Amber's Story (2006) (TV)

Director:

Keoni Waxman

Writer (WGA):

Richard Leder (written by)

Release Date:

4 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Character Name In Title

Cast

Elisabeth Röhm	...	Donna Whitson
Teryl Rothery	...	Sharon Timmons
Myron Natwick	...	Glen Park
Sophie Hough	...	Amber Hagerman
Jodelle Ferland	...	Nichole Taylor Timmons (as Jodelle Micah Ferland)
Zak Ludwig	...	Ricky Hagerman
Tim Henry	...	Jimmie Whitson
Karen Austin	...	Glenda Whitson
Anthony Holland	...	George Redden
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Officer Perry
Greg Michaels	...	Detective Griffin
Malcolm Scott	...	Detective Cooper
Mitchell Kosterman	...	Detective Stevens
Claude Knowlton	...	Detective Davis
James Purcell	...	Sgt. Barrone

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Amber and Nichole Productions

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The new MINI Cooper is shown in the "Nicole-Glen" scene 1996. This car was not introduced into the US markets until 2002.

Truth

I am Anthony Park, Glenn Park is my father. First off I want to say that the story behind this movie and the creation of the Amber Alert system is a good one. However the movie itself was poorly made and the acting was terrible. The major problem I had with the movie involved the second half with Nichole Timmons and father Glenn Park. The events surrounding that part of the story were not entirely correct. My father was suffering from psychological disorders at the time and picked up Nichole without any intent to harm her at all. He loved her like a daughter and was under the mindset that he was rescuing her from some sort of harm or neglect that he likely believed was coming from her mother who paid little attention to her over the 3 plus years that my father took care of her and summarily raised her so her mother could frolic about. The movie depicted my father in a manner that he was going to harm her in some way shape or form. The funny thing is that Nichole had spent many nights sometimes consecutively at my fathers place while Sharon would be working or doing whatever she was doing. The reason that my father was originally thought to be violent was because he had items that could be conceived to be weapons on his truck. My father was a landscaper. The items they deemed to be weapons were landscaping tools that he kept in his truck all the time for work. My recommendation is take this movie with a grain of salt, it is a good story and based on true events however the details of the movie (at least the Nichole Timmons - Glenn Park portion) are largely inaccurate and depict the failure of the director to discover the truth in telling the story. The funny thing is, that if the director would have interviewed any of Sharon's friends who knew the situation they would have stated exactly what I have posted here.