It’s hard to be unbiased when it comes to appreciating art, as there are so many points of view, so many opinions and a lot of explanations can be found when it comes to revealing the artist’s source of inspiration. But some things are so in-your-face that they are really hard to deny. Like Steven Spielberg’s “Disturbia,” a movie that is unanimously considered by critics as a rip-off of 1954's “Rear Window.”

As a result of what seem to be undeniable proof of unauthorized remaking of the classic, the estate of Sheldon Abend, the man who owned the rights to “Rear Window” has sued “Disturbia” producer Steven Spielberg.

The original was also based on someone else’s work, Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "Murder from a Fixed Viewpoint," but the rights to that one were legally bought by Hitchcock and actor James Stewart in 1953.

The lawsuit will now be seeking a specified amount in damages for Abend’s estate for use of the story, which could be high enough, considering that ”Disturbia” scored $80.2 million at the U.S. box office last year. "What the defendants have been unwilling to do openly, legitimately and legally, (they) have done surreptitiously, by their back-door use of the 'Rear Window' story without paying compensation," the lawsuit said.

It is also said that “Disturbia" and the "Rear Window" story are "essentially the same," as they both share the plotlines evolve around a man who, while peering from his window, witnesses strange behavior in the home of his neighbor. "In the ‘Disturbia’ film the defendants purposefully employed immaterial variations or transparent rephrasing to produce essentially the same story as the Rear Window story," the lawsuit said.

While “Dreamworks” officials have refused to comment on the matter, “Disturbia” director D.J. Caruso himself told the Los Angeles Daily News last year that he did seek inspiration in Hitchcock’s work. "Obviously, Rear Window was a big inspiration. I embraced it instead of running away from it. But I didn't want it to be a remake because that would be silly. You can't remake Rear Window."