Editing Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart (section)

==Media==
===Television interviews===
In October 2003, Elizabeth Smart and her parents were interviewed for a special segment of ''Dateline NBC.'' The interview, conducted by the ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' show's [[Katie Couric]], featured Elizabeth's first interview with any media outlet. Couric questioned Elizabeth's parents about their experiences while Elizabeth was missing, including the Smarts' personal opinions concerning Elizabeth's captors. Couric then interviewed Elizabeth about school and her life following her kidnapping.

Shortly after the ''Dateline'' interview, Elizabeth Smart and her family were featured on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', where [[Oprah Winfrey|Winfrey]] questioned the Smarts about the kidnapping.

In July 2006, legal commentator and television personality [[Nancy Grace]] interviewed Elizabeth Smart, purportedly to talk about pending legislation on sex-offender registration, but repeatedly asked her for information about her experience. In response to the questioning, Elizabeth told Grace, "I really am here to support the bill and not to go into what, you know, what happened to me." When Grace persisted, asking Elizabeth what it was like to see out of a [[niqab]] her abductors forced her to wear, Elizabeth stated: "I'm really not going to talk about this at this time ... and to be frankly honest I really don't appreciate you bringing all this up." Grace did not pursue further questioning about the abduction.

Smart discussed child abductions on the January 22, 2024, season premiere of the rebooted ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'' with [[John Walsh (television host)|John Walsh]] and his son [[Callahan Walsh]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Elizabeth Smart, kidnapped at 14, shares how she survived |url=https://www.fox35orlando.com/video/1402648 |access-date=January 31, 2024 |website=FOX 35 Orlando |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Literature===
The Smart family published a book, ''Bringing Elizabeth Home'' ({{ISBN|978-0385512145}}). Elizabeth's uncle Tom Smart co-authored a book with ''[[Deseret News]]'' journalist [[Lee Benson]], titled ''In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation'' ({{ISBN|978-1556526213}}), which criticized the investigation process by the Salt Lake City Police Department, as well as noting the media influences that led to her successful recovery.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smart|first1=Tom|last2=benson|first2=Lee|title=In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation|publisher=[[Chicago Review Press]]|year=2005|isbn=1-55652-579-6|url=https://archive.org/details/inplainsightstar00smar}}</ref>

===Film depictions===
The kidnapping was depicted in the 2003 television film ''[[The Elizabeth Smart Story]]'', which was directed by [[Bobby Roth]], and based on the book ''Bringing Elizabeth Home''. It starred [[Amber Marshall (actor)|Amber Marshall]] as Elizabeth Smart, [[Dylan Baker]] and [[Lindsay Frost]] as her parents, and [[Tom Everett]] as Brian David Mitchell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/the-elizabeth-smart-story-v358946 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718023906/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/the-elizabeth-smart-story-v358946 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |title=The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie |publisher=Allrovi.com |date=November 9, 2003 |access-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref> It was nominated for three [[Young Artist Awards]] in 2004. The film first aired on [[CBS]] on November 9, 2003, eight months after Elizabeth was found.

In 2017 on the 15th anniversary of her abduction, [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] aired the made-for-TV film titled ''[[I Am Elizabeth Smart]]'', narrated and produced by Smart, which tells the story of her kidnapping from her own perspective. The film starred [[Alana Boden]] as Elizabeth Smart, [[Skeet Ulrich]] as Brian David Mitchell, and [[Deirdre Lovejoy]] as Wanda Ileen Barzee.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Saraiya |first=Sonia |title=Lifetime's 'I Am Elizabeth Smart' |date=November 17, 2017 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |department=TV Reviews |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/reviews/i-am-elizabeth-smart-review-lifetime-1202617906/ |access-date=November 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171126153148/http://variety.com/2017/tv/reviews/i-am-elizabeth-smart-review-lifetime-1202617906/ |archive-date=November 26, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Also airing in 2017 is ''[[Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography]]'' from [[Biography (TV series)|Biography]], a two-hour telefilm.