Washington
(ANI):
Hollywood
filmmaker
Steven
Spielberg
has
been
accused
of
stealing
the
'Disturbia'
plot
from
Alfred
Hitchcock's
'Rear
Window'.
Spielberg's
Dreamworks
Studio
and
Universal
Pictures
have
been
charged
by
the
current
owners
of
author
Cornell
Woolrich''s
short
story,
which
inspired
Hitchcock''s
1954
classic
thriller.
Actor
James
Stewart,
who
starred
in
the
'Rear
Window'
had
bought
the
rights
to
the
story
and
the
representatives
at
the
Sheldon
Abend
Revocable
Trust
have
stated
that
Spielberg
should
have
done
the
same
before
making
his
film.
According
to
the
lawsuit,
filed
in
New
York,
the
plots
of
Disturbia
and
Rear
Window
are
"essentially
the
same",
reports
Contactmusic.
The
critics
have
claimed
that
Disturbia
starring
Shia
LaBeouf
is
rip
off
of
Hitchcock's
'Rear
Window'.