Madeleine McCann: Adopted by Angelina Jolie, And The Changeling
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
DAILY MAIL: “A mother leaves her child while she goes out - and returns to an empty house. No, not the McCann case but the true story behind a gripping new film”
Fact. Fiction. Can you spot the difference?
She was a devoted mother, hard-working, determined and tough. Then, one spring morning, Christine Collins kissed her little child goodbye (leaving him under the eye of neighbours), before returning in the evening to an empty house. Her beloved son had vanished without a trace.
A continent-wide hunt was launched and a shocked nation was kept agog by a string of leads - only for their hopes to be cruelly dashed as each clue led to a dead end.
The child was never seen again, the mother was heartbroken and the community was left divided by suspicion and mistrust.
Terrible. Just terrible. Does it work out in the end?
It could be the tragic story of Kate and Gerry McCann and their three-year-old daughter, Madeleine, who was abducted last year while on holiday in Portugal, and who remains missing to this day.
It could be, albeit with better lighting, a decent cast and a 15 certificate… Gone, Baby, Gone…
But, in fact, it is the plot of Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Changeling, which opens in Britain later this month.
But it’s all false, right? Angelina Jolie is only acting, right? Unless she adopted Madeleine?
It is all the more powerful because it is based on a horrific true story. The so-called ‘Wineville chicken coop murders’ took place on the outskirts of Los Angeles in 1928.
And while they happened 80 years before Maddie McCann disappeared, there are startling parallels between the two.
The McCanns’ grim experience in Praia de Luz - and how they were made suspects by bungling local police - was widely reported.
But Christine Collins suffered even worse treatment at the hands of the LA Police Department. As the investigation into her missing child failed to yield results, she was even locked up in a mental asylum.
It’s enough to drive you maaaaad. Maaaaad, I tell yer…
As in the McCann case, rumour followed rumour.
Each one recorded for posterity…
Posted: 8th, November 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Media Comments (853) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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November 11th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Bat E Bird , yes you could start a fund and donate to MCCONN on the understanding that you have control of funds whereby you ensure it is spent wisely , how many taxis do they need for heavens sake or how many cars and arent his wages enough to pay his way , yes you could organise the search for Madeleine properly and any surplus fund to be given to childrens charities , what a spiffing idea
November 11th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Doris do you live in the US, I got the impression you lived in UK?
November 11th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Doris! The grammar in the Clannies solicitors was overseen by people who got the grammar so perfectly perfect that Arseputin and his ilk can’t understand the syntax within every fucking sentence - Which is why he and his subversive friends keep dropping bollocks when they read it and relay it to us!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
the clueless clone lives near me !!!!!!!!!!!! heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp
November 11th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
[i]We don’t come on here to look clever - we are just here for justice and to take the piss [i]
Coco, that is the most accurate description I’ve read in ages.
It’s spot-on!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
right pam , how was the grammar in the letters written to the mcconns and their solicitors ?
November 11th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
PammyWammy! Magnetite emailed me to say that he is avoiding you Pammy because you tried to molest him through the ether and he still cannot find his underpants!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
DORIS! The Mods know I’m not well - so pretty much give me a bit of slack whenever they know I am in therapy anyway.
Why they give Professor Piss-Face so much slack leaves me feeling peculiar with an attack of the vapours on many an occasion!
Like she says - I am UBER-CLEVER!
At least she got that right!
Bat E Bird X - Professor Pammy is not really a Professor - she just helps out with delinquents whilst she is on her community service for letting her do do a doggy-do on a child’s play area!
She is the most crap at punctuation and grammar than any other poster on here.
We don’t come on here to look clever - we are just here for justice and to take the piss - But she just doesn’t get it!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Did anyone find the missing thread yet or should we start a fund?
November 11th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
and while you are at it , get some respect for the fallen you goat , re your comment today , not very clever was it ???????????????????
November 11th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Hi again
Who’s Pamela? The resident English teacher?
November 11th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Doris she’s probably gone off to read up on her Big Book of Punctuation!!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
were there enough mistakes for you my dear ? happy marking lol
November 11th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I have a sneaking feeling that this site is inhabited by the true Anoraks of the world tonight, the rest of the afficionados have gone off and lived their lives. So here’s tae us, wha’s like us - damn few an’they’re all deid lol
November 11th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
rack off pammy dont have time for punctuatio , have got a life and things to do !!!!!!!!!!!!! I can perfectly well punctuate etc etc etc - you love that dont you ? just a little busy
November 11th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Off to watch the apple play basketball.
Go crazy, Doris!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Well that’s not true at all, but his name actually had two t’s.
(I will ignore the irony of such an accusation following the uber-clever “PammyWammyClammyTammy” greeting.)
November 11th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
PammyWammyClammyTammy!
You wouldn’t know wit if it came and sat in your knickers on a lonely night!
November 11th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Has anyone heard ANYTHING from Magnetite recently? His site hasn’t been touched in weeks, and I worry.
November 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Have you fucking heard the Professor Pam Full of Piss and Wind!
Talk about confidence! Fucking Hell! Is this a Dolly Parton look-a-like in our midst or what?
November 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Further up–
No, Doris, it’s only you I find confusing. It’s a very simple pattern for the most part: subject- verb- punctuation.
Let’s try that for a bit and see how it goes?
November 11th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Feel free, Coco. I’m sure an English department would invest a great deal of faith into anything so well written.
One thing though: the higher academics can be QUITE prickly, so do remember to address the boss as DR. Fukwit?
November 11th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Oh, dear. Doris you were doing so well! You had one whole post that was correctly spelled, punctuated, and capitalized, and now we’re backsliding.
November 11th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Coco , you could get away with “murder ” tonight , it appears there are no mods ?
November 11th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Doris my thoughts exactly but I keep checking and can’t find anything.
Coco I thought you must have come back earlier and said something that got us all whooshed! lol
November 11th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
are we thick ? do you think everyone else is elsewhere and we cannot locate them ?
November 11th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
oxygen cut orf due to choking on pam
November 11th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
If the MM thread had disappeared while I was here - I would have raised Cain! I could not have coped. lol
If there’s no MM thread I would feel personally sleighted!!! I would think that it had been removed to cut my oxygen off! lol
November 11th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Coco xxx lol , you are a total law unto yourself xxx highly underestimated in my opinion xxxxxx
November 11th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Bless all you Kittens on here! XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Got through itall coz the Priest was a like a walking joke. All the Priests I have ususally met have been Darlings and really sincere and helpful - but this one! Fucking Hell!
I am going to have to ring Popey up on Thursday - after I ring PammyWammy’s bosses! lol
Only choking again Pammy!