living Leopold. A great effort was  made not to mention Leopold or Loeb in the movie, press releases,  and interviews. However, there was apparently poor communication  with the advertising department, since when the movie came out,  newspaper ads stated, "Based on the famous Leopold and Loeb murder  case." Leopold sued the filmmakers. He did not claim libel, slander  or anything false or defamatory about the film. Instead, he claimed  an invasion of privacy. The court rejected his claim in part because  Leopold had already published his own autobiography "Life Plus 99  Years", publicizing essentially the same facts.