Hollywood's legal dramas aren't just on-screen! We're diving into the most shocking movie scenes that sparked massive lawsuits, from copyright infringements to controversial moments that landed filmmakers in serious legal trouble.
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00:05Welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the scenes from movies that caused people to pursue legal action
00:13Whether it was justified or not
00:20Number 10 the devil's advocate
00:23Here's a warning to all future filmmakers. Be really careful that your designs weren't accidentally lifted from something else
00:30When the devil's advocate was released in 1997
00:33Sculptor Frederick Hart noticed that the sculpture in Milton's apartment looked suspiciously like his ex
00:39Nyhillo, which is adorned on Washington's Episcopal National Cathedral
00:43Both Hart and the Cathedral sued Warner Brothers and a judge claimed that they had a substantial likelihood of winning the case
00:50Warner Brothers settled with the plaintiffs before it went to trial and they were forced to make digital edits before the movie could be released
00:57for sale
01:00Got me! Got me! Yes! Wow! Oh yeah!
01:07Copies that were already produced for rental were adorned with a sticker
01:10Claiming that there was no relation between the movie sculpture and Hart's work
01:14Number 9 Tears of the Sun
01:16This Bruce Willis led action thriller concerns a Navy SEAL team sent to rescue a United States citizen from the jungles of Nigeria
01:24Action movies are tricky to film owing to all the dangerous stunts and pyrotechnics and sometimes things go wrong
01:30In this case things went wrong for the movie's star. You knew all the time and you didn't tell me
01:39I didn't trust you. Willis was reportedly hit in the head by an unidentified
01:44projectile during one of the movie's action scenes resulting in extreme mental physical and emotional pain
01:50He sought financial damages and compensation as he was quote
01:54Required to employ physicians and other medical personnel to treat his unspecified injury
01:59He claimed that the special effects team acted negligently and exposed the crew to ultra hazardous activity
02:07Number 8 American Hustle
02:09This movie concerns a historic FBI sting operation
02:12So it's not really surprising that it was pegged with a lawsuit
02:15What is surprising was that it had nothing to do with the FBI merely it concerns a microwave
02:22Jennifer Lawrence's Rosalyn claims that she read in a Paul Brodeur article that microwaves zap food of their nutrition
02:28That's bullshit. It's not bullshit. I
02:31Read it in an article. Look I
02:34Paul Brodeur
02:36Bring something into this house. It's gonna take all the nutrition out of our food and then light our house on fire
02:41Thank God for me Brodeur is a real figure and has written extensively about microwave radiation
02:47But he never claimed that they suck nutrition from food
02:51Filing a 1 million dollar libel slander and defamation suit against the movie's production companies
02:57Including Columbia Pictures saying the film attributes his name to a scientifically unsupportable
03:04Statement he told the court as much in his lawsuit claiming that the movie defamed and portrayed him as a fear monger
03:10however
03:10a California appeals court stated that the movie was a quote farce and that audiences were led to mistrust anything that the
03:17unhinged Rosalyn claimed
03:20number seven diehard to
03:23Product placement is all too common in blockbuster movies as the budget for diehard to increase Fox and Black and Decker reached an agreement
03:30The power tool manufacturer would fork over
03:34$20,000 in exchange for John McClane using their latest tool the univolt cordless drill on screen
03:41Yeah, well Holly told me I should wake up and smell the 90s
03:44The company was excited about the promotion and even created a tie-in marketing campaign around the tool
03:50However, the scene was cut from the final edit without Black and Decker's permission and the company was cheesed. They sought
03:57$150,000 in damages and won with 20th Century Fox settling out of court
04:02Claimed all right. You want a medic McClain? What the hell you think you're doing out there? I'm playing John Wayne
04:07How'd you like to spend the rest of the night in his cell?
04:09But the best part about this story Black and Decker never actually paid the agreed-upon
04:14$20,000
04:16number six couples retreat this romantic comedy stars
04:20John Favreau and Kristen Davis as unhappy high school sweethearts Joey and Lucy Tanzini in one scene Joey
04:27Enjoys himself to an old photo of model Irina Krupnik Krupnik had previously sold the photo to a stock image company
04:35But she never intended it to be used in the movie's context as per her lawyer quote Krupnik did not contemplate
04:42Intend or consent to the use of her photograph or likeness in a quasi pornographic context good for some birds, right?
