its executives.
Jack Schwarz | Plagiarism suit
A certain section people have criticised Trivikram Srinivas for copying scenes and plotlines (without crediting) from various foreign language as well as Indian movies. In April 2020, With a common hastag #trivikramization (mockingly referring to copying), lot of people have tweeted threads of such scenes in his movies comparing them with the corresponding 'original' scenes in older movies which they found to be uncannily simmilar. These revelations have appalled quite a few people. While these allegations were from audience, earlier there were cases of critics and creators of such original works publicly complaining about using their creative work without acknowledgement.
Trivikram Srinivas | Frequent plagarism allegations
In 2004 Lewis alleged that British playwright Bryony Lavery's hit Broadway play "Frozen", particularly the character of 'Agnetha', a psychiatrist sent to evaluate a serial killer, was based on thematic similarities with her book "Guilty by Reason of Insanity" and verbatim extracts from a "New Yorker" article about her by Malcolm Gladwell. Lewis hired a lawyer and began preparing for a lawsuit, including getting Gladwell to sign his copyright over to her for her case. The story was covered internationally in 2004 and Lavery states it has damaged her career. However, Gladwell himself has since said he was not comfortable signing over his copyright to Lewis (and did change his mind) and, while understanding that she was upset, suggests that the legal accusations were fueled by a lack of appreciation of the creative arts.
Dorothy Otnow Lewis | Play plagiarism accusation
Son also has angry arguments there in his home with his abrasive girlfriend, over minor matters. Intercut into the film are outdoor scenes of Son ambling through the streets of San Francisco with a hobo.
Imitation of Christ (film) | Summary
In reality, he was left home by mistake. His family is en route to France for a holiday trip. While his parents realize their mistake and scramble to get back to the United States, Harry and Marv, a pair of thieves known as the "Wet Bandits", attempt to burgle the house and Kevin must foil them with a collection of homemade booby traps. They get arrested at the end of the film. The film became the highest-grossing film of 1990, grossing $476,684,675 worldwide. Despite a lukewarm reception from critics, it was popular with audiences. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for John Williams and Best Original Song for "Somewhere in My Memory", but lost to Dances with Wolves and Dick Tracy respectively.
Home Alone (franchise) | "Home Alone" (1990)
Jeethu clarified that his story might have had some similarities with the Japanese film, "Suspect X" (2008), but cited that it was not a copy of any other story and was willing to move to the high court to prove it. In mid-March 2015, it was proved at the High Court that the allegation was false, with a verdict being passed confirming the film's originality.
Papanasam (film) | Alleged plagiarism
Minjur Gopi Nayinar filed a case against Murugadoss, claiming that the plot of the film was copied from his novel "Mootha Kudi". Responding to the issue, Murugadoss said that he was neither aware of Minjur nor that his story was a copy, further citing the allegation as a tactic by the plaintiff to garner free publicity. He, in turn, requested the court to dismiss the petition. In late September 2014, the court declared the case in Murugadoss's favour, citing lack of proper evidence found against him.
Kaththi | Plagiarism allegations
Home Alone is a 1990 American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'Hara. The film follows Kevin (Culkin), an eight-year-old boy, who must defend his home from two burglars, Harry and Marv (Pesci and Stern), after his family accidentally leaves him behind on their Christmas vacation. It was filmed between February and May 1990 in a variety of locations throughout Illinois. The film was originally meant to be distributed by Warner Bros., but was transferred to 20th Century Fox when Hughes exceeded the $10 million limit that had been imposed on the film's budget by Warner.
Home Alone | Introduction
The fourth installment was directed by Rod Daniel and premiered as a television film on ABC on November 3, 2002. This film returns to the original's main character, Kevin (played by Mike Weinberg), and one of the two Wet Bandits, Marv (played by French Stewart). Kevin's parents have separated, and he lives with his mother. He decides to go spend Christmas with his father and his rich girlfriend, Natalie, but finds himself having to deal with his old nemesis Marv, and his new sidekick wife Vera (played by Missi Pyle) who replaces Harry. It was released to Region 1 DVD on October 20, 2003.
Home Alone (franchise) | "Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House" (2002)
In the beginning of the novelization, a prologue, which ends up being Marv's nightmare in prison, he and Harry sneak away from the cops and return to Kevin's house to seek revenge on Kevin. Kevin bolts into the garage with Marv and Harry in hot pursuit. Harry and Marv end up triggering extra traps that Kevin had set up in the garage. Kevin watches as Marv ends up triggering a trap where a running lawnmower falls on his head (this was a trap featured in "Home Alone 3").
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Novelization
Warner Bros. filed a case of copyright violation alleging that the movie was copied from their television series "Friends". The producer of the film, Madhu Mantena, responded that it was not true and that the film had nothing to do with "Friends"; director Abbas Tyrewala has also denied the allegations.
