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| A US film about a four-year-old girl's disappearance has had its UK release shelved because of similarities to the Madeleine McCann case. | A US film about a four-year-old girl's disappearance has had its UK release shelved because of similarities to the Madeleine McCann case. |
| Gone Baby Gone, the directorial debut of actor Ben Affleck, had been due to be released on 28 December. | Gone Baby Gone, the directorial debut of actor Ben Affleck, had been due to be released on 28 December. |
| Distributor Buena Vista International, however, has postponed it indefinitely. | Distributor Buena Vista International, however, has postponed it indefinitely. |
| Madeline O'Brien, who plays the missing girl in Gone Baby Gone, bears a close resemblance to Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal on 3 May. | Madeline O'Brien, who plays the missing girl in Gone Baby Gone, bears a close resemblance to Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal on 3 May. |
| Speaking at the recent Deauville Film Festival in France, Affleck said he had been made "acutely aware of the situation". | Speaking at the recent Deauville Film Festival in France, Affleck said he had been made "acutely aware of the situation". |
| We don't want to release the movie if it is going to touch a nerve or inflame anybody's sensitivities Ben Affleck "We have a greater concern for that than the release of our film, which is just a commercial matter, whereas this is a matter of life and death," he said. | We don't want to release the movie if it is going to touch a nerve or inflame anybody's sensitivities Ben Affleck "We have a greater concern for that than the release of our film, which is just a commercial matter, whereas this is a matter of life and death," he said. |
| "We don't want to release the movie if it is going to touch a nerve or inflame anybody's sensitivities." | "We don't want to release the movie if it is going to touch a nerve or inflame anybody's sensitivities." |
| In Gone Baby Gone, based on a 1998 novel by Dennis Lehane, two south Boston private detectives are called in to assist a police investigation into a missing child. | In Gone Baby Gone, based on a 1998 novel by Dennis Lehane, two south Boston private detectives are called in to assist a police investigation into a missing child. |
| The film stars Affleck's brother Casey and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman. | The film stars Affleck's brother Casey and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman. |
| It is understood that Ben Affleck had been due to attend a screening of Gone Baby Gone next month at the London Film Festival, whose full programme will be announced shortly. | |
| It is not yet known whether that screening will go ahead. | It is not yet known whether that screening will go ahead. |