ANGELINA JOLIE is currently facing a lawsuit for allegedly stealing the plot for her directorial debut, “In The Land of Blood and Honey.” Now who would she steal a storyline for a love story between two bitter enemies, a Serb and a Bosnian?
Jolie has worked in the industry long enough to know that copyrights, whether for books upon which movies are based, songs, or even literature, are sacred, and using any of these in a movie, or even just basing a film on the suggestion of them will require permission from the owners of these copyrights. Didn’t Angie look before leaping to direct her first ever film?
According to entertainment news, Croatian journalist and author, James J. Braddock (real name: Josip J. Knezevic) says Jolie based her film on the love story between a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian-Muslim woman during the 1992 Bosnian war on an article he wrote and published in 2007.
In his lawsuit obtained by RadarOnline, Braddock points some similarities between the film’s storyline and the article he wrote:
“The Subject Work’s main female character is subject to continuous abuse and rape by soldiers and officers in the camp. In addition to being raped continuously by soldiers and officers, she is forced to become a servant at the camp headquarters, a duty assumed by very few of the captives. The Motion Picture’s main female character is also subject to continuous rape by soldiers and officers in the camp and subsequently becomes a servant at camp headquarters.”
Braddock is demanding damages from Jolie and L.A. production company, GK films, which is releasing the film on December 23.
Funny how two famous female celebrities’ directorial debuts have been lashed at this year. First Madonna for “W.E.,” which was booed in the U.K. and panned by critics, then Angie‘s film is subject to protests from Bosnian rape victims who actually sent a letter to the U.N., and now a lawsuit.
Not exactly a year for first-time women directors, is it?
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