Jhootha Hi Sahi | Controversy
In September 2004, media sources around the world (including "The Times", "The Observer", "The New York Times", and the Associated Press) reported allegations that Lavery had plagiarized significant portions (nearly 675 words) of the play from a 1997 "The New Yorker" article by Malcolm Gladwell about psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis, and from Lewis' own book "Guilty by Reason of Insanity" (1998). Lewis claimed that "Frozen" was based in large part on her life and that the play lifted both themes and verbatim passages from both sources. However, after interviewing Lavery, Gladwell wrote a second "New Yorker" article in which he characterized Lavery's appropriation as "permissible borrowing." Lavery, for her part, acknowledged that all three characters were drawn heavily from external sources.
Frozen (play) | Allegations of plagiarism
Mr. Talbot shakes Luke's hand as he leaves and slips him a note, which Luke hides in his pocket. Having only ever met six other people – his parents and brothers, Jen, and Mr. Talbot – in his entire life, Luke is overwhelmed by the size of Hendricks, and the hundreds of boys who are always around him. He ducks into one class after another simply to avoid the teachers and monitors who patrol the hallways, and finds that no one will tell him what classes he belongs in, or what he should be doing. He is never alone and so can't read Mr.
Among the Impostors | Plot
In 2003, a Pennsylvanian screenwriter named Robert McElhenney (no relation to "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" creator and producer, Rob McElhenney) sued Shyamalan, alleging similarities between "Signs" and McIlhinney's unpublished script "Lord of the Barrens: The Jersey Devil". In 2004, Margaret Peterson Haddix claimed that "The Village" has numerous similarities to her young adult novel "Running Out of Time" (1996), prompting discussions with publisher Simon & Schuster about filing a lawsuit. In response to both allegations, Disney and Shyamalan's production company Blinding Edge issued statements calling the claims "meritless". Orson Scott Card has claimed that many elements of "The Sixth Sense" were plagiarized from his novel "Lost Boys", although he has said that enough had been changed that there was no point in suing.
M. Night Shyamalan | Plagiarism accusations
In 2007, a Belgian court ruled that Kelly had plagiarized the 1993 composition "If We Can Start All Over" by Eddy and Danny Van Passel. The court transferred rights track to the Van Passels, though the judgment is only recognized in Belgium.
You Are Not Alone | Plagiarism
In September 2011, the Bosnian Croat author Josip Knežević, a.k.a. James J. Braddock, accused Jolie of plagiarizing his story "Slamanje duše" ("The Soul Shattering"), which was published in December 2007. He claimed to have made repeated attempts to contact the film's producers during the production phase, but they ignored him. He then announced his intention to sue Jolie. On 2 December 2011, he filed a lawsuit against Jolie, GK Films, FilmDistrict, Scout Film (a production company based in Bosnia), and producer Edin Šarkić before the U.S. District Court in Chicago that has jurisdiction over Northern Illinois. Asked to comment during an interview with "Los Angeles Times", Jolie dismissed Knežević's claims: "It's par for the course.
In the Land of Blood and Honey | Plagiarism suit
Peter McCallister, who is finalizing a divorce from his wife, Kate, announces to their children, Buzz, Megan and Kevin that he and his wealthy girlfriend, Natalie Kalban, are hosting the visit of a royal family at her mansion, and invites them to spend Christmas there. After the three initially refuse, Kevin accepts the offer after being bullied by Buzz, and revels in the mansion's luxuries. The next morning, Peter and Natalie go out while Kevin stays with Natalie's servants, Mr. Prescott the butler and Molly the maid. Kevin notices his old nemesis, Marvin "Marv" Merchants, and his wife, Vera, scouting the house.
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House | Plot
As a token of appreciation, Mr. Duncan offers Kevin a pair of ceramic turtledoves as a gift, instructing him to give one to another person as a gesture of eternal friendship. After encountering Harry and Marv outside the store, Kevin runs back to the Plaza. The concierge confronts Kevin about the credit card, which has been reported stolen. Kevin flees the hotel, but is ambushed by Harry and Marv, who brag about their plan to kill him and break into the toy store at midnight, just before Kevin escapes.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Plot
You must understand that it was not merely plagiarism of the spirit of a thing, so to speak. He has copied page after page verbally.
Eugène Marais | Theft of his work
Outside, the drug dealer and his duplicate get into a violent confrontation, and David watches as one of them murders the other. Worried that the duplicates may be hostile, the originals attempt to hide. Eventually, the duplicates disappear.
+1 (film) | Plot
The film is now considered lost.
