Victorian-era drama about John Ruskin's wife Effie Gray greenlit after judge deems film 'quite dissimilar' to work of Us playwright
The Emma Thompson period drama Effie, about one of the Victorian era's most infamous love triangles, is now cleared for release after winning a second copyright case in New York against a Us playwright who claimed it was based on his work.
Judge Thomas P Griesa of the southern New York district court ruled the high-profile film, which centres on the story of famed art critic John Ruskin, his wife Effie Gray and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, did not infringe on Gregory Murphy's similarly themed 1999 play The Countess, which was performed 634 times in New York and was revived for the London stage in 2005. Murphy had claimed in a Daily Mail article in April 2011 that he was considering his legal options after a mutual friend allegedly sent Thompson and...
The Emma Thompson period drama Effie, about one of the Victorian era's most infamous love triangles, is now cleared for release after winning a second copyright case in New York against a Us playwright who claimed it was based on his work.
Judge Thomas P Griesa of the southern New York district court ruled the high-profile film, which centres on the story of famed art critic John Ruskin, his wife Effie Gray and Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais, did not infringe on Gregory Murphy's similarly themed 1999 play The Countess, which was performed 634 times in New York and was revived for the London stage in 2005. Murphy had claimed in a Daily Mail article in April 2011 that he was considering his legal options after a mutual friend allegedly sent Thompson and...
- 3/21/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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