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Paramount Pictures, Andrew
Niccol (Screenwriter), and Scott Rudin (Producer)
are facing a lawsuit which was brought on by a New
York writer who claims that the Truman Show was his
idea. He has said that in 1992, he submitted a
script to Paramount called "Frank's Life" which was
rejected. In defense, Paramount has showed a
document which was copyrighted by Andrew Niccol in
1991 and titled The Malcom Show. The description of
the story was:
"Malcolm is the star of a 24-hour
continuous soap opera in the future but doesn't
know it. He has been filmed by hidden cameras every
second of his life... 'The Malcolm Show' has been
running since his birth. The show has 16 producers,
all his family and friends are actors... all the
strangers that he sees in the street are extras."
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