The Natalee Holloway Story~Lifetime Movie

[Faith]

Lifetime Movie Network Announces New Original Movie, “THE NATALEE HOLLOWAY STORY”. Based on the true story of a teenage girl who vanished in Aruba while on a senior class vacation.

From Sony Pictures Television, Based on the Book Authored By Natalee Holloway’s Mother, “Loving Natalee: A Mother’s Testament of Hope and Faith”


4/19/09

7:00 PM CST Natalee Holloway

Starring: Tracy Pollan, Amy Gumenick, Grant Show

http://www.lmn.tv/search/index.php

[CSAFD]

im pretty sure ill watch it, being a native Mississipian and all, since Natalee was born in Clinton, Ms. outside Jackson. and i have read both books by her mom and dad.

[texanne]

I will watch from her mother's point of view. If the little Aruba creep ever gets a movie deal, I would NOT watch. IMO he got by with murder.

[CSAFD]

I will watch from her mother's point of view. If the little Aruba creep ever gets a movie deal, I would NOT watch. IMO he got by with murder.

the 64MILLION $$$$ Question IS: is Natalee Dead???? cuz JVS now claims a few months ago when talking to Greta, is that he SOLD Natalee to a Venusualian cartel......if he did where is the money cuz his parents are already rich he doesnt need the $. i do think he killed Nat @ the beach like he said that she had a seizer,...thats common in the GHB date rape drug and can be fatal. so yeh, he gota way with it
:groan:

[Faith]

the 64MILLION $$$$ Question IS: is Natalee Dead???? cuz JVS now claims a few months ago when talking to Greta, is that he SOLD Natalee to a Venusualian cartel......if he did where is the money cuz his parents are already rich he doesnt need the $. i do think he killed Nat @ the beach like he said that she had a seizer,...thats common in the GHB date rape drug and can be fatal. so yeh, he gota way with it
:groan:

I think he killed her on the beach also.

[Faith]

Tracy Pollan to Star in The Natalee Holloway Story (WT*) Premiering on Lifetime Movie Network in April 2009


Lifetime Networks Launches Every Woman Counts Bus Tour Criss-Crossing the Country En Route to National Political Conventions; Exclusive Tour Video and Interview Footage to be Uploaded on YouTube. (PRNewsFoto/Lifetime Networks)

NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES

Emmy(R) Award-Winner MIKAEL SALOMON to direct a teleplay by TEENA BOOTH for Sony Pictures Television

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The harrowing true story of a teenage girl who vanished while vacationing in Aruba is the backdrop of The Natalee Holloway Story, a Lifetime Movie Network original film about a mother's search for truth and justice. Tracy Pollan (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) will star as Beth Twitty, Natalee Holloway's mother, in the highly anticipated movie based on Twitty's book, Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith. The Natalee Holloway Story, from Sony Pictures Television, will begin production this January and premiere on Lifetime Movie Network in April 2009.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080804/NYM123LOGO)

ABOUT THE NATALEE HOLLOWAY STORY (WT*)

Teenager Natalee Holloway vanished in 2005 while visiting Aruba on a senior class trip. In a passionate and relentless effort to discover the truth behind her daughter's disappearance, Beth Twitty captured the nation's attention by working tirelessly to solve the mystery that shattered her life. Today, Twitty continues to speak publicly about the potential dangers of international travel and has founded the International Safe Travels Foundation, a non-profit organization. Beth Twitty's resolve and unwavering strength are at the center of this emotional story that takes viewers behind the headlines and into the heart of an extraordinary woman.

*working title

ABOUT TRACY POLLAN

Tracy Pollan is best known for her recurring role as the love interest of now real-life husband Michael J. Fox's character, Alex P. Keaton, on NBC's long-running comedy series Family Ties. She began her career on stage in the early 1980's with television and film roles soon to follow. Pollan's many credits include starring roles in the made-for-television movies The Little Sister, The Abduction of Kari Swenson, Promised Land, Dying to Love You, First to Die and the ABC mini-series, The Kennedys of Massachusetts. She had recurring guest roles on Spin City and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for which received an Emmy Award nomination. Feature film credits include Bright Lights, Big City and Baby, It's You.

