tootal2 <tootal2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>Hogans heroes is a based on stalag 17. Stalag 17 is a very good movie.
>rent it or buy it if you never seen it before
There was a lawsuit on it, but ... well, here's the entry from the FAQ. I
need to get the FAQ updated and posted regularly again.
* Isn't this show suspiciously like "Stalag 17"?
The producers of "Stalag 17", the Billy Wilder drama, thought so too, and
sued the producers of Hogan's. Admittedly, the similarities are obvious,
and
most egregious of them all is Schultz, who (except for a slight
personality
adjustment) made the translation virtually intact, 300 pounds and all. The
movie is highly recommended, especially Otto Preminger as a much more
menacing
Kommandant Klink and a young Peter Graves in one of his first feature
roles.
Eva Seifert adds:
"Except that the lawsuit was dropped and nothing came of it. The ones who
should have sued were the writers of an NBC pilot about an Italian POW
camp.
The writers of HH freely admitted they used the idea. HH had been
originally
set in a prison." In fact, the character of Major Bonacelli may have
originated
from that same prison show (that, by the way, never did air); Vito Scotti,
the
original Bonacelli (who played him in his second outing) appeared in it.
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