Her story about a childs kidnapping and its enduring effects upon his parents, siblings and extended family is a blockbuster read. Michelle pfeiffer plays the photographer wife of a restaurateur treat williams and mother. The deep end of the ocean 1999 the deep end of the. The movie essentially stays true to mitchards story but tightens the plot considerably. The deep end of the ocean starts out as a maternal horror movie and ends up as a family therapy session. No time to wave goodbye by jacquelyn mitchard goodreads. Its a story that reflects so much of what ive learned in intervening years since the book was published. Vincent, an older brother of ben, films a documentary about five families whose children were abducted and are still missing. Unfortunately, it is not the happy homecoming everyone wanted. Age 7, ryan merriman as sam karras ben cappadora age 12, alexa. Bestselling author to discuss her latest book at free. However, the feelings attached to the loss of a child or some other loved one are pretty similar to the sudden loss of ben cappadora, second son of beth and pat. The third one is called cappadora family series penned by jacquelyn mitchard.
It has been twentytwo years since beth cappadoras three yearold son ben was abducted. In jacquelyn mitchards deft hands, however, the story of the cappadora family. The deep end of the ocean isthmus madison, wisconsin. The historic mayfair hotel from the office iamnotastalker. Interview with author jacquelyn mitchard psychology today. This was about the mother of both sons and the boy who truly was lostvincent, who let go of his brothers hand. When beth cappadora takes her three children to chicago for her school reunion, every parents worst nightmare comes true as middle child three year old ben goes missing.
The story begins in a hotel lobby where pfeiffer, playing beth cappadora, a devoted mother of three, arrives with her children for a high school reunion. In 1987, while at a high school reunion, beth cappadora michelle pfeiffer loses her 3 year old son ben michael mcelroy, and the resulting search, led by detective candy bliss whoopi goldberg. In revealing what happens to the cappadora family, mitchard offers us no easy answers. Though the story stretches credulity, weirder things do happen in the real world. Now, inno time to wave goodbye, the unforgettable cappadoras are in peril once again, forced to confront an unimaginable evil. For nine years beth and her husband pat live in limbo, never knowing what happened to their son, or if he is still alive somewhere.
Benhur isnt a true story, but it was inspired by a powerful historical figure at first glance, the new film benhur is a curious beast. No time to wave goodbye, by jacquelyn mitchard, is a sequel to her 1996 novel, the deep end of the ocean, which was later made into a movie. When 3yearold ben cappadora disappears from a hotel lobby in. The deep end of the ocean is a film about a familys reaction when ben, the youngest son is kidnapped and. That version won 11 oscars, more than any other movie before it and has only since been tied by titanic 1997. The deep end of the ocean 1999 directed by ulu grosbard. The deep end of the ocean is a 1999 american drama film directed by ulu grosbard, and.
The deep end of the ocean on apple books apple apple. Almost a decade later, the younger son pops up, not as the ben cappadora they knew, but as a stranger named sam ryan merriman, with a loving widowed father who didnt know the boy was kidnapped. Michelle pfeiffer portrays his mother beth who is a photographer and is. While obviously a reimagining of the 1959 classic film of. Threeyearold ben cappadora is kidnapped from a hotel lobby where his mother is checking into her 15th high school reunion, and is reunited with his devasted family fifteen years later. The deep end of the ocean by jacquelyn mitchard librarything. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by jacquelyn mitchard a bestseller that was the. The deep end of the ocean by jacquelyn mitchard reading guide. The deep end of the ocean 1999 is an american drama film directed by ulu grosbard, and starring michelle pfeiffer, treat williams, whoopi goldberg, jonathan jackson and ryan merriman. Fast forward nine years later, when they are miraculously reunited with him. Based on the best selling novel by jacquelyn mitchard, the deep end of the ocean might on the face of it appear to be a drama propped up by a central mystery, concerned as it is by the disappearance of 3 year old ben cappadora from the slightly lax care of mother michelle pfeiffer, very much a martha stewart housewife in the traditional american mould, surrounded by a loving husband and 2. Bens adoptive father agrees to surrender ben to his birth family, while still living two blocks away. The deep end of the ocean by jacquelyn mitchard, paperback.
Plugged in exists to shine a light on the world of popular entertainment while giving you and your family the essential tools you need to understand, navigate and impact the culture in. Instead she raises difficult questions about the nature of grief and loss, about the value of families of all kinds, and about the gifts of love, redemption, and forgiveness. Michelle pfeiffer gives a wonderful performance here as the lead. The book chronicles a kidnapping which is something to which few people can actually directly relate.
