CBS, November 17, 1999
Based on the novel by Anna Quindlen
Written by April Smith
Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, Anthony LaPaglia, Will Rotthaar, Sam Robards, Beau Starr, Sabrina Grdevich, Elizabeth Brown, Allegra Fulton, Victoria Snow
Directed by Paul Shapiro
Executive Producers Gerald W. Abrams, Jennifer Alward
Co-executive producer, Anna Quindlen
Filmed by Evolve Entertainment

     Anna Quindlen's best-selling novel (an Oprah Book Club selection) tells the story of Frannie Benedetto, a nurse (Mary Stuart Masterson), who is married to Bobby Benedetto, a New York City detective (Anthony La Paglia). For most of their twenty-year relationship Bobby has been physically abusing Frannie, but finally, for the sake of her son, Robert (Will Rothhaar), she plans an escape. The only way is to "go underground," completely change her identity, and kidnap her boy to Florida. For a while Frannie and Bobby play a tense game of cat and mouse, but ultimately, using the resources of the New York City police department, Bobby tracks her down, leading to an inevitable climax.
     Executive Producer Gerald W. Abrams was determined to bring Anna Quindlen's vision to the screen and had the strong support of CBS senior vice-president of movies and miniseries, Sunta Izzicupo. The challenge for April in writing the screen adaptation was to dramatize Bobby's pursuit, since the novel was told entirely from Frannie's point of view. April drew on her experience writing police drama, as well as personal sources within NYPD, to give reality to the methods a detective would have used to find someone who had completely disappeared. 
     The movie was shot in Toronto, but looks incredibly like downtown New York and seedy central Florida, thanks to the cinematography of Alar Kivilo.
     The Hollywood Reporter called this production, "Mesmerizing, first rate . . . " and acknowledged, "Razor-sharp dialogue by April Smith." 

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