His Own People | Preservation
Miller also testified that the film version copied mistakes in his book. In his book, Miller had used a wrong location for Mackle's father to respond to the kidnappers' demands. The film copied this same error. The plaintiff's case also included a memo from Merwin Gerard to William Frye dated March 7, 1972 wherein Gerard described the difficulty he was having in using the materials sent to him by the research department at Universal City Studios. He explained he believed the newspaper stories and trial transcript would provide the information he needed but those materials had not yet arrived. Gerard said in the letter, "Consequently, all I have to go on––and have been using while waiting––is the book."
Miller v. Universal City Studios, Inc. | District Court trial
In the film, Seth Green's character Lyle accused Fanning of stealing Napster from him while he was taking a nap in their Northeastern University dorm room. Although other characters see this as mere bragging, a scene shows Fanning in fact creeping over Lyle's sleeping body and stealing a 3-1/2" floppy disk.
Shawn Fanning | In popular culture
Most of the live-action attempts to duplicate animation have failed, because when flesh-and-blood figures hit the pavement, we can almost hear the bones crunch, and it isn't funny." Kenneth Turan, reviewing for the "Los Angeles Times", claims "Whatever was unforced and funny in the first film has become exaggerated here, whatever was slightly sentimental has been laid on with a trowel. The result, with some exceptions, plays like an over-elaborate parody of the first film, reminding us why we enjoyed it without being able to duplicate its appeal." Dave Kehr of the "Chicago Tribune" wrote the sequel "plays like a coarsened, self-parodying version of the original, in which the fantasy elements have become grubbier and more materialistic, the sentimentality more treacly and aggressive, and the slapstick violence—already astonishingly intense in the first film—even more graphic and sadistic." He further criticized the violence by invoking that "Rather than laughs, it provokes gasps of sympathy and amazement, even among the children in the audience.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Critical response
When Annie learns the truth, she goes to the club to claim her daughter; Sarah Jane is fired. Sarah Jane's rejection of her mother begins taking a physical and mental toll on Annie. When Lora returns from Italy, Sarah Jane has run away from home, leaving Annie a note that says if she truly does care about her, she will leave her alone and let her live her life.
Imitation of Life (1959 film) | Plot
Sathish Paul, a Malayalam filmmaker-scriptwriter filed a petition with the Ernakulam District Court asking to stop the Tamil remake of "Drishyam", alleging that the original film was a copy of his story published as a book in May 2013 called "Oru Mazhakalathu". Benoy Kadavan, Sathish's advocate, informed that his client was told by Jeethu that "Drishyam" was going to be a family drama, and not a thriller. But when the movie was released, he noted that it was an exact copy and that a notice was sent to Jeethu Joseph and both the Malayalam and the Tamil production houses asking for equal shares in the profits of the film.
Papanasam (film) | Alleged plagiarism
John himself is mistaken for a Peeping Tom when he follows Laura to the séance, and ultimately he mistakes the mysterious red-coated figure for a child. The concept of Doppelgänger and duplicates feature prominently in the film: reproductions are a constantly recurring motif ranging from reflections in the water, to photographs, to police sketches and the photographic slides of the church John is restoring. Laura comments in a letter to their son that she can't tell the difference between the restored church windows and the "real thing", and later in the film John attempts to make a seamless match between recently manufactured tiles and the old ones in repairing an ancient mosaic.
Don't Look Now | Themes
Mild-mannered teen James "Jimmy" Wilson (Robert Lowell) appears before a judge on charges of manslaughter. When asked to speak in his own defense, he pauses, and reflects to say; ""I accuse my parents"" for not giving him the home life he should have had. The film then flashes back to a day in high school, when Jim was given an award for an essay describing the ideal home he supposedly has. Eager to tell his parents, he goes home to a house full of empty liquor bottles, and parents distracted by arguing with each other. Jimmy is embarrassed when his mother (Vivienne Osbourne) shows up drunk to the graduation planning committee.
I Accuse My Parents | Plot
They accused Egg Film of "trying to jump on the bandwagon" given the overseas success of "Love Rain".
Love Rain | Plagiarism lawsuit
The film opens as school pariah, Dina Van Cleve (Jenn Proske) walks down the hallway of her school. When she opens her locker, a pile of condoms that were put inside as a prank comes falling out. Later, Dina is shown alone in her bedroom recording a video diary. When her mother, Rachel (Liz Vassey) returns home, she finds Dina has hanged herself. The film then flashes back six weeks, showing Dina as a popular and talented field hockey player who was voted Homecoming Queen at her school. However, the night ends on a bad note when she changes her mind about giving her virginity to her boyfriend, Mark (Ryan Kelley), who leaves angry.
Sexting in Suburbia | Plot
... Unfortunately, most of the jokes just aren't very funny. ... Maybe Pat Proft [...] works best as part of a team. Maybe he needs one of his old collaborators -- ideally David Zucker or Jim Abrahams -- to turn his concepts into punch lines. Without them, "Wrongfully Accused" [...] feels like a tangle of funny ideas all dressed up with nowhere to go. ... Throughout the film, Richard Crenna [...] seems right on the verge of making his Tommy Lee Jones imitation truly great, but he always just misses, maybe because he has only his attitude to work with.
