Madrid – In a May 7 ruling made public Thursday, a Paris regional court has sided with John Carpenter and Studiocanal, finding Luc Besson and “Lockout” co-writers Stephen St. Leger and James Mather guilty of having plagiarized Carpenter’s “Escape From New York.”
EuropaCorp, Besson’s high-flying studio, told French newspaper Liberation that it has appealed the ruling. And the fine will hardly dent EuropaCorp’s sturdy bottom-line: the Paris and L.A-based company is sentenced to pay €20,000 ($22,800) to Carpenter, €10,000 ($11,400) to screenwriter Nick Castle and €50,000 ($57,000) to “Escape from New York” rights holder Studiocanal.
In an analysis of the court’s finding by Amelie Blocman published by the European Audiovisual Observatory and widely referenced in the French press, the court “noted many similarities between the two science-fiction films: Both presented an athletic, rebellious and cynical hero, sentenced to a period of isolated incarceration – despite his heroic past – who is given the offer of...
EuropaCorp, Besson’s high-flying studio, told French newspaper Liberation that it has appealed the ruling. And the fine will hardly dent EuropaCorp’s sturdy bottom-line: the Paris and L.A-based company is sentenced to pay €20,000 ($22,800) to Carpenter, €10,000 ($11,400) to screenwriter Nick Castle and €50,000 ($57,000) to “Escape from New York” rights holder Studiocanal.
In an analysis of the court’s finding by Amelie Blocman published by the European Audiovisual Observatory and widely referenced in the French press, the court “noted many similarities between the two science-fiction films: Both presented an athletic, rebellious and cynical hero, sentenced to a period of isolated incarceration – despite his heroic past – who is given the offer of...
- 10/16/2015
- by John Hopewell
- Variety - Film News
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