The Natalee Holloway Story will be produced by Sony Pictures Television for Lifetime Movie Network. Judith Verno (Lifetime's Flirting with 40, Fatal Contact), Frank von Zerneck and Robert M. Sertner (Lifetime's Racing for Time and We Were the Mulvaneys) are executive producers, and Andrew Golov is a producer. Teena Booth (Lifetime's Sex and Lies in Sin City: The Ted Binion Scandal, A Little Thing Called Murder) wrote the teleplay, and Mikael Salomon (The Andromeda Strain, The Company) will direct.

ABOUT SONY PICTURES TELEVISION

Sony Pictures Television is one of the television industry's leading content providers. It produces and distributes programming in every genre, including series, telefilms, theatrical releases and family entertainment for network and cable television, as well as first-run and off-network series for syndication. With more than 25 programs on the air, SPT boasts a program slate that includes the top-rated daytime dramas and game shows, landmark off-network series, original animated series and critically acclaimed primetime dramas, comedies and telefilms. SPT also owns one-half of cable channel GSN and is a partner in FEARnet, the premier horror/thriller website and VOD service. Sony Pictures Television oversees all of Sony Pictures Entertainment's (SPE) domestic digital distribution efforts across all electronically delivered platforms, including the internet and mobile. Sony Pictures Television, advertiser sales, is one of the premiere national advertising sales companies, handling the commercial inventory in SPT syndicated series as well as in all of SPE's digital businesses in the United States, for Sony Music Entertainment and for the Tennis Channel, and is part owner of national media sales company ITN Networks, Inc. SPT (www.sonypicturestelevision.com) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.

ABOUT LIFETIME

Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) is the #2 women's channel, behind only Lifetime Television. The Network, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, is riding high, posting its highest-rated Third Quarter ever. LMN total day ratings among W18+ surpass Discovery, FX, TLC, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, WE, SoapNet and ABC Family. The August 2008 premiere of Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story became the second most-watched movie in the channel's history, following the April premiere of The Capture of the Green River Killer - the highest-rated movie in the history of Lifetime Movie Network.

Lifetime is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated basic cable television networks. A diverse, multi-media company, Lifetime is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network, Lifetime Real Women and Lifetime Digital (including myLifetime.com) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.


SOURCE Lifetime Networks

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-19-2008/0004945046&EDATE=

[Faith]

It may be a good idea to go here and be reminded by email when the movie comes on. I did.

I can't link right to it- type in Natalee Holloway in the search and you will see "remind me".

http://www.lmn.tv/images/schedule/tvSchedule_legend.gif

http://www.lmn.tv/images/schedule/icon_remind.gif (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:addReminder%28%272%27,%27MOVE%204347%27,%2712 40185600%27%29;)

http://www.lmn.tv/

[emmeblu]

It may be a good idea to go here and be reminded by email when the movie comes on. I did.

I can't link right to it- type in Natalee Holloway in the search and you will see "remind me".

http://www.lmn.tv/images/schedule/tvSchedule_legend.gif

http://www.lmn.tv/images/schedule/icon_remind.gif (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:addReminder%28%272%27,%27MOVE%204347%27,%2712 40185600%27%29;)

http://www.lmn.tv/

Thanks for the link to set a reminder! I've also marked a reminder on my paper calendar.

