Truth and Lives on Film: The Legal Problems of Depicting Real Persons and Events in a Fictional Medium, 2D Ed.

ISBN-13: 9781476688237 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 231 str.

John T. Aquino

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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