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Synopsis: After Beth Cappadora's (Michelle Pfeiffer) youngest son, Ben, vanishes in Chicago, she slowly descends into a deep depression, affecting her husband, Pat (Treat Williams), and her other children (Jonathan Jackson, Alexa Vega). Relocating to Chicago several years later, they are shocked to discover a local boy named Sam (Ryan Merriman) who looks strikingly similar to Ben. Along with detective Candy Bliss (Whoopi Goldberg), the family must relive their trauma and find out the truth about Sam.
Genre: Drama
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  3 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
PG-13
Year:
1999
106 min
599 Views


Grandma

Patty! Are you all right?

(To Beth)

My God in heaven!

Grandpa

How long has he been missing?

Patty

About 5 hours.

Grandpa

They'll remember. They'll make one more

call.

Patty

Come on, I'll take you over to the

command center.

Grandma

Kerry and Vincent will come to the house.

It's better, right? Where's Kerry?

Beth

Upstairs.

Grandma

You'll come with me, Grandma., honey, all

right.

Beth

You go with Grandmother, Vincent, okay?

Vincent

Will you tell me when Ben gets back, Mom?

Grandma

She'll tell us, honey. It won't be long.

Patty

Sit down, sweetheart.

Bliss

I'm sorry. Do you have any other pictures

of Ben?

Beth

I lost my purse.

Patty

No, no ,no. I have it, Honey.

Beth

Ben!! I want Ben!!

(Beth cries out)

Jimmy

Grab her wrist and hold her down. Medic!

Patty

It's okay. It's all right.

Patty

Give her something! Quick! It's all

right, sweetheart. It's all right.

Beth

You don't know. I don't even know.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE HOUSE

(TV reporters asks a lot of questions)

Pat, How long are you staying with your

parents? Do the police have any leads?

Have the kidnappers tried to contact you?

How long were you gone before you noticed

your son was missing. Who'd want to do

this? How long will you be in Chicago?

INT.THE HOUSE

Beth's on TV(V.O.)

he's 3 years old but he's big for his

age. And people always think that he's

older. He's very verbal , he babbled to

himself.. Sometimes you can barely hear

him but he says his words very clearly.

He has blond hair and blue eyes. And he

was wearing a red baseball cap. And he

loves pizza. He's very afraid of the

water. He loves to sing songs. Sometimes

he'll sing the same song over and over

again. He was wearing red shoes. Little

high-top sneakers with green parrots on

the side. And white socks. And a red T-

shirt with yellow sleeves and little blue

shorts. Blue plaid shorts.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE HOUSE

Patty

Call you when we get home.

INT. THE POLICE OFFICE

Ellen

Unbelievable, right? Diane Lundgren's on

her way over and Cecil Lockhart signed

up. But her mother got sick. You know who

else called? Lizzy DeNunzio.

Beth

Where is she now, Switzerland?

Ellen

I think she moved there.

Beth

How'd she even fond out about it?

Ellen

Who knows?

Beth

But she just sounds sick about it.

Everyone is, Bethie.

Beth

I know.

Beth

Laurie! I can't believe you're here.

Laurie

What was I supposed to do? Stay in

Madison, watch CNN?

Beth

Have you seen Candy?

Ricky

she's with McGuire.

Beth

Thanks, Ricky.

Bliss

Then go to Minneapolis. How far can it

be?

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Stephen Schiff

Stephen Schiff is an American screenwriter and journalist. He is best known for his work at The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, his screenplays for Lolita, True Crime, and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and his work as a writer and producer on the acclaimed FX television series The Americans. more…

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