[sarahhod]

New Lifetime Movie to Spotlight Missing Teen

By Kristin Brzoznowski
Published: March 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES: The true story of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an American teen who vanished while vacationing in Aruba, is the backdrop of a new Lifetime Movie Network original film.
Tracy Pollan of Law & Order: SVU stars as Beth Twitty, Holloway's mother. Alongside Pollan are Grant Show (Swingtown) as Beth's husband, Catherine Dent (The Shield) as Beth's best friend and newcomer Amy Gumenick as Natalee. The movie is based on Twitty's book, Natalee Holloway: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith.
Natalee Holloway will premiere on April 19 at 8 p.m. on Lifetime Movie Network. Immediately following the film, the channel will air a special public service announcement featuring Beth Twitty about how to remain safe while traveling abroad. Natalee Holloway is produced by Sony Pictures Television for Lifetime Television.



http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/20187

[Faith]

Natalee Holloway Movie: Too Soon?

http://blogs.nypost.com/popwrap/photos/Natalee-holloway-movie.jpg

t was the case that captivated the nation and put the fear of God into any parent whose child was headed out on vacation. Now Lifetime Movie Network has produced a TV biopic of Natalee Holloway's mother, Beth Twitty, that is set to premiere on April 19, nearly four years after Natalee disappeared in Aruba.

While the movie had the cooperation of Beth -- that is her above with her on-screen counterpart Tracy Pollan and Grant Show as George Twitty -- I can't help but feel it might be too soon to be retelling this story. Especially since the case is still active, many of the details have been revealed to be lies and Natalee is still missing.

On the other hand, this does serve to keep Natalee at the forefront of America's mind since we, as a nation, have a habit of forgetting about cases like this one as time passes. After all, it took eight years for any progress to be made on the Chandra Levy case.

Check out the trailer for "Natalee Holloway" and let me know, do you think it's in bad taste or in her family's best interest?

Preview of the movie at link

http://blogs.nypost.com/popwrap/archives/2009/03/natalee_holloway_movie_too_soon.html

[Faith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnYN3j9tDN0&feature=player_embedded

[TeeOne]

It's on the Lifetime Movie Channel tonight at 8pm.....

[SavannahStar]

Maybe it's because we lived through it, with wall-to-wall media coverage after Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba in 2005.

Maybe it's because there still are no definitive answers as to what happened to the Mountain Brook teen who was on her senior year trip.

Maybe it's just because this Lifetime TV movie was hastily put together.

Whatever the reason, "Natalee Holloway," which premieres at 7 p.m. April 19 on Lifetime Movie Network, is sloppy and uneven, a forgettable look at the tragedy that consumed the nation's attention for months.

Based on "Loving Natalee," the book by Natalee's mother, Beth, "Natalee Holloway" stars Tracy Pollan as Beth and newcomer Amy Gumenick in the title role. Although this is a vehicle for Pollan, it's the youngster who lends the film its most interesting moments.

The main culprit here is Teena Booth's clunky script, part over-the-top movie-of-the-week melodrama and part mystery. The problem is that there really is no mystery - we all know most everything that took place in Aruba, from the body shots at Carlos 'n Charlie's to Natalee jumping in the car with Joran van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers to Beth Holloway's dogged determination to find her daughter in Aruba.

Since the details are well known, Booth tries to mine interest elsewhere, and the dramatic moments come across as cheesy and manipulative.

For instance, a chaperone for the Mountain Brook High School trip seems to set the travelers up for disaster from the beginning.

"We won't be doing headcounts or bed checks," he says to the parents before the trip. "We're there for emergencies and to do a little gambling in the casinos." This puts much more of the blame for Natalee's disappearance on the chaperone than was the case in real life.

Or Beth's admonishment to Natalee right before her senior prom: "You have to be careful around boys and alcohol," she says. "They're liable to take advantage." Yes, Beth Holloway probably taught that lesson to her daughter, but in such an un-subtle, foreshadowing way? Doubtful.

Or the moment when Beth discovered Natalee's cell phone in her backpack: "It didn't work here, did it?," she says immediately, before even turning it on. "Her phone didn't have international calling. I never, I never, I should've, oh, my God. Oh, my God." Would the lack of international calling actually have been Holloway's first thought?

