Steven Spielberg Evil Xerox? We will not have the presumption to declare this about the huge film director, the creator of amazing classics of the seventh art for several decades, but the fact is that the American was really accused of plagiarism in 2000! don’t you believe it We tell you…
In 1998, Small Soldiers was released in cinemas, an amazing adventure that combines animation and live action, in which the figures of small soldiers come to life. A truly “Spielbergian” entertainment produced by Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures, companies created by a filmmaker who wouldn’t say no to working with Justin Triet.
A plagiarized short film?
These Little Soldiers are directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins), Steven Spielberg Has a minimal role: he only supervises the project and is not even officially named as a producer. But its manufacturing companies are on the move. And he’s in for a very bad surprise within a few months of the film’s release!
In 2000, a certain Gregory Grant came out of almost nowhere with a lawsuit Spielberg, DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures! Reason ? According to him, the latter would infringe the copyright on his short film Ode to GI Joe, which allowed him to receive a student prize from the Academy of Oscars. A movie to discover in the player below.
Grant noted at the time that he had met with representatives of Amblin Entertainment to bring his short film to the big screen, and specified that he had been commissioned to “treat” (exactly described script but no dialogue, editor’s note). . He even adds that Spielberg himself demanded a 16mm version of his film! Eventually, Grant said, Amblin abandoned the project. And soon construction began… little soldiers !
“David vs. Goliath”
“A few scenes little soldiers It appears to be taken from a Grant film, and the scenes are too similar to leave room for doubt.”Lawyer Ira Reiner said then. “It’s seen as a David vs. Goliath case. It’s unlikely that a jury could find anything other than plagiarism here.”
So, Spielberg, photocopier or no photocopier? At the conclusion of the trial, the jury returned a verdict and concluded little soldiers It was an original work. A relief for the director. As for Gregory Grant, no one knows what happened to him…
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