Curious case against 'Button' in Italy

January 30, 2009 ROME -- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" got a little stranger Friday, after an attorney representing Italian office worker filed legal papers alleging that the screenplay was based on a story she wrote in 1994. Adriana Pichini, A Roman office worker, said the film seems to be based on a story she wrote 15 years ago called "Il ritorno di Arthur all'innocenza" (Arthur's Return to Innocence). The story was officially registered with the proper Italian copyright authorities in 1994 and even sent to publishers in the U.S., but was never published.

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