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Sgt should have been involved in creative process. If his claims are true and he was ignored to make the movie, his lawsuit is meritorious. A good reminder to film professionals if it is true that he was not respected in the process.
You’re right, IF his claims are true. That’s a big “if”.
I’m developing a movie about a little girl, Dorene, and her tiny dog Coco who live with her grandmother on an olive farm in Greece. One day a mudslide washes the farm house away with Dorene and Coco in it before she has a chance to escape, and they soon find themselves in a place called Ahhhhs. In the end Dorene receives a pair of red sequined maracas and while shaking them recites, “There’s no place like Rome, There’s no place like Rome.” I need to work out a few details but that’s the gist of my original story.
I appreciate your point, and it would be very valid if Boal ever claimed to be adapting stories passed on to him from Sarver. But Boal has always claimed that some scenes were entirely fictional while some others were inspired by missions the EOD team went on while he was embedded with them. Nobody has intellectual rights to Boals real-life experiences other than himself. And the concept of Sgt. James’ character being based on Sgt. Sarver really doesn’t seem that likely, seeing as James is somewhat, you know, nuts? Something tells Sgt. James’ psychological profile would get somebody killed, and get his butt kicked out of the bomb suit awfully quick.
It would be like Star Wars George Lucas sueing Mel Brooks for the parity movie Space Balls
Who is ” Star Wars George Lucas”?
TK-421, you seem like a nice enough person. Are you really going to start picking on people’s use of the apostrophe?
personally i think that YANKEES should step down from baseball. if that would happen, the world would be a much better place
Geoffrey Fieger is an ambulance chaser who goes out of his way to represent plaintiffs who seek publicity – having known Geoff and his late brother Doug since they were little boys growing up in Oak Park Michigan I think this is due to a sever sibling rivalry as to who would be “more famous”…now that the younger brother has passed I would think its time for the older one to give it a rest. The claim is clearly without merit and will likely be dismissed on summary judgement. Geoff of course still thinks he is a winner because he is such a publicity hound and as the press on this shows, he has won on that account already. Little thought has been given to the fact of the subject matter invloved here – the US Army…its simply about money money money.
This movie has been out for many, many months. Funny how he decides to sue when the movie is getting a lot of attention, and 10 minutes before the Oscars. Hmmmm
Some interesting questions brought up here … if I see something happen to person A and I write a story about it, and then it becomes a movie, do I own person A money? I wouldn’t think so. Now if person A TOLD me the story but I didn’t SEE it, I think I might owe the money.
Well now, hold on, everybody, Hollywood is notorious for stealing other people’s intellectual property. How would you feel if someone stole a part of your life? Google “wild realm film reviews: hollywood plagiarism” and then tell me what you think. People have had their lives ruined by hollywood script thieves. It’s a dirty, ugly hollywood secret.
Alright, so lets just stop making movies. That way, lives aren’t ruined. Lets see, a movie giving appreciation to the work of bomb techs…HMM. Sounds bad. Get rid of it.
I get the feeling Sarver is an Avatar-ian. Trying to outdo the competition because HL obliterated FernGully-tar. Otherwise, I’d feel pretty damn proud that I got made into a badass bomb tech in a movie. From the sounds of it, Boal saw these things himself. It’d be different if it was the same name, or anything else, but claiming “hurt locker” as private property is like some old white man claiming the “n” word as his property and wanting payment for it’s use. But, this is how Americans roll. No one has the balls anymore. It’s just SUE SUE SUE. Used to be defending yourself gave you cool points. Now it gives you jumpsuit time behind bars.
Personally it sounds like they did rip the soldier off. If they really did, I hope he puts them in the financial hurt locker.
Just another reason Tarantino should have won for Original Screenplay. I enjoyed The Hurt Locker, but it really did win to many awards. Screenplay and both Sound awards mainly.
If Hurtlocker was based on some GI’s story I don’t know but He did not coin that phrase no way. I heard the from a buddy at least 7 years ago.
The film is made up of too many absolute bs scenes and inaccuracies relative to how EOD functions to have been stolen from anything or anyone in reality…
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