Pollan does look and sound a little like Beth Holloway, but Holloway through the years has come across much more composed, thoughtful and pragmatic than the melodramatic character Pollan creates here. A moment where Holloway flings herself in front of a cross on a hillside in Aruba doesn't help matters. It's a grand, tearful Lifetime TV movie moment, but it's contrived and over-acted.

Gumenick, on the other hand, paints a vivid and likeable portrait of the young Holloway, a bright, focused doctor-to-be who drank too much on a trip with her friends and got herself into a bad situation. Oddly, although he certainly is the villain here, Joran van der Sloot comes off looking not like the instigator of the entire evening, but a guy who took advantage when a drunk Natalee began coming on to him.

In addition to Beth, Natalee and Joran, Joran's cohorts Deepack and Satish Kalpoe are characters, as well as Jug Twitty (Beth's husband at the time) and Dave Holloway (Natalee's father). The rest, including Natalee's friends, seem to be composites, not real people.

It's tough to be objective about a movie that hits so close to home. As soon as one of Natalee's friends refers to her going to "U of A," a term we've never heard used when referring to Alabama, you wonder how credible the rest of it might be.

South Africa locations double as both Alabama and Aruba, so there's no real sense of place, other than the beach in Aruba, which looks real enough.

"Natalee Holloway" is sure to have interest, particularly in her hometown. We only wish that her tragic story had received a little classier and more thoughtful attention.

http://blog.al.com/aharvey/2009/04/natalee_holloway_a_disappointi.html

[TeeOne]

bump

[Faith]

I was just coming here to bump it up. It comes on in 15 minutes.

[annalyzer]

I was just coming here to bump it up. It comes on in 15 minutes.

And miss the Miss USA Pageant? lol

Miss West Virginia is in the top ten!! :basic44:

Okay, I'm leaving.


:022:

[annalyzer]

Well someone let me know what is going on. Is the movie good? I don't get that channel. :serious:

[Faith]

Well someone let me know what is going on. Is the movie good? I don't get that channel. :serious:

It's hard to describe what's happening. This is everything we've seen/heard for 4 years. IIRC this is based on Beth's book.

They left for Aruba, shows the kids in the room, C&C, NH's leaving from C&C with DK, SK & JVDS. Beth and Jug getting to Aruba, Dave coming the next day.

They've talked to DJ, searched the choller's, Beth was just at the crosses.

There is no way I can explain the movie to you. Maybe someone will have it on youtube.

[annalyzer]

It's hard to describe what's happening. This is everything we've seen/heard for 4 years. IIRC this is based on Beth's book.

They left for Aruba, shows the kids in the room, C&C, NH's leaving from C&C with DK, SK & JVDS. Beth and Jug getting to Aruba, Dave coming the next day.

They've talked to DJ, searched the choller's, Beth was just at the crosses.

There is no way I can explain the movie to you. Maybe someone will have it on youtube.


Thanks Faith.

[sunstar]

thanks so much for the recaps, I don't get that channel either. :z0tdntknw:

[Faith]

I have been told someone is putting it on youtube.

[sunstar]

I have been told someone is putting it on youtube.

thanks, Faith! I just talked to my sister in So. FL and found out she's recording it for me! :smile:

[Faith]

Now they are showing Beth character speaking to a group at a school or something. It was a good movie but so much left out because there is no way you can pack everything into 2 hours.

The real Beth spoke at the end briefly about safety. She says for more info go to www.mylifetime.com

[Faith]

thanks, Faith! I just talked to my sister in So. FL and found out she's recording it for me! :smile:

That's great!! This is one movie you have to watch yourself to understand. If you read Beth's book you pretty much knew what was going to happen. And, showing JVDS in the car "telling all".

[TeeOne]

Even though I haven't read Beth's book, it makes sense what Faith said, about it being her story.
There was much revealed about what Beth really believes happened to Natalee and what JDVS did to murder and dispose of her body. As well as what was done by authorities to cover it up.
It's a shame they haven't been able to charge and convict JDVS after all this time.

