Hey folks, Harry here... Haven't heard too much about this film, 24 HOURS yet, but it is directed by the behind ANGEL EYES, WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN, MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE and WHITE PALACE. It stars in addition to Kevin Bacon.... Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, Courtney Love and Dakota Fanning. The premise sounds interesting, and I suspect this will be an early 2002 release from Columbia....
Hiya Harry,
The Kevin Bacon vehicle 24 Hours has been shooting around my town, specifically a chase scene involving cars, huge trucks and kamikaze planes. It sounds crazy, and probably is. Anyway, the local paper Comox Valley Record printed a shot from the chase sequence, and I thought you might like to see it. Ciao!
-Jim
Amazon.Com had the following to say about the novel....
This explosive suspense thriller gets off to a blistering start: the kidnapping of a little boy--in eight breathless pages--that culminates with the child's safe return and the disappearance of the successful kidnappers. That sets the stage for the book's centerpiece, the abduction of little Abby Jennings, daughter of Will, a successful physician, and Karen, a slightly dissatisfied suburban woman who's wondering where the passion in her marriage went. The criminals' modus operandi is established early on. They target the progeny of Mississippi doctors, demand a reasonable (to an affluent M.D.) ransom, release the child after it's paid, and promise the victim parents that if they ever breathe a word of the incident to anyone, their kids will be taken again and killed. The kidnappings are carefully set up, targeted to take place when one parent is out of town at a medical meeting or convention, thus ensuring the cooperation of the other. And the victim is held by a sweet, slightly retarded but humongous and powerful man whose loyalty to his cousin, the mastermind, is unquestioned.
