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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". Buena Vista and its subsidiary Miramax said they were "sensitive to the depth of feeling surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann".
"We have been closely following the case and have decided to delay the release of the film in the UK," a statement said.
'Acutely aware'
Gone Baby Gone was based on a 1998 novel by Dennis Lehane and was filmed last year, before Madeleine's disappearance, the film companies said.
Speaking at the recent Deauville Film Festival in France, Affleck said he had been made "acutely aware of the situation" regarding Madeleine McCann.
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. The film follows two Boston private detectives who are called in to assist a police investigation into a missing child.
The film stars Affleck's brother Casey and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman. It 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 understood that Ben Affleck had been due to attend a screening of Gone Baby Gone at next month's London Film Festival, but the film will not now be part of the event.
It is not yet known whether that screening will go ahead.