(1981) Tags: Disney
Gilmer v. Buena Vista Home Video, Inc.
These putative class action cases were filed by Janet Gilmer on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated individuals throughout the United States who have purchased certain home videos, namely “The Lion King,” “The Fox and the Hound,” and “Little Mermaid.”
The plaintiff claims that the video cassettes or the plastic video cassette case of these three Disney films contain drawings and animated scenes depicting sexual messages or other sexually related material unsuitable for young children and/or family viewing.
With respect to “The Fox and the Hound” distributed in 1994, plaintiff contends that one scene contains a subliminal message consisting of the widow in the film “giving the finger” to the camera after picking up Tod, the fox.