04:49It's good. Yeah, it's good for some bird
04:52Okay, so I don't see anything she proceeded to launch a defamation suit and demanded ten million dollars in compensation
04:58but by signing the rights away to the photo Krupnik lost the ability to dictate how it was used a
05:04Judge throughout the case and Krupnik never saw a dime
05:08number five 12 monkeys
05:11Apparently Bruce Willis is a living breathing lawsuit magnet in the very beginning of 12 monkeys
05:16Willis's James Cole is interrogated on an elevated chair while some weird futuristic sphere probes him for weakness
05:24Like the devil's advocate this room and setup bore striking similarities to another piece of work this one being a close
05:31approximation of architect labaious woods
05:34Neomechanical tower upper chamber and just as the devil's advocate would have gone had Warner Brothers not settled Woods won the case
05:41He was awarded a high six-figure
05:44settlement from Universal Pictures in exchange for his works use in the film and the end credits claim that the
05:50Interrogation room was inspired by the architectural work of labaious woods
05:55number four Romeo and Juliet
05:58Oh
05:59Would I leave me so unsatisfied
06:03What satisfaction can't I have tonight this classic adaptation of one of literature's greatest love stories turned out to be more
06:10tragic than expected
06:12Director Franco Zeffirelli had initially promised the underage leads
06:17Olivia Hussie and Leonard Whiting that they would wear flesh-colored undergarments during their love scene
06:23However, just before shooting he convinced them to go nude with only body makeup
06:28Falsely assuring them their private parts would not be visible
06:32Although Hussie initially defended the nude scene in 2018 her stance changed five years later
06:40Please
06:44She and Whiting sued Paramount Pictures for 500 million dollars
06:48Claiming the incident caused them emotional damage. The lawsuit was dismissed partly due to the statute of limitations
06:56But it's still troubling that they were exploited in such a manner
07:00Number three Borat. Is this the most sued movie ever?
07:04Let's go through the list the villagers of GLAAD, Romania sued claiming that the movie made them look incestuous
07:11She's my sister a South Carolina resident claimed that Sasha Baron Cohen made crude comments about him
07:18Give me a smile, baby. Why angry face? Well, what you're saying is very
07:23Demeaning. Do you know the word demeaning?
07:26No
07:26Driving instructor Michael Snixa sued over the use of his image in promotional material
07:31The man who runs away from Borat in New York sued over public ridicule and humiliation
07:37Perhaps the most notorious scene to cause a lawsuit
07:40However came when two of the frat brothers Borat met in South Carolina launched a defamation lawsuit on
07:47top of this singer Esma Rajapova sued over use of her song even though the filmmakers had received
07:54Permission funnily enough. This was the only lawsuit to kind of win as she had not been notified by her production house
08:00She was awarded just twenty six thousand euros of her eight hundred thousand euro suit
08:10Number two the interview it was perhaps inevitable that a satirical film from Seth Rogen would stir some controversy
08:23Are you ready to share with the world that the gorgeous smile of yours sure enough
08:28The interview contained a graphic death scene of Kim Jong-un that led to intimidating threats from the North Korean government
08:35But as it turned out the real issue arose from a much more innocuous
08:39Detail after hackers threatened to attack theaters that showed the movie the studio opted for streaming
08:46Colonel films the stealth startup handling the release hired another company new star to ensure the streaming was secure
08:55According to new star though colonel never paid their 1.1 million dollar fee. So they dragged them to court for it
09:06In the end the interview caused a lot more trouble than it was worth
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09:26Number one twilight zone the movie
09:29Much like an actual episode of the twilight zone series. Its movie adaptation became linked to a real-life tragedy
09:36I can't believe it. You know, I can't
09:39Drink your beer relax. What do you mean relax?
09:42in the film's timeout segment
09:44Vic morrow plays a bigoted man who was sent back in time to experience life on the receiving end of prejudice
09:50The script initially featured morrow's character rescuing two children during the vietnam war
09:56However, the young actors portraying the children were hired illegally and made to work at night
10:02Tragically while filming a scene involving a helicopter morrow and the children were killed when the aircraft crashed
10:09Civil and criminal lawsuits were filed with director
10:13John landis and others being tried and ultimately acquitted of manslaughter
10:18The bitter legal battles eventually led to stricter safety regulations in the industry
10:25Hey you guys what happened up there?
10:28What behind the scenes story from a movie do you find most fascinating?
10:32Let us know in the comments
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