Madeleine McCann: Every Directors Worst Nightmare
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann
THE GUARDIAN: Ben Affleck has a movie out and thanks to the case of Madeleine McCann it’s getting lots and lots of press.
Breaking news broke my movie - What scuppered the chances of Ben Affleck’s latest film? This time he can’t blame the critics, says Andrea Hubert. Events in Portugal on the other hand…
It’s the twist of fate that every director fears most: you spend endless meetings fine-tuning the script, months sweating on a Hollywood lot, run it by the test screenings - and then, just as you’re ready to serve up your latest cinematic masterpiece, real life pulls the rug out from beneath your feet.
It’s every director’s worst nightmare. But Affleck’s film is a work of fiction and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is raw reality…
Ben Affleck can tell you all about it. His directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, netted critical plaudits on its US release in October 2007. Here in the UK, though, the film - which tells the story of a hunt for a missing four-year old - has spent months in limbo thanks to its eerie similarity to the Madeleine McCann case (child actress Madeline O’Brien even bears an uncanny resemblance to McCann).
But Madeleine O’Brien did not go missing, not really. Madeleine McCann did. One wants to be famous; one is famous. Can you spot the differences? Can you tell the difference between reality and fiction?
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June 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 am
Mod and Adm, yes, thread!
I need new glasses.
What about this new thread?
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Mod and Adm,
“there is a new tread”.
what do you mean? is this a joke?
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sorry THREAD
I said thread!
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 am
The last time Gerry wrote on his blog was 2 days before Mozes left Egypte.
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 am
who has the telephone number of the Public Prosecuter?
we want to know more.
M and A
There’s a new thread
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 am
Who could tell me about the 3 arses, in easy English?
Are they the 3 Arguidos?
M and A
The website yes, it imploded over the weekend, falling out between Mods and Admins on site in full view
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
Maravilha 656….. jogging yes but not in the first week, let alone the first day as its now being related.
Its like the buggy… they never said they didn’t have a buggy with them in PDL, they said they didn’t have a buggy with them the first night when they went to the Millenium bar. They said they hadn’t realsied how far away it was so after that they used the Tapas Bar.
Chaplins is also a rumour, oft put forward by Ian. Realistically, if they had gone to Chaplins on any night and left the children then the PJ would have had them for abandonment at the time. All of them…….. even a child monitor would have been useless under those conditions.
Re: the outbreak of rabies on the 3 arses. Twas only a matter of time!
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:37 am
I will be away for one week.
Wonder if something new happens meanwhile.
Happy sleuthing!
M and A
See you when you get back
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:04 am
VQ - This victim’s body found in desert.
http://hometown.aol.com/onejuror/myhomepage/rant.html
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:24 am
VQ, this is a well known case for years unsolved but never forgotten.
http://www.kensingtonheightsweb.com/association/kensingtonheights/lyonsisters.htm
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:11 am
Tinsel are you are particularly festive type?
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:10 am
VQ, this isn’t ‘bed time’ reading but two cases that carried the headlines down here when they individually occurred. So well remember the Dorr case as the father was a suspect for awhile. You’ll note where bodies were found.
http://www.crimezzz.net/serialkillers/C/CLARK_hadden.php
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:03 am
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sam Says:
June 1st, 2008 at 11:25 pm
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yes, chenier.
‘M and A
Did always strike me as odd that they didn’t ask for the twins to be tested, that night. Blood could have been drawn off by the friends? or even a local doctor’
they had the twins tested like months later. i just cannot think of any drug that stays in the system for months and can be tested from hair samples then except for arsenic, so it must be rumour.
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No, they had the twins tested at least 5 months after the crime!
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:13 am
IMO, the PJ must be already very far with the translation of the process.
I ask myself if we all have to wait till August.
Did the McCanns give an interview after the Public Ministry publication?
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:09 am
Did Clarence comment the Public Ministry document which has been made public last Thursday?
Garth, did you answer my question?
(What is your opinion about the Public Ministry document?)
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:04 am
423 Coolandcalm,
jogging, exercises, etc have been reported by Gerry self on his blogs.
no rumours.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:44 am
582 Jo,
the sick child was Russel O’Brian’s, Jane Tanner’s partner.
the vomiting child whose sheets remained clean.
Ussel was absent for a part of the night, taking care of the child.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 am
Well. I’m really gone now.
Repeating myself… : “good night”!
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
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annie1 Says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 am
Doesnt he resemble one of the investigating officers from the early days
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Not that I know of. You have a photo of him?
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 am
did I miss something?
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 am
Doesnt he resemble one of the investigating officers from the early days
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:28 am
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annie1 Says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 am
I recognise the chap with the moustache in the doorway behind them - does anyone else know who he is?
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I don’t, Annie. Please do tell.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:27 am
643
Châtelaine Says:
good night chatelaine.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 am
642
Châtelaine Says:
‘The file says: May 12, 2007…’
i must be made of different stuff.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 am
I recognise the chap with the moustache in the doorway behind them - does anyone else know who he is?
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 am
Good night again, Sam. It’s really about time here on the continent.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:24 am
641
sam Says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 am
640
Châtelaine Says:
‘NINE days later ….’
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you’re joking ? no, obviously not.
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The file says: May 12, 2007…
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 am
640
Châtelaine Says:
‘NINE days later ….’
you’re joking ? no, obviously not.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:13 am
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sam Says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 am
635
yes, that was the one i was looking for, it looks even worse in close up.
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NINE days later ….
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 am
:-)635
Châtelaine Says:
yes, that was the one i was looking for, it looks even worse in close up.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 am
g’night chenier
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 am
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chenier Says:
June 1st, 2008 at 11:59 pm
‘I do find it extraordinary’
to be honest i find it quite surreal, like watching the o.j simpson story unfold again.
.
‘It may be that they really are the perfect poster pair for all the people who think that getting on the telly is the most wonderful thing that could happen to them, and that money is the only measure of someone’s value.
The dying spasms of Nulabour, perhaps…’
i think the new way seems to be to find religion and then use it:
NEW YORK: Tony Blair, the former prime minister of Britain, has unveiled plans for an ambitious new charity that he hopes will enlist religion as a force for economic development and conflict resolution, rather than violence and strife.http://tinyurl.com/4ladvl