Spring 2001
In the valley of the shadow
The hit Hollywood movie Proof of Life — starring Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe and David Morse — makes for great cinema: an American engineer captured by South American guerrillas. A forlorn wife. A handsome “kidnap and ransom” negotiator. A daring rescue in the heart of the guerrilla camp. But after hearing the story that inspired the movie, you may wonder why Hollywood changed the plot at all.