Wrongfully Accused | Critical response
There were material script changes, reshoots and deleted footage, with most of the blame aimed at director Harry Edwards who had developed a reputation at Columbia Pictures as the studio's worst director. His poor directing skills are apparent throughout, with bad staging, awkward jump cuts and several unfocused shots. In the closing scene when the Stooges are hanging upside down from the guards' spears, Edwards inexplicably directed the guards to walk straight into a wall. His voice can also be heard loudly directing Larry Fine: "Larry, grab the...". Larry was the only one who was not holding onto his guard's trousers: after receiving his direction, Larry quickly grabbed the pants.
Matri-Phony | Production notes
I'd love to sit down and have a cup of tea with them and let them know it's okay."
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Plagiarism allegations
Admittedly a pastiche of their memories, the movie bespeaks the dust of '60s yearbooks and greeting card sentiment. Of course, that stuff can be touching ("Summer of '42") or quirky ("Gregory's Girl"), but here only allergy sufferers will leave with soggy Kleenex."
Stealing Home | "Summer of '42"
In no way can I thus be accused of plagiarizing another's line of thought, of "stealing ideas". I nonetheless deeply regret the incident.
Slavoj Žižek | Accusations of self-plagiarism
In 1943, producers Waters and Shebel sued Herbert and Dorothy Fields, writers of the play "Something for the Boys", charging plagiarism. An article in the May 8, 1943, issue of "Billboard" reported that Walters and Shebel "allege that the idea of the show starring Ethel Merman was stolen from their program." 20th Century Fox, which produced a film version of the play and had "a financial interest in the show", was also a defendant.
The Court of Missing Heirs | Legal action
The MPAA subsequently claimed that it had the legal right to copy the film despite this being counter to the filmmaker's explicit request, because the documentary's exploration of the MPAA's ratings board was potentially a violation of the board members' privacy.
Motion Picture Association | Accusations of copyright infringement
The group argues about how to deal with the other house. Beth is wrongly accused of lacing the food with some ketamine she brought, and Mike hysterically plots to kill their doubles before the doubles can kill them. They consider stealing the physics notes from the other Hugh's car. Mike goes to blackmail the other house's Mike, to prevent them from getting the lecture notes.
Coherence (film) | Plot
Luke looks back towards the school to make sure he hasn't been followed, and notices that the school building has no windows. He remembers the note from Mr. Talbot and reads it. During the last week he has convinced himself that the note will answer all his questions about how to survive at Hendricks, but Luke finds that it only says: “blend in.” Luke becomes angry and considers running back to his parents’ house, but in the end goes back to the school.
Among the Impostors | Plot
The scriptwriter admitted that he had read "Serenade" when it was published in 1937, but said that he had not copied the church scene in book when writing the movie scene. The judge found that this admission of access was relevant, since inadvertent copying could have taken place, but that copyright violation also depended on there being enough similarity between the scenes in the book and the movie that a layman would recognize that there had been copying. In this, he found that the chaste scene in the movie bore no resemblance to the book and there was no infringement.
Cain v. Universal Pictures Co. | Decision
both the films may overlap, the treatment ... is very different ... " and " ... most of the details already existed ... in public domain through news articles and reports about Sunny and Aarti's story".
October (2018 film) | Plagiarism Accusations
"Home Alone 3" does not center on Kevin or any of the original cast and characters, but instead on Alex Pruitt, a young boy who is left home alone with chickenpox, but soon recovers. At the same time, four burglars working for a North Korean terrorist group are sent by their boss to retrieve a top-secret microchip that can act as a cloaking device for a missile. They succeed in retrieving it and hide it in a remote controlled car, but due to a luggage mix-up at the airport with the Pruitts' neighbor Mrs. Hess, the car lands in the hands of Alex who is given the car for shoveling the snow in her driveway.
Home Alone (franchise) | "Home Alone 3" (1997)
The court ultimately found that the refugees' statements supported the finding of copyright infringement and a permanent injunction on the movie. Before the case could be concluded, however, the plaintiffs' claims were settled out of court.
The Good Lie | Copyright and fraud lawsuit
In the confusion and rush to get to the airport, Kevin is accidentally left behind. Kevin wakes to find the house empty and, thinking that his wish has come true, is overjoyed with his newfound freedom. However, he soon becomes frightened by his next door neighbor, Old Man Marley, who is rumored to be a serial killer who murdered his own family, as well as the "Wet Bandits", Harry Lyme and Marvin "Marv" Merchants, a pair of burglars who have been breaking into other vacant houses in the neighborhood and have targeted the McCallisters' house. Kevin tricks them into thinking that his family is still home, forcing them to put their plans on hold.
