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…
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November 12th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Montaillou that was supposed to be a little peck
Chatelaine, Mrs Fenn seems to be as wise as your Maman, she was very puzzled on the 3rd May
November 12th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Santé, Grande Finale
November 12th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Montaillou Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Goodnght all keep up the good work, trolls in hiding tonight. xxx
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Goodnight
November 12th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Goodnght all keep up the good work, trolls in hiding tonight. xxx
November 12th, 2008 at 12:32 am
coco Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Chatelaine! I have had those thoughts constantly! And they just won’t stop! X
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As my Maman kept repeating: “follow the money” …
November 12th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Proost Gezondheid Proost
November 12th, 2008 at 12:32 am
OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!
The Real Stinky Man Says:
November 8th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
The most interesting bit in this boring thread was where Loco suggested Gandolf should have his own thread. Hilarious. 18 out of 46 posts (39%) are from it and it suggests someone else have their own thread! Chutzpah, gall, hypocrisy, nerve.
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You cheeky Bar Steward! You utter cheeky Bar Steward! And no I don’t think you are a fucking barrister!
Anyway right! Let’s get it straight man Ok?! Loads of people ask me to have my own thread and blog like yer know and everything and that and errrrr …….. my doctor, right! He said it’s like not right - yer know - to errrrr have a blog or thread to myself yer know …… errrrrrr ….. coz I’m not a well person and everything and I might errrrr get more popular than the Clan!
And errrrrrr ……. he’s a doctor and he should errrrrr…… yer know coz he’s a fuckin’ doctor - so fuck off!
Yer Knob-Head!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:29 am
GF that’s where my lols come form, I’ve been wanting smilies for ages.
Big cheers for Chatelaine.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Coco and GF
November 12th, 2008 at 12:27 am
coco Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 12:23 am
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COCO did you see chatelaine’s post 11.35pm ? instructions how to make the smilies
November 12th, 2008 at 12:26 am
I’m English, living in Scotland, with a house in the south of France not too far from tha tfamous place, deep in Cathar land. When I did my degree I also spent a year in Normandy. But there is a fscination about the history of the Cathars. A few weeks ago I wnet to Albi for the first time, you may not know it but it is a cathedral that looks like a fortress, specially built to inspire fear into the poor old Cathars who by then had been well and truly quelled anyway. Not much feeling of a house of God but very impressive.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Chatelaine! I have had those thoughts constantly! And they just won’t stop! X
November 12th, 2008 at 12:24 am
OK I’m back from having a few beers at the Pub, now where did I put my maddie
thread ?
OMG it’s been abducted, someone call Sky!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:23 am
Montaillou! I would like to award you 100 out of ten for alliteration and - nuance!!!
And not only coz I know Professor Pammy Full of Piss hates it so much!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:23 am
You’re English then, Montaillou. How did you chose your pseudonym ?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Brilliant, but it didn’t rub off on th eBritish or indeed the French when they were ‘ruling the world’ quite the reverse, both lots thought that everyone else should learn their language and both like to claim theirs is the most widely spoken language, though whre the Chinese fit into that theory I’m not quite sure!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Nobody speaks Dutch, apart from the South-Africans [kind of]. It’s also a big help nowadays that everything on t.v. and in the cinema is original version with subtitles. Most young kids in NL speak therefore very well English and practically without an accent. When I was young we started having French lessons already as 8 years’ olds. English & German obligatory from 12 on. We like to travel and pick up the language wherever we go… Dates back to the 17th century, I guess, when we were “ruling” the world
November 12th, 2008 at 12:17 am
My goodness we could all do that couldn’t we - ‘just put it into an envelope and send it to….’ there could be many a slip between envelope and fund!
November 12th, 2008 at 12:15 am
B.t.w. did you ever wonder what happened with all the cash “just put it in an envelop and send it to Rothley”? Once you start having doubts, it’s difficult to stop …
November 12th, 2008 at 12:14 am
I understnad Chatelaine, probably wise. Why is it that so many Dutch people seem to be so amzingly multilingual, is it the education system, or cosmopolitanism or what?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Montaillou Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Sorry Chatelaine, it wasn’t meant to be a jibe at your English which seems to me perfect, wish my French was as good. I was really meaning that just becasue it was claimed that hte money from libel fees would go to the fund didn’t necessarily mean that it really would. Sorry, I’m getting more ponderous by the minute.
