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Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story ()


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Schoolteacher Tiffany Rubin (Taraji P. Henson) flies to South Korea to reunite with her 7-year-old son, who was kidnapped by his biological father.

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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations.
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Tiffany Rubin
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Mark Miller
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Chris
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Belzora
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Jeff
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Kobe
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Sophia / Renita
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Reverend Lewis
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Simon
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Agent De Grazia
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Agent Walters
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Gomez
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Leone
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Natalie (as Crystal Lowe)
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Smiley
Walcott E. Morgan ...
Super
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Elle (as April Tanya Telek)
Adom Osei ...
Soccer Kid
Grace Baek ...
Stewardess
Jordyn Davis ...
Max
Matteo Mazziotti ...
Ellis
Sung Min Kim ...
Korean Boy #1 (as Sung Min 'Alvin' Kim)
Woosik Kim ...
Korean Boy #2 (as Woosik 'Steve' Kim)
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Home Room Teacher
Martin Jung ...
Korean Passport Officer (as Joon Hyuk 'Martin' Jung)
Huyung Kyoon Kang ...
Korean Clerk
Lee Dong Young ...
Seoul Taxi Driver (as Lee Dong 'Tony' Young)
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School Security Officer
Sook Hexamer ...
Kobe's Teacher
Hojin Kim ...
Seoul Taxi Driver #2 (as Hojin 'Jin' Kim)
Daniel Jung ...
Korean Police Officer
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Marine Guard
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Marine Guard
Sun-Ae Chung ...
Korean Airport Lady #1 (as Sun-Ae 'Sunny' Chung)
Soon Ae Han-McCoy ...
Korean Airport Lady #2 (as Soon Ae 'Lucy' Han-McCoy)
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Agent Jackson
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Dawson Dunbar ...
Soccer Kid (uncredited)

Directed by

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Gary Harvey

Written by

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Michael Bortman ... (written by)

Produced by

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Anne Carlucci ... executive producer
Harvey Kahn ... producer
Damon Lee ... co-executive producer
Eric Maran ... associate producer (as Eric MacDonald)
David A. Rosemont ... executive producer
Marnie Young ... associate producer

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James Gelfand

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Mathias Herndl ... director of photography

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Richard Schwadel

Editorial Department

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Colin G. Cooper ... assistant editor (as Colin Cooper)
Gary Shaw ... colorist / senior colorist

Casting By

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Natalie Hart
Jason La Padura
Jackie Lind

Production Design by

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Linda Del Rosario
Richard Paris

Set Decoration by

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Denise Nadredre ... (as Denis Nadredre)

Costume Design by

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Heather Douglas

Makeup Department

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Rhosael Ciandre ... key hairstylist
Brittany Isaacs ... first assistant makeup artist
Shauna Llewellyn ... key makeup artist (as Shauna Llewelyn) / makeup department head
Christa Monroe ... assistant hair stylist

Production Management

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Eric Maran ... post-production supervisor (as Eric MacDonald)
Chris Rudolph ... production manager

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Patricia Dyer Walden ... first assistant director (as Patricia Ann Dyer)

Art Department

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Robert Barton ... on-set dresser
Peter Bien ... set decoration coordinator
Quentin Borger ... set dresser
Alberta Burke ... set dresser
Henry Thomas Earle ... set dresser
Margo Kaczynska McKenzie ... paint coordinator
Kris Sandberg ... lead dresser
Laura Schneider ... assistant property master

Sound Department

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Tim Archer ... re-recording mixer
Kevin B. Barron ... re-recording mixer
Bernardo Six Costa ... boom operator
Randy Kiss ... re-recording mixer / sound supervisor
Jason Segal ... sound assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Eron Carruth ... special effects assistant

Stunts

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Brett Chan ... stunt performer
Andrew Chin ... stunts
Chad Sayn ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bob Akester ... still photographer
Jeff Cassidy ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Damon J. Evans ... best boy electric
Andre Gheorghiu ... motion picture video coordinator
Jesse Keay ... gaffer
Garrett LaLonde ... grip
Wayne MacConnell ... camera operator: "a" camera
Boris Martens ... second assistant camera: 'a' camera
Nathan McTague ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Marc Nolet ... first company grip
Jay Rathore ... gaffer: second unit
Richard Walden ... camera operator: "b" camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Catherine Church ... set costume supervisor
Brittany Elchuk ... background costumer / extras costumer
Oriana Graber ... assistant costume designer
Tina Wilson ... truck costumer

Location Management

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Dan Carr ... location manager

Music Department

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Rob Heaney ... music mixer
Simon Charrier ... musician: guitar (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Bernard L. Eatmon ... script supervisor (as Bernard Eatmon)
Susan Williams ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Suki Ardawa ... transportation
Kam Dhesi ... transportation captain
Jim Papadogambros ... driver: cast
Amar Sangha ... transportation captain
John Sorensen ... driver: cast (as John Sorenson)

Additional Crew

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Ryan Doucette ... producers asssistant
Wyatt Fossett ... key production assistant
Lukasz Gosek ... production assistant
Conrad Janzen ... key production assistant
Brynn Kinnee ... background coordinator
Daniel Labossiere ... production assistant
Lana Otoya ... production assistant
Campbell Watson ... chef
Marnie Young ... business affairs

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

This fact-based Lifetime drama follows one mother's (Tiffany Rubin played by Taraji P. Henson) nightmarish struggle to retrieve the 7-year-old son (Kobe played by Drew Davis) her ex-husband whisked out of her life when he abducted the boy and took him back to his native South Korea. Written by private jarhead

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Also Known As
  • Mon fils a disparu (France)
  • Taken from Me: Hölle für eine Mutter (Germany)
  • Secuestrado: La historia de Tiffany Rubin (Spain)
  • Викрадений син. Історія Тіфані Рубін (2011) (Ukraine)
  • Tiffany Rubin - Storia di una madre (Italy)
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Runtime
  • 87 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Based on a true story See more »
Goofs In the scene where Tiffany gives the officers the e-mail she hacked, behind the officers was a picture of Barack Obama. The Tiffany Rubin case took place between the years of 2007 and 2008. George W. Bush was still president at that time. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011). See more »

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