VALKYRIE BOSSES 'FACE LAWSUIT' OVER HITLER GLOBE

Last updated: Friday, January 2, 2009

VALKYRIE BOSSES 'FACE LAWSUIT' OVER HITLER GLOBE

Bosses of TOM CRUISE's new movie VALKYRIE are reportedly facing possible legal action over the use of a Nazi prop in the film.

TOM CRUISE stars as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in the suspense thriller VALKYRIE.

The movie, which tells the true story of a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, includes scenes featuring the Nazi leader's famous globe, on which he planned his military strategy.

Now the owner of the real globe is contemplating a lawsuit against film bosses for breach of copyright, according to New York Post gossip column PageSix.

Art collector Robert Pritikin paid $100,000 (GBP68,483) for the globe in 2007, and copyrighted its likeness to prevent its use by right-wing propaganda groups.

And he was reportedly "stunned" to see a replica version used extensively in Valkyrie.

Porn director-turned-private-eye Paul Barresi, who is investigating the case, says: "Pritikin believes the globe should be used as a teaching tool so the lessons of Hitler's nightmare can keep history from repeating itself."

Source: WENN

| Friday, January 2, 2009

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