Home Alone | Plot
Clint Morris at Moviehole wrote "From the unappealing cheapish opening titles to the murky production values, it's immediately obvious "Home Alone 4" isn't playing in the same park as its beloved predecessor... sad", and gave it a rating of 1/5. Joly Herman of Common Sense Media gave it 1/5 and described it as "Recycled gags with none of the original's charm." Jerry Roberts of Armchair Media gave the film 1 out of 4 stars.
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House | Critical response
Lee" (featuring San E) was also later accused of plagiarism.
Amoeba Culture | Plagiarism accusations against Primary
He also claimed that Hollywood has plagiarized works of many Eastern European writers after the fall of the Iron Curtain, and that he knows the person he claims to be responsible for illegally selling his idea to the filmmakers.
Demolition Man (film) | Plagiarism accusation
Art Spiegelman accused Spielberg of plagiarism due to the fact that the Jews are depicted as mice in the film just as in Spiegelman's earlier "Maus", a metaphor he had adopted from Nazi propaganda. Instead of pursuing copyright litigation, he opted to beat its release date by convincing his publishers to split "Maus" into two volumes and publish the first before he even finished the second.
An American Tail | Alleged plagiarism
She then accuses Johnny of having assaulted her when they were alone, which is in fact a lie fabricated by Raja. Brother Lawrence, believing the lie to be true asks Mr. Matthew to resign from the school. Rajesh gets bewildered by this and fights Raja with the help of David, and makes him confess the truth in front of Brother Lawrence. Johnny Matthew then gets reinstated and everything ends well.
Rockford (film) | Plot
Director Selva accused the makers of "Ladies vs Ricky Bahl" of plagiarising his 2007 Tamil film "Naan Avanillai" and its 2009 sequel, both which followed con man marrying several women under various identities. British novelist Jeffrey Archer accused the makers of plagiarising his 1976 novel "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less".
Ladies vs Ricky Bahl | Plagiarism allegations
With the help of underground stalker Cale, Olham avoids capture and sneaks into the hospital where his wife Maya is an administrator to get the high-tech scan redone and prove he's not a replicant. But the scan is interrupted by security forces before it can deliver the answer.
Impostor (2001 film) | Plot
In August 2014, film director Satheesh Paul filed a copyright infringement suit against the makers, saying that it had similarities to his script titled "Oru Mazhakkalathu", written in 2013. The court passed an order saying that the movie had prima facie similarities to Satheesh' script, but allowed the making of the Tamil version "Papanasam" to proceed, on the condition that the makers of "Drishyam" produce a 10 lakh bank guarantee before the court to ensure the compensation. The case was dismissed in March 2015 as it was proved that Jeethu had written the script in 2011.
Drishyam | Plagiarism allegations
Martin and his friend befriend a peer whose religion forbids board games, television and movies, who is rumoured to possess only one testicle.
Lolly Scramble | Mono
"I am a person who believes in human virtues. If someone has adapted my film for another language, I am happy about it. Anyway, the matter would have reached courts if it were in America...Learned that a film of the same story was released in Malayalam and had won several awards. I am happy if such a thing has happened," Paul Cox said during his visit to Kerala as part of the 17th International Film Festival of Kerala. It has also been accused that a very similar script was originally written by music director Mohan Sitara based on his own life and he wanted to direct the film on his own.
Pranayam | Accusations of plagiarism
In the field of palaeography and textual criticism, homeoteleuton has also come to mean a form of copyist error present in ancient texts. A scribe would be writing out a new copy of a frequently reproduced book, such as the Bible. As the scribe was reading the original text, his eyes would skip from one word to the same word on a later line, leaving out a line or two in the transcription. When transcripts were made of the scribe's flawed copy (and not the original) errors are passed on into posterity. An example of this can be found in the Bible, more specifically in I Samuel 11.
Homeoteleuton | Scribal error
The case went to the Court of Appeals who upheld Fox's victory 4–2, enabling the studio to release the film. The studio rushed the movie into release in March and Notre Dame decided not to try suing in another jurisdiction.
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Lawsuit
The McCallister family is preparing to spend Christmas in Miami, and gathers at Peter and Kate's Chicago home. Their youngest son, Kevin, sees Florida as contradictory to Christmas, due to its lack of Christmas trees. Later, at a school pageant, Kevin's brother, Buzz, pulls a prank against him, and Kevin retaliates, ruining the pageant. Buzz apologizes, but Kevin berates his family before storming to the attic, wishing to have his own vacation alone. The family accidentally oversleeps again and they rush to make their flight. At the airport, Kevin loses sight of his family and inadvertently boards a flight to New York City.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Plot
"J'accuse!" was released for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD by Olive Films on 15 November 2016.
J'accuse! (1938 film) | Home media
The plot revolves around Kevin McCallister trying to defend his future stepmother's house from his old nemesis Marv and his sidekick/wife Vera. It was director Rod Daniel's last film he directed before his retirement and death in 2016.
