Changeling

"To find her son, she did what no one else dared."

2008 2h 22m EN

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Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

“To find her son, she did what no one else dared.”

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Cast

Angelina Jolie
Christine Collins
John Malkovich
Rev. Gustav Briegleb
Jeffrey Donovan
Captain J.J. Jones
Michael Kelly
Detective Lester Ybarra
Colm Feore
Chief James E. Davis
Jason Butler Harner
Gordon Northcott
Amy Ryan
Carol Dexter
Geoff Pierson
S.S. Hahn

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: J. Michael Straczynski
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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3 / 8

CAST

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298+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Clint Eastwood, shot by Tom Stern. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Clint Eastwood. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Joel Cox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich and Jeffrey Donovan carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To find her son, she did what no one else dared.".

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The take

Clint Eastwood directs. Tom Stern behind the camera. Clint Eastwood scores. Joel Cox cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 18 years ago.
3298+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Clint Eastwood, shot by Tom Stern. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Clint Eastwood. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Joel Cox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich and Jeffrey Donovan carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "To find her son, she did what no one else dared.".
9IMDB entry: tt0824747 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 22 themes, including "biography", "based on true story", "clergyman", "child in peril".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tom Stern
Original score: Clint Eastwood
Editing: Joel Cox
Production design: James J. Murakami
Costume design: Deborah Hopper
Makeup / hair: Zoe Hay
VFX supervisor: Michael Owens
Sound: Gregg Rudloff
Stunt coordinator: Buddy Van Horn
Runtime: 142 min · 2h 22m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $55,000,000
Box office: $113,400,000
Return: 206% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Changeling (2008)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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r96sk2022-02-10
★ 9/10
Dark! <em>'Changeling'</em> is a cracking release from 2008. Angelina Jolie gives a superb performance in the lead role, in a plot that is rather harrowing whilst also being actually incredibly infuriating - as in, the film does a great job at making the antagonists the antagonists. The cast, spearheaded by Jolie, are excellent. No-one is on her level per se, but there are very good performances from the likes of John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Donovan and Geoff Pierson; kid actor Eddie Alderson also impresses. I will say that the story wraps up in a quicker manner than I thought it would, though the pacing of the 142 minute run time is in fact one of its positives - even at that length, I feel it could've drawn out the court trial stuff longer; though that may have hindered the pacing, so it's not really a noteworthy criticism of mine at all. One worth recommending, no doubt!

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