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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. |
Buena Vista and its subsidiary Miramax said they were "sensitive to the depth of feeling surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann". | 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. | "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' | '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. | 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. | 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." |
The film follows two Boston private detectives who 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. |
It stars Affleck's brother Casey and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman. | It stars Affleck's brother Casey and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman. |
The organisers of next month's London Film Festival have cancelled a gala screening of Gone Baby Gone on 26 October, which was to have been attended by Ben Affleck. |