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 12th, 2008 at 2:21 am
But forgot he was from Glasgow the fool!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:51 am
Grande Finale Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 1:30 am
I look foward to that very much
You have just ignited a spark! so I am away to explore the thought Night Night xxx
R L Stevenson - Kidnapped
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Merci!
I was only joking! I will make up one for the end of the week!
Will a Limerick do?
There once was a hag from the ‘Pool
Who married a bit of a tool!
They went out on the piss - he gave someone a kiss.
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November 12th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Just think Doris Day!
La la la la la la la la - la la la la la la la la la la! Will I be handsome - will I be rich? We’ll have to wait for LP!
Que sera - sera! Worrevea will be - will be! The truth is not ours to see!!
Que sera sera!
LP were working on a case -
And my Mama said to me -
la la la la la la.
Que sera sera - la la la la la la la ……….. The truth is not ours to see!
La la la la la!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:30 am
I look foward to that very much
You have just ignited a spark! so I am away to explore the thought Night Night xxx
R L Stevenson - Kidnapped
November 12th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Bon nuit Chatelaine! Sleep tight and have lovely dreams!
Grande Finale - I have saved that! Thanks ever such a lot! I am rubbish at all this business - I have learned a lot through the MM thread!
Thanks everybody! X
I have also learned to be very scared of Aliens!
They have scared me more than the Bogey Man when I was a child!
So last night I wrote a poem about it all.
I will share it with you soon!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:15 am
coco Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Learned ‘em off a girl in a cafe - and I just can’t help myself anymore!!! X
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COCO check this out…..
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=Pq4d3_z9
November 12th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Montaillou Says:
November 11th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Trying to be a bit more careful this time, what fun. Small things please smnall minds.
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I was a complete pain in the arse the other day when I learned how to do the smilies
X
November 12th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Châtelaine Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Good night
In continental time it’s over limits for a working day …
Sleep well.
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Goodnight
November 12th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Good night
In continental time it’s over limits for a working day …
Sleep well.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Learned ‘em off a girl in a cafe - and I just can’t help myself anymore!!! X
November 12th, 2008 at 1:03 am
http://www.propsunlimited.com/pics/Games%20-%20Go%20to%20Jail.jpg
November 12th, 2008 at 1:01 am
I hereby declare that The Clan is completely innocent of everything to do with everything about anything at all - ever!
Or even things that they haven’t done yet!
Coz it’s the Aliens wot dun it! They dun her in!
November 12th, 2008 at 1:01 am
OMG coco has a
November 12th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Châtelaine Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 12:55 am
It was only for a couple of minutes on. Then things went back to “normal”. I don’t know exactly when the thread disappeared, as I have this other life too, you know
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The thread disappeared just as the new site came on alledgedly ?
You have this other life too? sounds very exciting!
I would like to see a picture of your chateau one day. I just put Chateau in google images, does it look like one of those ?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:56 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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But they are always watching! Always there!
Going to catch that post of Chatelaine’s again - coz my lap-top got a mad virus alert and I never get them - unless I am reading about the Clan! - (Cue - The Jaws music and The Twilight Zone!
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November 12th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Grande Finale Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 12:53 am
I was here but I didn’t see the new site ? just the error code, which I thought very fitting on that thread
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It was only for a couple of minutes on. Then things went back to “normal”. I don’t know exactly when the thread disappeared, as I have this other life too, you know
November 12th, 2008 at 12:55 am
coco is a loser,ok !.
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m&a
no. not ok billy bob, ok!
-meercat
-agw Is that a Billy Bob KO?
Perhaps a Bobitt manoeuvre ? Oo-ouch?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Grande Finale Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Alledgedly several staff members say they went to the millenium for breakfast every morning, I don’t know what to make of that ?
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I understood the others did, but the McCs stayed “home” after the first day.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:53 am
I was here but I didn’t see the new site ? just the error code, which I thought very fitting on that thread
November 12th, 2008 at 12:52 am
MM Error 404 -cannot be found
November 12th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Alledgedly several staff members say they went to the millenium for breakfast every morning, I don’t know what to make of that ?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:49 am
It’s been woosh-clunked, after we suddenly had the “new” Anorak sit on earlier today
November 12th, 2008 at 12:48 am
I’ll soon be banned, I guess
Error 404 for the previous thread, Grande?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:47 am
A Mods-free evening. Not even Garth, sorry AGW, sorry Garth …
November 12th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Error 404 - cannot be found
November 12th, 2008 at 12:44 am
“a child” by Gerry McCann
November 12th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Alledgedly she was told a “child” had been “abducted” at 10.30pm
November 12th, 2008 at 12:40 am
She was, Grande F., as she offered to phone police, but was told that that had been done already …
November 12th, 2008 at 12:39 am
I hope COCO saw it as she was aksing the other night ?
November 12th, 2008 at 12:38 am
As for the smilies, credit should go to DuncanR, who posted the “manual” in January. I merely copies and pasted it for you