> In the U.S. at least, that's been done a number of
times. The classic
> example is a suit called _Time, Inc. v. Hill_ that
made it up to the U.S.
> Supreme Court. Remember the Bogart movie The
Desperate Hours? Apparently,
> it was based on a play, which was in turn based on a
real-life incident.
> The problems started when Life magazine ran a piece
on the play, including
> a mention of the real life incident, and the Hill
family successfully sued
> Time/Life for portraying them in a "false
light"--because the play made
> them out to be *braver* than they were in real life.
(As a historical
> footnote, Richard Nixon was the Hills' lawyer, and
the case can be found at
> 385 U.S. 374 (1967).)
>
> Go figure.
>
> Vicky Esposito-Shea
> (now returning to lurkdom and finals)
This is interesting. I thought The Desparate Hours was a
novel by Joseph
Hayes -- a very good one, by the way. Was it a play before
the novel, or
after?
... Reed
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