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 6:19 pm
who’s
November 12th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
whom is dear whom is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 12th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
OMG the “new” site is on again and it’s still “unfinished” like yesterday. Wonder what will happen with this thread now …
Don’t see a real improvement compared to the “old” one. E.g. like Brandon says, “recent posts” section is missing. It’s also more difficult to read on-line as the text-width is larger and spacing between lines too.
IMO only added value is more [space for] advertisements
November 12th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
or is it
whoms posting
November 12th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
!few: has that pamelo reely gone? or jsut lurking. shees so lairie & porsche that im’ to scaird to post wens shes aRownd? i finks she finks sheesh a Dominoatricks; or summat. anyways, the thing is, this; all; aledgededly; are surching for Maddie on the nite of the turd, egsept for the T7 and the rents: who actuorly no wot Maddie looked like; weired, innit?
November 12th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
we cant see whos posting where now
November 12th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Good night
x
November 12th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
thinks shes fecking Shaggy now
November 12th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
putting “like” in a sentence is just sloppy !
November 12th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
how very rude
November 12th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Like you ever read.
Bye!
November 12th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I have already got a head ache
November 12th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
ANORAK!
It’s still buggy but QUITE attractive! Nicely done.
Please tell me some very British word for “Onion” and I will commence calling you it straight away. (This is very high praise in my book.)
November 12th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Oh my God! It’s arrived! And I cannot read a fucking word because the type is too small!
November 12th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Oh my God! I cannot believe that somebody else has asked to do a problem page on here. I asked Carmen months ago if I could do a problem page on Anorak - but they never let me.
This may have been a massive oversight - or it was probably in case I gave the wrong advice about how to use a douche-bag in PammyWammy’s mouth and she tried to sue Anorak!
But I would have matched some of the posters up with each other - as I have in the past!
Like - Sex kitten PammyWammy in sex romp with Arseputin cannot find her diaphragm - and ends up giving birth to triplet Garseholes - but is abandoned by Arseputin for WhoopsPoops!
November 12th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Bird,
Please! Really, I HAVE to leave and you go and misspell “EDDIE”???
It’s almost TOO easy. C’mon already! A little challenge, please?
November 12th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
OMG what is happening ? Im orf to toys r us , hope you are still here later
November 12th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
I dont like it
November 12th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARF AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRT LAAAAAAAAAAARD
November 12th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Oh, Coco, you wanted to talk about Madeleine? What a refreshing change! Pity about the timing.
Promise you won’t say a word until I get back???
November 12th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
no need doris she goat one alwEDDY
November 12th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I would put a fish in her radiator
November 12th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
mind he doesn’t put a leak in your brakes now
November 12th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Doris,
No, dear, it’s, “Pam, eff off!” Incidentally, I didn’t attack your language, only those of you who, oh nevermind! Just see Petronius; he wishes to help you.
Coco,
Um, there may be more differences in American usage than you know. You “bestest” look first. In fact, I think I mentioned the very one you’re referencing not more than an hour ago.
BF,
I don’t know about the UK, but there’s an “s” in that word here.
I’m sure you didn’t touch the goat, sweetheart, only her offspring, but the nannies can be quite cantankerous about that.
Off now to correct the mechanic. Spare a thought for the boy; he’s really very sweet.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
PammyWammy! Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Besides, Coco will be quick to tell you that a degree virtually guarantees fukwittedness. I just prefer the word “moron.”
……………………………………………………………………………………..
I have got more than one degree - but they don’t help me pay my mortgage! - They are pretty useless things if you don’t use them - rather like my deep-fat fryer and my coffe-grinder these days!
They are just something on a work-surface not doing any work - A bit like Pammy being on here.
PammyWammy - you have been rendered useless! You are boring and ridiculous.
I have told you before - we are on this site to take the piss and discuss information which may lead us to finding MM’s body - dead or alive!
MODS - Please can PammyWammy have her own blog on the NEW ANORAK - so that she can talk tripe to her Weirdy Men and Hanger-On Hags? Please can she?
She is making me more and more poorly every day - and my Doctor has said that I will get much better if she fucks off. Many thanks Coco!
November 12th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Unfortunately I was mistaken yesterday in thinking Pam lived down south in England , otherwise as I have pmt at the moment I would have been like a raging rampant fox tearing around the garden of England countryside looking for a goat to devour
November 12th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Good evening “all”!
I’ve been reading in quickly and couldn’t help but giggling a bit, seeing that our Pam is too lazy to properly read before posting. Giggling because that is exactly what she accused me of in yesterday’s abducted thread: that I should read accurately before posting
:-)
OMG, she’s a real bore, isn’t she?
Now that she’s off to the garage: what can we talk about?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
pam EFF OFF
November 12th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
they didn’t fancy the breast after that c&c
November 12th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Go Doris Go!
Pam is a Ham! And a Sham!
What results must her poor students be expecting?
No doubt she will inform us that she has the bestest students in the Western Hemisphere any moment!