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House | Introduction
Prior to the release of the film, director Mainak Bhaumik was accused of copying his own film, Ami vs Tumi. Arijit Biswas, who holds complete rights to the film Ami vs Tumi, filed a complaint with the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association (EIMPA).
Bibaho Diaries | Controversy
Columnist Bill Nemitz from the "Portland Press Herald" accused Coulter of plagiarizing a very specific sentence from his newspaper in her book "Godless", but he also acknowledged that one sentence is insufficient grounds for filing suit.
Ann Coulter | Plagiarism accusations
I've never spoken to or met Mr. LaBeouf ... I actually can't imagine what was going through his mind." Legal representatives of Clowes also sent a cease-and-desist letter to LaBeouf concerning another tweet stating he intended to make a second film plagiarizing Clowes.
Daniel Clowes | Plagiarism by Shia LaBeouf
Claudette Colbert was borrowed from Paramount. Universal had difficulty receiving approval from the censors at the Hays Office for the original script they submitted for "Imitation of Life". Joseph Breen objected to the elements of miscegenation in the story, which "not only violates the Production Code but is very dangerous from the standpoint both of industry and public policy." He rejected the project, writing, "Hurst's novel dealing with a partly colored girl who wants to pass as white violates the clause covering miscegenation in spirit, if not in fact!" The Production Code Administration's (PCA) censors had difficulty in "negotiating how boundaries of racial difference should be cinematically constructed to be seen, and believed, on the screen."
Imitation of Life (1934 film) | Production
Kevin is released from youth prison. He got there after he knocked down a man and left him behind as being dead. As his father does not want him to come back, Kevin moves in at his aunt Sonja and uncle Willem who have a son Sammy. Sammy is befriended with the shy, introvert John. John’s mother is a lunatic. Besides a separation anxiety disorder she has mysophobia and thinks her son smells. That’s why the boy must shower multiple times a day. She also divided the living room in imaginary areas which John may or may not enter. She does not permit John to stay with his friends for a long time, to have dinner with them or to stay there for the night.
Home (2016 Belgian film) | Plot
The film was also blamed for the rape of Olivia Niemi, a nine-year-old girl, committed on Baker's Beach, in San Francisco, by some of her peers with a glass soda pop bottle after she was tormented and humiliated with one seven-year-old friend by the band. Valeria Niemi, the victim's mother, basing on the fact the author who held the bottle, Sharon Smith, 15, the only one to have been jailed for the attack, having been sentenced to three years in a federal prison, evoked the movie when she was arrested, and that William Thomas, 14, the boy who provided the bottle, asked if it will be "like it was done in the picture", sued NBC and asked for damages up to $11 million.
Born Innocent (film) | Lawsuit over copycat crime
As the sunlight fades from the room, Jean dies.
J'accuse (1919 film) | Plot
The controversy surrounding plagiarism is also mentioned in "American Scream":
Bill Hicks | Denis Leary's Plagiarism
Sílvia suggests that he buy a robe that costs R$38. However, André cannot afford this, and he promises Sílvia that he will return and buy it later. One evening, he visits a club with Marinês (Luana Piovani), an attractive co-worker, who introduces him to a friend of hers Cardoso, (Pedro Cardoso), who works in antiques. André is initially impressed by the well dressed Cardoso, whom he assumes is well off. Later, when they are alone, Cardoso hits on Marinês and she refuses him, all but admitting that she is a gold digger and having suspected earlier that Cardoso is poor from his resoled shoes, and that she dislikes Cardoso's smoking.
The Man Who Copied | Plot
In 2011, Nesbit was accused of lifting the plot of the book from "The House by the Railway" by Ada J. Graves, a book first published in 1896 and serialised in a popular magazine in 1904, a year before "The Railway Children" first appeared.
The Railway Children | Allegations of plagiarism
In 1983, a year after the film's theatrical release, both the film (then in the home video market) and Thomas Hauser's book "The Execution of Charles Horman" were removed from the United States market following a lawsuit filed against Costa-Gavras and Universal Pictures's (then) parent company MCA by former ambassador Nathaniel Davis and two others for libel. A lawsuit against Hauser himself was dismissed because the statute of limitations had expired. Davis and his associates lost their lawsuit, after which the film was re-released by Universal in 2006.