What area of France do you live in?
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I should have added an emoticon, Montaillou …
I do understand tongue-in-cheek
I am Dutch b.t.w., speak 6 languages fluently and can make myself understood for basics in a couple of others.
Sorry, but don’t give my location. Hope you understand
November 12th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Sorry Chatelaine, it wasn’t meant to be a jibe at your English which seems to me perfect, wish my French was as good. I was really meaning that just becasue it was claimed that hte money from libel fees would go to the fund didn’t necessarily mean that it really would. Sorry, I’m getting more ponderous by the minute.
What area of France do you live in?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Yes, of course, Garth = AGW
I’ve so far only used MPS, but I like MPBMS better
November 12th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Chatelaine
November 12th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Montaillou, English is not my mother tongue. Can you explain… ?
November 11th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Montaillou, an absolute amazing and astonishing attempt at alliteration
November 11th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Yes Chatelaine, but donating the libel fees to the Madeleine fund doesn’t necessarily mean donating the libel fees to the Madeleine fund, you’ve got to understand the English here - I wonder if that is why Pammy is so hung up on syntax this evening?
November 11th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
don = down
November 11th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Wow what a cool idea. A blog that slags off it’s contributors. Well done, a novel approach. Maybe that’s why most with a modicum sense have fucked off and only return for the occasional glance to see if any of the 5 or 6 posters that make sense have
any new news or views.
agw: Willo you are becoming dangerous and hard work. Take a little time out and judge what the end result will be.
Hmmmm……..A veiled threat ending with a double tap to the temple maybe?
I wonder how far a blog owners will go to silence the very people who make your blog satirical and attractive.
There is fuck all satirical coming from the almighty agw to attract visitors. Unless one finds soiled undies or even a lack of wit funny.
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-agw … and I believe I can fly…
Willo you are either drunk, chemically disadvantaged, simply thick, suicidal or sleep deprived.
You often morph to a different personality.
Enough. Off to bed with you there’s a good little troll.
That comment was all Garthy . Agw = Garth. Hmm never crossed my mind before but I can see it being possible (don’t admit it though, wouldn’t look good).
It’s one way to keep the posts rolling in I suppose but maybe you got to much into the role and forgot the real reason you are here. MPBMS.
Multiple Personality Blog Moderator Syndrome?
Are all the mods affected? Which mod holds the MPBM record?
Just out of personal interest do you wear funny clothes that don’t fit proper when you post as Garth then slip on the mottled flecky cardy when it’s time to to do your pamhag act?
No refuting my slant on things either. Maybe your drunk, chemically disadvantaged, simply thick, suicidal or sleep deprived and you forgot.
To busy counting those notes huh.
It was fun. Till Anorak rolled over.
quote : -agw … and I believe I can fly…
Your small man syndrome is recognisable from over 12000 miles away.
I await your learned abuse.
-agw: Fi fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Engl…..Sorry Willo was that a whinge or a whine? You have the smell of Pom about you, so perhaps a whinging one? Thanks for the troll confirmation and and the simply soouper idea of a maniacal ex SBS double tap hit man. I shall have a word with the Geelong rat catcher. ( He’s a good ol’ ex-Hamlin via DaNang boy and will end your torment after foolin’ around with you for a while)
What a violent little treasure troll you are.
This sort of incestuous posting is not my thing (and not at all suitable for this thread concerning a missing child).
Me? I can’t/don’t hear you. I’m in the Treasury and the cash count machines are just too noisy.
Off to bed now there’s a big brave girl. Make sure you tuck your jim-jams into your socks then those nasty bed bugs will only be able to nip and rip at what’s left of your addled head.
Sweet dreams dumpling.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
We’ve had the same calculation problems a couple of month ago, when CM said that the Fund was don to half and only [from the top of my head...] 460,000 left.
Now, the Fund had gathered 1,2+ million plus 550,000 from libel at that moment …