Lifetime who is clark rockefeller

Who Is Clark Rockefeller? Photos Top cast Edit. Ted Atherton Det. John Ryan as Det. John Ryan. Philip Akin Det. Lewis Cook as Det. Lewis Cook. Jeffrey R. Smith Max Bernard as Max Bernard. Carleigh Beverly Meredith as Meredith. Noam Jenkins Attorney as Attorney.

Paul Hecht Attorney as Attorney. Mikael Salomon. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Called "the longest running con in FBI history," Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" McCormack had brilliantly impersonated numerous people, ranging from a talk show host to a Pentagon Advisor before ultimately claiming to be an heir to the famous Rockefeller family. Following a whirlwind courtship, the two married and had a daughter, Reigh Emily Alyn Lind, Eastwick before their rocky year union ended in divorce, leading Clark to abduct his beloved daughter after losing custody to Sandra.

With the help of FBI agent Megan Norton Taylor , Sandra's search for her daughter exposed Clark's lifelong con game for the world to see and ultimately raised questions about the real man and the deception he is capable of. Con Man. Add content advisory.

Did you know Edit. The Segway was not released until Quotes Reigh Boss : Where are we, Daddy? User reviews 3 Review. Top review. Premise is good, but the execution not so much. It plays out very much like a TV crime-solving show. Complete with the irritating music for every scene. The story is pretty interesting starting with us questioning that there's something not quite right with Clark and then the FBI uncovering one of their longest frauds in history.

Or at least that's what the movie claims. I'm not really sure how much of this is actually "based on a true story". The acting is decent. Sherry Springfield as the strong, desperate mother and Clark's ex-wife was quite good. Eric McCormack said the hardest part of playing this role was finding a balance between the two sides of Clark. After first looking at the story, Lopez said Lifetime decided to focus on the emotional journey of the Sandra Boss character.

McCormack added that despite it all the story really is a love story between Rockefeller and Boss. Some have wondered why Lifetime chose to cast Eric McCormack who is better known for comedic roles, not to mention that he is much better looking than the Rockefeller imposter, whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter. On a crisp fall day on Oct. An hour later, five girls were dead, and five were wounded and bleeding.

Lifetime decided to focus on the event from the point of view of two women close to the tragedy. Ida Graber, played by Kimberly Williams-Paisley, depicts a mother who loses her child in the shooting and the other, Amy Roberts, is the shooter's widow, played by Tammy Blanchard.

Ida Graber is a composite of multiple mothers who experienced the loss of their children in real life. After the tragic shooting, most people were surprised that the Amish community forgave the killer, as their faith requires, and some members of the tight-knit group even attended his funeral.

When I read the book, one of the things that struck me most was that one of the Amish women said she had to do it every day, she had to forgive every day. Sigourney Weaver played Mary Griffith, the mother of Bobby Griffith, a real-life man dealing with being gay in a devoutly Christian household. The film begins with Bobby questioning his sexuality and eventually coming out to his family.

At first, Mary believes that homosexuality is "curable" with prayer. Bobby tries to reconcile his feelings with the church's teachings but quickly spirals into depression. On a warm late August day, Bobby commits suicide by jumping from a freeway overpass in front of an wheeler. Lopez said that women can relate to this story because we all deal with internal conflicts at some point in our lives. Kissels" stars John Stamos as Andrew Kissel , who, along with his younger brother, becomes overcome with the power of money and the wives who watch it happen.

In real life, the Kissel brothers were both murdered. Andrew was a real estate developer involved in some shady dealings who was found stabbed to death in his basement in August , and his brother Robert , played by Anson Mount, was allegedly killed by his wife who served him a strawberry milkshake laced with sedatives and then bludgeoned him to death in November The movie begins in reverse order with Andrew's murder.

Through flashbacks, we see how the brothers climbed the social ladder and fell from it hard. Both brothers are obsessed with achieving what they call the "ultimate F-you number" or the amount of money they must have to never work again. Since it is Lifetime, the movie focuses on the emotional journeys of the brothers' wives. The trailer for this original movie shows the dramatic image of a Natalee Holloway missing poster crumpled and stained being ripped from a tree by the wind while Beth Twitty, her mother, played by Tracy Pollan, tells a group of gathered press that she will never stop looking for her daughter.

The year-old blonde went on her high school's senior trip to Aruba , and after a night of partying, she was never seen again with rumors circulating that she was either sold into white slavery or thrown into the ocean. In the summer of , Natalee's name was everywhere with cable news dedicating hours to covering the search. Based on "Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith," the movie centers around Beth Twitty's involvement in the search for her daughter and her emotional journey.

The real Beth Twitty was very involved in the filming of the movie, including visits to the set and screenings. According to Variety reports, the movie drew an average audience of 3.