Benjamin Button in trouble
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,�starring Brad Pitt in a once-in-a-lifetime sort of a role, has earned 13 Oscar nominations and now, a lawsuit!�Italian writer Adriana Pichini has filed a�suit against the makers of the movie, stating that they have stolen her idea and not acknowledged her in any way.
While the�makers insist that the movie is based on a 1921 short story by legendary author F. Scott Fitzgerald, Adriana claims that it is in fact based on a story of hers titled Il ritorno di Arthur all'innocenza. She says that though she registered it with the Italian copyright authorities in 1994, her book never got published. A judge will read her story, watch the movie and then�determine whether there are enough similarities that justify her appeal, before a full-fledged investigation is carried out.
