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Suit: Spielberg Copied Hitchcock

Posted Sep 9, 08 10:12 AM CDT in Arts & Living,  Crime & Courts 

(Newser) – Steven Spielberg ripped off Rear Window when he made last year’s thriller Disturbia, a lawsuit filed yesterday alleges. The 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic was based on a 1942 short story, and the owner of the rights to the story has sued for compensation from Spielberg, DreamWorks, and Paramount Pictures, the AP reports. The defendants declined comment.

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In this photo originally provided by Paramount Pictures, Shia LeBeouf in a scene from "Disturbia."   (AP Photo)
Director Steven Spielberg is being sued for ripping off Alfred Hitchcock.   (AP Photo/Francois Mori, file)
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