[Tracian]

I am watching now, Lifetime movie channel is showing it again.

I have to give Beth credit; they are not sugar coating the 'partying' that the kids did, seems to be pretty realistic.

My prayers are still with Beth, Dave, and all Natalie's friends and family.

[Tracian]

OMG!!! I just saw the part in the movie about 'crack houses' and about tourists being held against their will until bank accounts are drained?

I am never going to let my child go to Aruba! Poor Beth and Dave...why didn't the school know about this type of stuff?

[Faith]

Everyone could see how Beth was treated in Aruba by officials. It's a very sad true story.

I think Lifetime should have invested in a 4 hour movie so people could see more of what truly happened. They had to pack so much into 2 hours that so much was left out.

[annalyzer]

Everyone could see how Beth was treated in Aruba by officials. It's a very sad true story.

I think Lifetime should have invested in a 4 hour movie so people could see more of what truly happened. They had to pack so much into 2 hours that so much was left out.


I wonder if someone ever put it on Youtube yet.

[Tracian]

Everyone could see how Beth was treated in Aruba by officials. It's a very sad true story.

I think Lifetime should have invested in a 4 hour movie so people could see more of what truly happened. They had to pack so much into 2 hours that so much was left out.

I agree. Beth went through hell over and over. I admire what she is doing now, speaking about travel, and advocating investigating the locations.

I am really shocked that the school didn't do more homework in regards to some of the problems in Aruba.

Also...that one part of the movie when Beth put together the questions about seizures and what VDS said....ITA with Beth...LE knew...and they were covering up for that rotten person!

[FoolsGold]

I am really shocked that the school didn't do more homework in regards to some of the problems in Aruba.It was, I thought, organized by some students and their parents, not the school. A few adults went along but what are they going to do?
Natalee was probably the most sober girl in Carlos n' Charlies that night.
She wasn't the luckiest, but she was sober and was an experienced traveler.

[SavannahStar]

It was, I thought, organized by some students and their parents, not the school. A few adults went along but what are they going to do?
Natalee was probably the most sober girl in Carlos n' Charlies that night.
She wasn't the luckiest, but she was sober and was an experienced traveler.


I'm not so sure about sober. Did you read testimony from her roommates about prior days, when she was really very drunk and had to be escorted back to her room; other days she missed breakfast because of drinking?

[Tracian]

I'm not so sure about sober. Did you read testimony from her roommates about prior days, when she was really very drunk and had to be escorted back to her room; other days she missed breakfast because of drinking?



Even so, many of the kids were drinking, it is horrible that some horrible person took advantage of her--and the cover up in Aruba.

[Faith]

Even so, many of the kids were drinking, it is horrible that some horrible person took advantage of her--and the cover up in Aruba.

I agree with you.

[Faith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzsA1K9ROTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqBjjKiYSK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz3Zevc-7Fk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PdMiFNZ-FI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVoVwdbNsRs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtnNIaTru4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mypCXuybVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz6FrcRuj8I

[ReddCurrlz]

I personally thought the movie sucked. for lack of a better word. LOL

[SavannahStar]

I personally thought the movie sucked. for lack of a better word. LOL

I don't think you're alone in that. People tuned in because of the notoriety of the case, IMO, but I heard the quality was quite poor.

[Tracian]

I don't think you're alone in that. People tuned in because of the notoriety of the case, IMO, but I heard the quality was quite poor.


I thought how Natalee's family was treated sucked, but the movie itself was rather informative.

It still boggles the mind, for me at least, the off handed way Aruba dealt with Natalee's disappearance; they way they kind of mention in a passing sort of way about crack houses holding tourists captive so they can drain bank accounts....

But the real interesting thing, was when the police asked Beth about Natalee having 'seizures' and when VDS was caught on tape, mentioned a seizure.

ITA with Beth...VDS told his dad's friend in LE that story, and that is why the officer asked about it.

[Faith]

I thought how Natalee's family was treated sucked, but the movie itself was rather informative.

