Natalee Holloway (film)
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| Based on | Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith by Beth Holloway |
| Screenplay by | Teena Booth |
| Directed by | Mikael Salomon |
| Starring | Tracy Pollan Grant Show Catherine Dent Amy Gumenick Jacques Strydom Sean Cameron Michael |
| Theme music composer | Christopher Ward |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Andrew Golov |
| Cinematography | Paul Gilpin |
| Editor(s) | Sidney Wolinsky |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sony Pictures Television |
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| Original network | Lifetime Television |
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Natalee Holloway is a 2009 American television film directed by Mikael Salomon based on Beth Holloway's book about the 2005 disappearance of her daughter Natalee Holloway. The film stars Amy Gumenick as Natalee Holloway, Tracy Pollan as Beth Holloway-Twitty and Jacques Strydom as Joran van der Sloot. When it aired on the Lifetime Movie Network on April 19, 2009, the film scored the highest television ratings at that time in the network's history.[1]
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[hide]Production[edit]
In October 2008, the Lifetime Movie Network announced plans to create a television film based on Beth Holloway's bestselling book Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith. The senior vice president of original movies, Tanya Lopez, stated in the announcement that the network was "pleased to be working closely with Natalee's mother" and that they intended to tell the story of Natalee Holloway's disappearance "sensitively and accurately."[2] Jarett Wieselman of the New York Post questioned whether it was too soon for such a film to be made.[3][4] Holloway said that she was not sure at first that she could take this step, but felt that it was "the right thing to do" after meeting the creative staff in Los Angeles, California. Disney actress, Spencer Redford, was first offered the part of Natalee. But Redford turned down the role feeling it was still too soon after Holloway's disappearance to make a film because it was still being covered in the media. Sara Paxton was also considered for the role of Holloway. [4]
The film was shot in Cape Town, South Africa,[5] and produced by Sony Pictures Television with Von Zerneck Sertner Films. Holloway's book was adapted for television by Teena Booth, who had previously written A Little Thing Called Murder and Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal for Lifetime Television. Holloway said that she was fascinated and at first overwhelmed by the logistics of the production, which she views "as an accomplishment."[4]
Plot[edit]
The film retells events leading up to the night of Natalee Holloway's disappearance in Aruba, and the ensuing investigation in the aftermath. The film does not solve the case, but stages re-creations of various scenarios, based on the testimony of key players and suspects, including Joran van der Sloot, who is the last person seen drinking with her and escorting her out of the bar. His contradictory accounts, some presented days and others presented years later, are used to present different reenactments of Holloway's final hours before she went missing
Cast[edit]
- Tracy Pollan as Beth Holloway-Twitty, Natalee's mother
- Grant Show as George "Jug" Twitty, Natalee's stepfather
- Catherine Dent as Carol Standifer, friend of Beth Holloway-Twitty
- Amy Gumenick as Natalee Holloway, graduating high school student who disappeared in Aruba
- Sean Michael as Paul van der Sloot, father of Joran van der Sloot
- Jacques Strydom as Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Natalee's disappearance
- Cokey Falkow as Patrick van der Eem, working in an undercover investigation
- Kai Coetzee as Matt Holloway, Natalee's brother
- Clayton Evertson as Deepak Kalpoe, friend of Joran van der Sloot
- Wayne Harrison as Dave Holloway, Natalee's father
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