Taken in Broad Daylight (2009)

The true and inspiring survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her captor, engineering her own rescue and negotiating her safe release after 6 days of hell.

Director:

Gary Yates

Writers:

Charlene Blaine, Kim Delgado

Stars:

Sara Canning, James Van Der Beek, LeVar Burton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sara Canning	...	Anne Sluti
James Van Der Beek	...	Tony Zappa
LeVar Burton	...	Mike Timbrook
Diana Reis	...	Elaine Sluti
Tom Anniko	...	Don Sluti
Brian Edward Roach	...	Tom Sluti (as Brian Roach)
Alexandra Castillo	...	Agent Reynolds (as Alex Castillo)
Sarah Constible	...	Cat
Jacqueline Loewen	...	Paige (as Jacqueline Lowen)
Garth Merkeley	...	Gary (as Garth Merkely)
Adriana O'Neil	...	Diane
Nancy Drake	...	Mrs. Zappa
Karl Thordarson	...	Skeeter
Robert Huculak	...	Agent Carter
Aaron Hughes	...	Cop #1

Storyline

The true and inspiring survival story of a teen horrifically kidnapped, how she manipulates her deranged captor, leaves clues, stays witty in her own mind to control her fear, engineers then ultimately negotiates her safe rescue after enduring six and a half days of hell.

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Plot Keywords:

abduction | rape | bible quote | lifting female in air | kidnapping | 

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Taglines:

Every 24 hrs. after a child's been kidnapped by a stranger, chances of finding them alive diminishes to almost 100%

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 February 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Presence of Two Minds

Filming Locations:

Lockport, Manitoba, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

AMediaVision Partners 1, Two Lagoons Productions, AMediaVision Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The poem that Tony recites about a half hour into the movie is from 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew' by Robert Service. The poem is from the collection 'The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses' (1907).

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Goofs

When they arrive in Montana, they first are in Livingston. The next stop is in Deer Lodge, which seems logical enough because it's about 145 miles to the west following I-90. But the next place they show up is Laurel (by the waterslide), which doubles back THROUGH Livingston and then another 100 miles east on I-90. The last stop, where they are ultimately found (Rollins) is on the west side of Flathead Lake, 425 miles doubling back. The fact is, Livingston is correct, and Rollins is correct, but they didn't stop in Laurel, or Deer Lodge necessarily. Their path was from Livingston to Belgrade, then just past Deer Lodge they got off I-90 and worked their way to Salmon Lake before eventually arriving in Rollins.

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Quotes

Tony Zappa: I'm not so bad. You'll see.

User Reviews

Quite awful

To have something so harrowing portrayed by such terrible acting is a crime.

I watched this to find out how a human being over comes such a situation but instead I watched actors and actresses fight with a maimed script which was followed by terrible acting. Don't watch this film you will regret it.

The best performance came from the lead girl.

The rest of the cast including vanderbeak were crying awful.

How this makes the family feel I have no idea to have this straight to video rubbish appear on TV representing you.