It still boggles the mind, for me at least, the off handed way Aruba dealt with Natalee's disappearance; they way they kind of mention in a passing sort of way about crack houses holding tourists captive so they can drain bank accounts....

But the real interesting thing, was when the police asked Beth about Natalee having 'seizures' and when VDS was caught on tape, mentioned a seizure.

ITA with Beth...VDS told his dad's friend in LE that story, and that is why the officer asked about it.

Natalee's family were treated awful by officials in Aruba. "They didn't seem to care".

Dennis Jacobs asking Beth about NH having seizures most definitely came from JVDS.


Beth said:

Dennis Jacobs, came to me in the Bubali (ph) police station and says, Does Natalee have a history of epilepsy or seizures? And I thought, No, why are you asking that? And he did it — they did it repeatedly to Jug. And when I was hearing that, it just — it just felt like it brought everything full circle of what we had been fighting for.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329348,00.html

The family was ran in circles in Aruba by so many, "officials". It will not go unnoticed from God.

[Tracian]

I just don't get those that defend VDS. He at the very least is a cruel hearted person to tell the stories in regards to Natalee's disappearance, then we have him trying to traffic women for sex.

VDS reminds me of Richard Chambers...neither has a human soul, and enjoy explioting the victims.

[annalyzer]

Thank you faith for posting the videos. I'm halfway through them. I think it's good so far. :give_rose:

[Faith]

I just don't get those that defend VDS. He at the very least is a cruel hearted person to tell the stories in regards to Natalee's disappearance, then we have him trying to traffic women for sex.

VDS reminds me of Richard Chambers...neither has a human soul, and enjoy explioting the victims.

I am certain he will be caught one day in a place where his dad can't get him out of the situation he has brought on himself and he will go down. I am confidant of that.

He seems to have no feeling for human feelings. He can spit stories out of his mouth that are very hurtful to NH's family and embarrassing to his own family.

[Faith]

Thank you faith for posting the videos. I'm halfway through them. I think it's good so far. :give_rose:

YVW, Anna, so much had to be packed into 2 hours but you get the point. It clearly shows how Natalee's family were treated in Aruba. I wish LMN would have invested in a 4 hour movie to show much more of what truly happened that had to be left out due to the time frame.

I will never, ever, go to Aruba.

[Audie]

I went once .. only because *** paid for me to go look for a MP. I would never go again .. esp from what I saw down there. The coastline was nice, but the interior of the island was appalling.

Question .. I saw a quickie video of Natalies case being added to a memorial wall of some sort. Mr Walsh of AMW was there with Beth for the unveiling. Anyone know more about this? I didn't get the name, location or much else. TIA

[AmandaReckonwith]

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/john_walsh_left_and_beth.html

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/large_Holloway%200512.jpg

Natalee Holloway case on exhibit in national crime museum
Posted by Hannah Wolfson -- Birmingham News May 12, 2009 9:37 AM
Categories: Natalee Holloway

John Walsh, left, and Beth Holloway, in a screenshot form the Associated Press video report of the exhibit opening.As the fourth anniversary of Natalee Holloway's disappearance approaches, her case has been added to the cold case file at the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D.C.
Holloway's mother, Beth Holloway, and John Walsh, the host of "America's Most Wanted," unveiled the exhibit Monday. Natalee Holloway's picture will be on display along with other unsolved cases, including the Zodiac Killer and Amber Hagerman, whose disappearance inspired the creation of the Amber Alert system


http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Natalee%20Holloway/

[Faith]

Holloway disappeared May 30, 2005, while on a trip to Aruba with fellow graduates of Mountain Brook High School. Her mother said she hope the new exhibit helps call attention to her case and the plight of other missing teens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idGZl62jf-0&feature=player_embedded


http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/john_walsh_left_and_beth.html

[Roamer]

Movie is supposed to rerun tonight on Lifetime or LMN (not sure which they said.) 9 central, I think.