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Truth and Lives on Film - John T. Aquino

Truth and Lives on Film

The Legal Problems of Depicting Real Persons and Events in a Fictional Medium, 2d ed.

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Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8823-7 (ISBN)
CHF 71,90 inkl. MwSt
In its expanded second edition, this examination of fact-based films and the law presents an updated history of legal issues surrounding the on-screen embellishment of reality, with a focus on important court decisions and the use of disclaimers.
As early as the Silent Era, movie studios were sued over depictions of real people and events. Filmmakers have always altered the details of true stories and actual persons, living or dead, to make narratives more workable and characters more compelling. When truth and fantasy become inextricably mixed, the effect on people's lives can be significant, even devastating.

This expanded second edition presents an updated history of legal issues surrounding the on-screen embellishment of reality, with a focus on important court decisions and the use of disclaimers. Seventeen courtroom dramas are given fact-versus-fiction analyses, and the The Perfect Storm (1991) is covered in extensive detail. A concluding chapter is devoted to actors who became so identified with fictionalized characters that they sought exclusive rights to those personas.

John T. Aquino is an attorney, journalist and author in Silver Spring, Maryland. He has served as editor of three national trade magazines, has written several trade books, short stories, and over 4,000 bylined articles for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and websites on entertainment law, intellectual property law, and other issues. He is a member of several state and federal bars, and the National Press Club and the Mystery Writers of America.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Introduction

I.Fictionalization in Movies and Television

II.The Disclaimer and the Myth of Fictionalization

III.Fictionalization Goes to Court

IV.The Perfect Storm

V.Courtroom Movies Based on Fact

Trial of Thomas More (1535)

Film: A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Amistad Trial (1840)

Film: Amistad (1997)

Trial of William “Duff” Armstrong (1858)

Film: Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Trial of Mary Surratt (1865)

Film: The Conspirator (2010)

Andersonville Trial (1865)

Film: The Andersonville Trial (1970)

Trials of Oscar Wilde (1895)

Film: The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

­Leopold-Loeb Trial (1924)

Film: Compulsion (1959)

State of Connecticut v. Harold Israel (1924)

Film: Boomerang (1947)

Scopes “Monkey Trial” (1925)

Film: Inherit the Wind (1960)

Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1925)

Film: The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

Nuremberg Judges’ Trials (1948)

Film: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

­Reynolds-Pegler Libel Case (1954)

Film: A Case of Libel (1983)

Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia (1958–67)

Film: Loving (2016)

Trial of the Chicago 7 (1968–69)

Film: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Big Dan’s Tavern Rape Trial (1983)

Film: The Accused (1988)

Von Bülow Murder Trial (1985)

Film: Reversal of Fortune (1990)

Trial of the Memphis 3 (1993–2011)

Film: The Devil’s Knot (2013)

VI. What Protection for Dramatic Fictional Personas?

Afterword

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 18 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 363 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Recht / Steuern Allgemeines / Lexika
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht IT-Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Medienrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-4766-8823-0 / 1476688230
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-8823-7 / 9781476688237
Zustand Neuware
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