Jul 18 2007Chuck & Larry Ripoff Controversy

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Watching the trailer for Strange Bedfellows, an Australian comedy that came out in 2004, you get the feeling that it was the basis of the idea for I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. Bedfellows star Michael Caton said as much himself.

According to JoBlo, which cites an article in Variety from 2000, which describes an earlier incarnation of Chuck & Larry that was to star Will Smith and be directed by Tom Shadyac, if anything, the ripoff was the other way around.

In either case, it's a bit like trying to figure out who did one of Carlos Mencia's bits first. The fact that someone with taste that bad chose to steal from you just reflects badly on you. Sometimes I get drunk and pee myself, but when I do, the neighbor kid with Down Syndrome doesn't sue me for royalties.

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1. Mook - July 18, 2007 12:59 PM

Well, everyone knows that Pete Posthelwaite has nicer cans than Jessica Biel.

2. Jeff Coleman - July 18, 2007 1:02 PM

This isn't exactly an original concept. See 1969's "The Gay Deceivers", in which two swinging bachelors fake gayness to avoid the draft:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064363/

3. SuperStoned420 - July 19, 2007 1:46 AM

every god damn fucking release gets some god dam fucking nut job all fucking riled up screaming thief. fuck this shit.

4. Whatever - July 19, 2007 6:58 AM


What? America stealing movie ideas from other countries??? no! never!

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