The abducted boy, ben sam after being foundreunited with his natural familymoves in with them but wants to go back to the father who raised him his kidnapper mother is in the loony bincustody is transferred back, but then, a few weeks later. Almost a decade later, the younger son pops up, not as the ben cappadora they knew but as a stranger named sam ryan merriman, with a loving widowed father who didnt know the boy was kidnaped. Benhur isnt a true story, but it was inspired by a. Whats fascinating to me is the story behind the book, which has also inspired two previous movies the 1925 silent version and the 1959 movieoftheyear, starring charlton heston. Join facebook to connect with ben cappadora and others you may know. I also really enjoyed whoopi goldberg as detective candy bliss. I was with two of my friends ben and nick on holidays when it happened. I had a problem with the deep end of the ocean right off thebat because.
For beth cappadora michelle pfeiffer, that loss happens quite literally. It has been twentytwo years since beth cappadoras threeyearold son ben was abducted. It has been twentytwo years since beth cappadora s. Its a parents worst nightmare and as hours turn into days, days into months, ben s dissapearance has a devastating effect on the family. When 3yearold ben cappadora disappears from a hotel lobby in chicago, a presumed kidnap victim, nothing positive ever comes from his loss. Ben is faced with the cultural identity that he grew up with, and the cultural identity he would have known had he not been kidnapped. Transcript trailer transcripts gallery trivia credits awards home media production. The mystery of what happened to ben is only one of the mysteries that envelop this novel. Michelle pfeiffer and treat williams portray beth and pat cappadora, parents of.
She asks vincent to watch ben while she goes to the reservation desk in a hotel lobby crowded with reunion attendees, and when she is finished, discovers that. Book description new york times bestselling author. Her story about a childs kidnapping and its enduring effects upon his parents. The central theme of this book by jacquelyn mitchard is the kidnapping of ben cappadora, a threeyearold boy from the lobby of a busy hotel. Goodtime trailer jennifer jason leigh, robert pattinson. The deep end of the ocean is a bestselling novel by jacquelyn mitchard, released in 1996. Ben is married and has a baby girl, kerry is studying to be.
The attempted reintegration of ben back into the cappadora family produces painful results for all involved. The oldest cappadora, vincent, has become a filmmaker, and with his sister and ben, makes a documentary about child abduction. And despite the reunion that came to them, their son ben still calls himself sam, the name given to him by his. It has been twentytwo years since beth cappadora s three. Oprah book club selection, september 1996 this was the very first oprah book club selection.
Agentquery find the agent who will find you a publisher. A remake of ben hur movie is about to hit the movie screens. When threeyearold ben cappadora is abducted from a crowded chicago. Buy a cheap copy of no time to wave goodbye book by jacquelyn mitchard. The truth depends on whos telling it, and that was certainly true in this story. In the deep end of the ocean, michelle pfeiffer portrays. Now, in no time to wave goodbye, the unforgettable cappadoras are in peril once again, forced to confront an unimaginable evil. Torn between two worlds and having lost both of the parents that he knew, ben expresses suicidal feelings to beth. New york timesbestselling author jacquelyn mitchard captured the heart of a nation withthe deep end of the ocean, her celebrated debut novel about mother beth cappadora, a child kidnapped, a family in crisis. A bank robber finds himself unable to evade those who are looking. Pfeiffer as the storys rawnerved heroine, the film moves beyond the detectivestory aspects of its material to concentrate. New york times bestselling author jacquelyn mitchard captured the heart of a nation with the deep end of the ocean, her celebrated debut novel about mother beth cappadora, a child kidnapped, a family in crisis. The point was not the kidnapping and remarkable recovery of threeyearold ben cappadora, who came home, nine years later, to a family he didnt remember. In it, 3yearold ben cappadora is kidnapped from a hotel lobby where his mother is checking into.
For me however the main theme that seemed to run through this book was about finding yourself and finding your true identity. The deep end of the ocean is a story about every parents worst nightmare. Its a performance so strong and true that at times it seems as if it were. It chronicles the lives of a certain cappadora family in the wake of their kidnapped child ben cappadora. The older son lets go of bens hand and ben vanishes without a trace. The deep end of the ocean is an american motion picture drama directed by ulu grosbard, starring michelle pfeiffer, treat williams, whoopi goldberg, jonathan jackson and ryan merriman.
Ben returned from the deep end as another child and has never felt entirely at ease with the family he was born into. It is a story that is all too familiar to many of us, made frighteningly routine by the young faces emblazoned on milk cartons or steeped in pathos by hollywood scriptwriters. Even more interestingly, several objectionable elements in the novel have been omitted from the film version. About the deep end of the ocean by jacquelyn mitchard.
An oscar nomination follows, as does the disappearance of bens. In its heyday, the luxury property hosted such luminaries as mary pickford and john barrymore. Beth cappadora loses her young son ben in a bustling hotel lobby. Book description new york times bestselling author jacquelyn mitchard captured the heart of a nation with the deep end of the ocean, her celebrated debut novel.
Then, nine years later, a boy knocks on the cappadora s door. Watch the deep end of the ocean online 1999 movie yidio. Ben is married with a baby girl, kerry is studying to be an opera singer, and vincent has emerged from his troubled adolescence as a fledgling filmmaker. The story is about a family who has to deal with the abduction of their young son ben cappadora.