Original: On April 19 , 2009 , Lifetime Movie Network aired Natalee Holloway , a television film based on Beth Holloway 's book Loving Natalee . Starring Tracy Pollan as Beth Holloway-Twitty , Grant Show as George '' Jug '' Twitty , Amy Gumenick as Natalee Holloway and Jacques Strydom as Joran van der Sloot , the film retells events leading up to the night of Holloway 's disappearance in 2005 , and the ensuing investigation in the aftermath .
Simplified: The movie , which aired April 19 , 2009 , under the title '' Natalee Holloway '' , stars Tracy Pollan as Beth Holloway , Grant Show as George '' Jug '' Twitty , and Amy Gumenick as Natalee Holloway .