September 25, 2003

"THE ELIZABETH SMART STORY," A NEW TELEVISION MOVIE

THAT CENTERS ON THE HIGH-PROFILE ABDUCTION CASE,

TO BE BROADCAST SUNDAY, NOV. 9 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Dylan Baker ("Road to Perdition"), Lindsay Frost ("The Secret Life of Doris Duke") And Amber Marshall ("The Christmas Shoes") Star as Ed, Lois and Elizabeth Smart

Dylan Baker, Lindsay Frost and Amber Marshall star in THE ELIZABETH SMART STORY, a new television movie about the high-profile abduction case that captivated the nation, to be broadcast as the "CBS Sunday Movie," Sunday, Nov. 9 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Based on accounts by the Smart family, the drama will recount the teenager's disturbing 2002 kidnapping from her Salt Lake City home and her remarkable return nine months later.

Dylan Baker ("Road to Perdition," "From the Earth to the Moon") will star as Ed Smart, Lindsay Frost ("Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke," "The Ring") as Lois Smart and Amber Marshall ("The Christmas Shoes," "Super Rupert") as Elizabeth Smart.

Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth (Marshall) was abducted from her bedroom on June 5, 2002. Her sister, Mary Katherine (Hannah Lochner), then 9, witnessed the abduction. Miraculously, months later, she told her parents that she recalled that the kidnapper resembled a man named Emmanuel (Tom Everett) who had once worked as a handyman for the family. On March 13, 2003, Elizabeth, now 15, was found in a suburb of Salt Lake City after police had received calls from two couples who recognized Brian David Mitchell (a.k.a. Emmanuel) from press reports. Mitchell, a woman later identified as Wanda Barzee (Hollis McLaren), and Elizabeth had been walking down the street carrying bedrolls when Mitchell was spotted.

The television movie will reveal new details, unknown to the public, about the family's intense story from the time Emmanuel first worked on the Smart's house, through the abduction, and ultimately Elizabeth's return home. The drama will center on the Smart family's search efforts, the community's support and how they navigated their way through the complicated justice system and the nationwide press frenzy over the case.

Dylan Baker's feature film credits include "Road to Perdition," "Head of State," "Changing Lanes," "Along Came a Spider" and the upcoming sequel "Spider-Man II," which begins production in 2004. His television credits include "The Pitts," the cable mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon," the CBS crime drama "Feds" and "Murder One." Baker has appeared as a guest star in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "The Practice," "Law & Order," "Oz," and "Miami Vice," among others.

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Lindsay Frost's feature film credits include "Learning Curves," "The Ring" and "Collateral Damage." Her television credits include the mini series "Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke" and "My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story," both on CBS, "Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story," the television series, "High Incident," "Birdland," and the CBS daytime drama, "As the World Turns." Frost has also guest-starred on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," on the Network, "Crossing Jordan," and "Frasier," among others.

Amber Marshall's television credits include the CBS television movie "The Christmas Shoes," the television series "Super Rupert," as well as guest appearances on "Monk" and "Doc."

Tom Everett's numerous television credits include "C.S.I. Miami," "The District," "JAG," "Picket Fences," "Martial Law," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Diagnosis Murder," all on the Network, as well as "Alias," "Profiler," "The Pretender," "ER," "L.A. Law" and "Cheers," among others. His feature film credits include "Pear Harbor," "Thirteen Days," "Air Force One," "My Fellow Americans," "Dances with Wolves," "Die Hard," "Beverly Hills Cop" and "The Good bye Girl."

Hollis McLaren's television credits include the series "Pit Pony," "Emily of New Moon" and "The Littlest Hobo" and the television movies "Life with Billy," "Mary Silliman's War" and "Just Jesse." Her feature film credits include "Marion Bridge," "Atlantic City," "Lost and Found," "Welcome to Blood City," "Partners" and "Sudden Fury."

Hannah Lochner's television credits include the mini-series "Salem Witch Trials" and the television movie "Nora Roberts' Sanctuary," both on the Network," as well as "Terminal Invasion," "The Pentagon Papers," "All Around the Town," "The Interrogation of Michael Crowe," "Traders" and "Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story," among others. Her feature film credits include "Encrypt" and "Behind the Red Door."

THE ELIZABETH SMART STORY is from executive producers Patricia Clifford ("Three Blind Mice," "Death of a Salesman"), Jeff Morton ("Oliver Beene," "Double Jeopardy"), Frank von Zerneck ("We Were the Mulvaneys," "Heart of a Stranger") and Robert Sertner ("We Were the Mulvaneys," "Heart of a Stranger") for von Zerneck/Sertner Films and Patricia Clifford Productions. The screenplay was written by Nancey Silvers ("One Special Night," "Moms on Strike").

RATING: To Be Announced

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Note to Editors: Photo of the Smart family visiting the set are currently available on www.cbspressexpress.com.

Press Contacts: Andrea Ballas 323/575-2858 andrea.ballas@tvc.cbs.com Beth Feldman 212/975-3183 bstoller-feldman@cbs.com?