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Ann Rule's And Never Let Her Go

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ann rule's and never let her go is a brilliant true crime masterpiece. this is the chilling story of tom capano....a rich, brilliant in law, charming and evil in his manpulation.
mark harmon gives a tour de force performance this is better than deliberate stranger. i love this performance of a man so evil. let me tell you how evil this guy is....he is very controlling. he lies to everyone women he see. he will lie to get to the one girl that didnt want him. he makes his lover buy the murder weapon so that he wouldnt be caught in a gun shop. he uses his brothers construction business to dump the body and has a freaky side to his madness if you know what i mean. these are just some of the evil that tom capano has done. watching mark harmon is amazing and this is a must have for your dvd collection
this is not your typical lifetime movie. this is a masterpiece. mark deserves an emmy for this performance.

This Made-for-TV movie has a runtime of 3 hrs 20 minutes. This reviewer and regular Ann Rule reader thinks that is not long enough.
Adam Greenman's teleplay adaptation of Ms Rule's True Crime book And Never Let Her Go: Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer, leaves out a lot and might leave the non-reader watcher befuddled and confused. For example, the torrid tawdry Capano/Christine affair is barely hinted, although it was a focal point of the trial and fodder for the tabloids.

In contrast to the teleplay writer's wrongful redactions, the Casting Director is to be commended. Pre-Naval Intelligence Mark Harmon is perfect as the slimy Thomas Capano; Kathryn Morris is not a Cold Case as victim Anne Marie Fahey, who narrates a la Brenda Strong's Mary Alice Young Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season; Rachel Ward, she of ill-starred romance (The Thorn Birds) is a cool Christine; and Momma Moonstruck (Deluxe Edition) is a magnificent matriarch for the Capano clan.

So read the book this week, then, this weekend, make a nice cozy fire and settle in to watch a wicked good movie.

/TundraVision, Amazon Reviewer

I love this movie. I watch everytime they show it on Lifetime, and I'm so glad that I found it on dvd. It's really worth buying if you like made-for-tv movies and especially if you like Anne Rule movies.

Ann Rule is the world's best true crime writer. It's almost impossible to put her books down once you've started them, and so I was happy to find one of her books made into a movie that came out on DVD. Many movies based on her books have been shown on Lifetime, but few of these movies can be purchased.

This one is a gem and two of TVs top stars have contributed memorable performances. I've loved Kathryn Morris, of Cold Case, since I saw her in "The Contender" in a small but brilliant role, and Mark Harmon, NCIS, has shown us once again how effectively he plays handsome, smooth, charming and deadly.

Morris portrays Ann Marie Fahey, a beautiful, successful, well-educated woman who is still traumatized by childhood memories. She falls for a married, well-connected lawyer named Tom Capano whom another character mentions knows how to find needy women and capitalize on their neediness. When Ann Marie tries to break away from him, he kills her. The movie then focuses on the problems the police encounter when a very powerful and wealthy man commits a terrible crime then hides the body so effectively that it can't be found.

At the time of Capano's trial he was sentenced to death, but this has since been commuted to life in prison. I guess he was just too important to kill.

Mark Harmon does a masterful job of portraying Tom Capano, a politically powerful Wilmington attorney involved in simultaneous love affairs. I was so impressed and intrigued by the movie, I had to read the book. And I'm still not sure Tom Capano did it. Capano is depicted by Ann Rule as an obsessive planner with daily sheets of how he will spend his day broken down into 15 minute increments. How could he spontaneously murder someone? And if he had planned the murder, why would he murder her in his own home? And how could the dress she was wearing at dinner be found in her own apartment, neatly laid out on her bed without a bloodstain on it? And what about the fruit in her kitchen left to spoil? I'm sure Capano got rid of the body, but did he kill her?

The manipulation, the lines he used, and what they really meant. How he keenly turned the tables, the wording of his control. Tom Campano's mother favored him, so she help create the sociopath. He could do no wrong, which makes him believe he is above the law. That is the part that was so shocking , when in the end the mother chose her favorite again and dissed the son who had to tell the police the truth, or face prison himself. He had a drug charge. I believe he was on drugs because of the mother. So let her suffer when the Golden boy gets his. She not a good mother, I dont care what kind of a family they came from, no mother in their right mind does this to one of ther children. I hope the other brothers heal. Im sure their mother does not a penny left after paying lawyers for the golden boy. Read what the judge said at sentencing about him.
Another very good movie, Anne Rule hit the ball out of the park on this one.

If you love Mark Harmon you really need to watch this. If Tom Capano was anything like Mark I would have fallen for his lies too. This is a heartbreaking true story of a young woman who falls for the wrong man, and unfortunately in this case the cost was her life.

Mark is marvelous as usual the perfect mix of charm and terror. If you are prone to tears this may be a tough watch but I think it is definetly worth your time. I just feel so awful for the real Ann's poor family!!! I can't imagine what they had to endure.

If you are a Mark Harmon Fan , this DVD is for you...Creepy as it is you will never look at Mark Harmon the same way when you are watching NCIS....lol.
Very strong presents plays the part very well and with so much life.
This is a must for your DVD collection.

I really like Mark Harmon and he is a very convincing ladies man and murderer in this movie.

I caught this one late night on the movies for women channel because of Kathryn Morris who was all too briefly beautifully brunette in The Contender and Minority Report before she became a successful working actor with Cold Case. This movie is very entertaining for a number of reasons: It has a strong East Coast Irish culture theme going on complete with sweaters, a pub and even a store selling those pricey white nightgowns and handmade lace. Kathryn Morris has a wild nearsighted smiley face and lovely narrow silhouette, only her terrible bottle blonde pixie cut makes her believable as someone who doesn't like herself enough to put up with Mark Harmon's Tom Capano. Mark Harmon is essentially acting like Mark Harmon which contrasts scarily with his lines. So here's swooney aging well Mark Harmon with way too much disposable income, add in Rachel Ward with unflattering eyebrows and a believable American accent and OLYMPIA DUKAKIS pretending to be Italian again plus Kathryn Morris has a good girl bachelorette apartment with a lot of character appropriate tchotchkes and there is just not an unentertaining moment watching this movie. It's very dishy and if it wasn't based on nonfiction, kinda anti-Italian American because there's a construction company, a dogmatic matriarch and ready access to career criminals. This is definitely a cautionary tale to hold out for Mr. Right no matter how bored and underpaid you are. There is no time wasted on any supposed romance between the victim and the murder. This is not about ardor but cruelty and hatred of women. Casting Mark Harmon just makes it easier to deliver the lesson but I had a feeling while watching this that the real Tom Capano is not nearly as charismatic and good looking as the actor who portrayed him. Casting Kathryn Morris meant that the contents of the diary would not reflect negatively upon her characterbecause of the actress's ability to communicate vulnerability and worthiness; it is inconceivable that anyone could hurt her and inexcusable of anyone who would do so.