Missing (1982 film) | Lawsuit
Greg Heffley, an 11-year-old who constantly fights with his teenage brother Rodrick and younger brother Manny, is apprehensive about beginning middle school. On his first day, he quickly discovers the ups and downs, such as the missing stall doors in the boys' bathroom and the difficulties of obtaining a seat during lunch. During P.E. class, Greg and his best friend Rowley Jefferson escape from a game of Gladiator and learn from their friend, Chirag Gupta, about a moldy piece of cheese on the basketball court that makes anyone who touches it an outcast, known as the Cheese Touch, and that the only way to get rid of it is to pass it on to someone else.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film) | Plot
They pass by the burned corpses of the townspeople, and Zach manages to get the keys. However, Kayla witnesses a horrifying process in which the kids are coerced by their parents to get bitten and copied. Kayla finds Kyle, but a single tear is seen by a copy, but Zach is able to grab Kayla, but Kyle runs off to a family cabin in the woods (Kayla having instructed him to). In the forest, Zach finds Randy, but it's revealed that Randy never made it out, and Kayla and Zach are forced to drown the copy. Zach makes a plan to upload another one of his vlogs to YouTube, hoping to tell the world what is happening.
Assimilate | Plot
The Man Who Copied ( () is a 2003 Brazilian comedy film by Jorge Furtado, set in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. "The Man Who Copied", though a comedy, is a comedy driven by crime, taking the form of a "how-to" guide for social mobility. Despite the crime involved in the film, it still has the feel of a lighthearted romantic comedy (which is a relatively new genre in Brazilian film and television, introduced in the 1990s by the American and British film and television industries). The film won eleven awards, including Best Picture from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Award in 2004.
The Man Who Copied | Introduction
The film is now considered lost.
Who Are My Parents? | Preservation
James Hart (Timothy Bottoms) starts his first year at Harvard Law School in a very bad way. In his contract law course with Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. (John Houseman), Hart is unaware that he was to read an assigned case for the first class. When Kingsfield immediately delves into the material using the Socratic method and asks Hart the first question, Hart is totally unprepared and feels so utterly humiliated that, after class, he throws up in the bathroom. Hart is invited to join a study group with five other students: While out getting pizza, Hart is asked by a woman, Susan Fields (Lindsay Wagner), to walk her home, as she says she feels uncomfortable about a man who has been following her.
The Paper Chase (film) | Plot
Bean described the first pages of the notebook as, "a journal, him packing and getting on a plane to go to Detroit to join the Lions, it mimics, really closely, what became the first page of the book.” Talking about the film in interviews to promote its theatrical release, the filmmakers said, "Making our movie was an adventure, and a wonderful one at that. We often said that if you simply had to think about and study one person for years and years, George Plimpton was a pretty good guy to pick."
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself | Production
Nineteen-year-old André Maciel (Lázaro Ramos) works as a photocopy machine operator in a convenience store in Porto Alegre. Disillusioned with his life and obsessed with material wealth, he dreams of being an illustrator, but his comics, though well drawn, are rejected by publishers. After André returns home from work, he spends time in his room drawing or spying on Sílvia (Leandra Leal), a neighbor who lives in an apartment across the street with her father Antunes, with binoculars. Following Silvia to work one morning, André finds that she works at a lingerie store, coincidentally called ‘Sílvia’s.” Once he follows Sílvia inside the store, he realizes he needs an excuse to be in there, and tells Sílvia that he is looking for a birthday gift for his mother.
The Man Who Copied | Plot
The film's narration was primarily based on the speech "Why We Fight" by the LGBT rights activist Vito Russo, which was delivered at a protest in 1988 which Hoolboom attended. It features bits written by Hoolboom itself. The majority of actors and actresses are from Toronto, where Hoolboom had established himself; they came from a variety of racial, generational, and gender backgrounds. At the time of release, combined antiretroviral therapy was unavailable. "Letters from Home" was shot on 16 mm film and has a run length of 15 minutes. It intersperses found footage with archive footage, home movies, hand-processed work, and original material.
Letters from Home (film) | Production
A repentant Del shows her his greenhouse and asks her to continue clearing houses with him.
I Think We're Alone Now (film) | Plot
Hank gives her three days to prove that she is innocent. Veronica learns that a student named Jeff Ratner accused her. Veronica goes to a computer student and ascertains the email address of the person who faked her paper. Stosh "Piz" Piznarski invites Veronica bowling, and she invites Parker (Julie Gonzalo) as well. Veronica gets caught snooping in the Dean’s office, although she makes up a hasty lie that she was searching for a lost earring, and it diverts his attention. Wallace decides not to drop the class on whose test he cheated. Veronica proves that the essay hers was supposedly plagiarized from was posted after she turned in her paper; nevertheless, she still wants to find who framed her.
Hi, Infidelity | Plot
Abdul Azeez, a short filmmaker and assistant director, has accused that "Spirit" is plagiarised from his short film "My Hero But Big Zero". He adds that Plumber Maniyan, the character played by Nandu in "Spirit", was entirely based on the protagonist of his film.
Spirit (2012 film) | Accusation of plagiarism
In 1823 Sir Robert Peel, then Home Secretary, speaking in parliament, responded to Noel's speech in Olive's favour with a denunciation of her documents as forgeries and her story as a fabrication. It was concluded that her claims were false, but Olive escaped prosecution for forgery.
