Human target

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Life is turned upside down when, when intruders broke into a home and taped with explosives a mother and her daughter. To save her seven-year old daughter's life, The mom is forced to rob her own bank.

Director
Grant Harvey

Writers
Jim Kearns (teleplay)
Maria Nation (teleplay)
Michelle Renee (novel)

Cast
Julie Benz ... Michelle Renee/Estey
Bruce McGill ... (cop)
Natasha Calis ... Breea Estey

Premiere date
July 19, 2009 (Lifetime)

Did you know that?
- Based on the novel of the same name, Held Hostage follows the heart-rending journey of Michelle Renee who was held hostage for 14 hours and forced to rob a bank to save her daughter's life.
- Michelle is now a spokeswoman for Violence Against Women & Girls Awareness.
- Julie Benz about Michelle: "How could anyone have gone through this and not only survived, but has become such an inspiration?", "It is an honor to play such a courageous and loving woman and mother."
- Movie was filmed in Canada and wraps on june 5, 2009.

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(Held Hostage 2009 © Lifetime. Movie produced by Johnson Production Group and Held Hostage Productions, Inc. (Canada) for Lifetime Movie Network.)

- Held Hostage: The True Story of a Mother and Daughter's Kidnapping, the novel which inspired the movie, on Amazon.com
- The Violent Trauma Awareness Project
- Rock to Stop Violence
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Chadwick Center