Olivia Serres | Defending her claims
There is a lot of confusion about who is who by all associated with the two men, including Sonia, Bablu's mother Bebe (Farida Jalal), and Manu's girlfriend, Lily (Sonali Bendre). How these confusions resolve forms the crux of the story.
Duplicate (1998 film) | Plot
A less cynical Henderson James is now reconciled with his wife.
The Duplicate Man | Plot
After failing to get Mr. Prescott's attention via the intercom, he drives them away by flooding the mansion. When Peter and Natalie return, they refuse to believe Kevin's explanation, especially since Mr. Prescott claims to have seen nothing. Kevin discovers that the security cameras were turned off during the break-in, leading him to believe that Mr. Prescott is in league with Marv and Vera. To cheer themselves up, Kevin, Peter and Natalie decorate their Christmas tree, although it is later re-trimmed by professional decorators at Natalie's request. As the mansion is prepared for a party for the royal family's arrival, Peter and Natalie go to pick them up, while Kevin notices Marv and Vera disguised as caterers.
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House | Plot
Set in one of the Jefferson Middle Schools of California in 1965, the film follows a story of schoolboy Andrew "Andy" Nichol who is paired up with the school's reject, Stanley "Big G" Minors for a project assigned by a teacher named Mr. Steven Simon. As the project goes on, Andy and Stanley form a close bond. While the project is going, a rumor starts spreading around the school that Mr. Simon is a homosexual. One of the school's bullies, Jason Fleer tells his father, who goes to the school principal to ask if the rumor is true. The principal does not know, so she confronts Mr.
That's What I Am | Plot
Dave (Kyle Fitz), a fellow 7th grade classmate needs help from the Club (Adina's deck). Someone in Mr. B’s class plagiarized their own paper and since Mr. B has a bell curve it affects everyone. Dave’s grade got lowered and that means if his parents find out about it, they will be sending him to boarding school. Adina’s Deck takes the case in order to help Dave get the grade he deserves. In this who-done-it, there are four main suspects, and the club needs to investigate each paper to catch the cheater and save Dave . After a difficult case, the club learns about the true nature of plagiarism and that doing things right the first time just might be a trustworthy solution.
Adina's Deck | The Case of the Plagiarized Paper
There is also a Locker room page, which contains histories of the characters and links to the personal web sites of the main girls that include journal entries that start where the film leaves off.
Maya Churi | "Letters From Homeroom"
At his mother's suggestion, the letter is shared with the family. An older relative with a print shop prepares, without asking, a hundred copies, causing Junior some small embarrassment at school. And when he goes to college, the Dean gets a copy, and thinks so highly of it, he has copies prepared for and mailed to every student. Although Junior is not identified in these copies, he can't help but be obsessed by how his classmates respond to their copies. He is appalled that some of his friends think the letter is stupid or even fake. On the other hand, he is elated when others find it charming.
The Letter Left to Me | Plot summary
After Helen and Michael leave for Italy on holiday, Carol is left alone in the apartment. At home, Carol takes a rabbit out of the fridge for dinner. Instead of cooking it, she is distracted by a number of Michael's possessions left around the apartment, including a used article of his clothing, which she smells and makes her vomit. After trying on one of her sister's dresses, she sees a dark figure in the mirror. That night, she hears footsteps outside her bedroom. Her isolation begins to take its toll on her. One morning she runs a bath and walks away, causing it to overflow.
Repulsion (film) | Plot
As far as plagiarism is concerned, McKimson claimed the animators would always be looking at each other's sheets to see if they could borrow some punchlines and cracks.
Chuck Jones | Jones–Avery letter
There, she finds out her father has been fired. Back home, she confronts her mother with this, who demands her to keep silent so Neil will not feel ashamed. Gail realizes more serious matters are going on in her life and decides to no longer pay attention to the notes and phone calls. One day when she's late for class, there is another message sticking out of her locker. A black and white picture of herself that she took in photography class with the word "RAPE" all in red across her face.
Are You in the House Alone? | Plot
The novelist Aarur Thamizhnadan made a complaint with the Chennai Metropolitan Police against the filmmakers in November 2010, stating that the producers plagiarised his 1996 novel "Jugiba". Thamizhnadan demanded 10 million from the director and producers for damages and filed a case against Kalanithi Maran. In June 2011, the Madras High Court dismissed the case after a petition filed by Maran denying the allegation was approved.
Enthiran | Plagiarism allegations
White Estate, speaking for all SDA Church, does not deny the "accumulating evidence" that she copied some of her information.
Inspiration of Ellen G. White | Sources and plagiarism charges
After being sued for slander by a charismatic preacher that God directed Jerry to call a "phony", Jerry decides to prove his story in a court of law.
Oh, God! (film) | Plot