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Changeling (2008) -- Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie in The Changeling, a drama in which a mother's prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn't take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers.
Changeling (2008) -- Clip: Rev Briegleb and a lawyer visit with Christine
Changeling (2008) -- Interview: Clint Eastwood "On the film being based on a true story"
Changeling (2008) -- A mother's prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn't take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers.
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
J. Michael Straczynski (written by)
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Release Date:
31 October 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
To find her son, she did what no one else dared.
Plot:
A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it stubbornly tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child, while also refusing to give up hope that she will find him one day. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 31 nominations more
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Interesting period piece more (282 total)

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Rated R for some violent and disturbing content, and language.
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141 min
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Black and White (opening and end sequence) | Color
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2.35 : 1 more
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Ron Howard planned to direct the film himself, until scheduling conflicts dictated otherwise. He then decided to serve as Executive Producer. more
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Anachronisms: When Capt. Jones tells Christine Collins that her son is safe, and that he was seen with a drifter, Jones says that he has put out an "APB" on the drifter. He means "all points bulletin," but the earliest recorded use of the abbreviation was in the 1960s. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Christine Collins: Walter, honey. Time to wake up.
Walter Collins: Just ten more minutes...
Christine Collins: Sorry, sport. You can sleep in tomorrow, that's what Saturdays are for.
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Upon which events is this film based?
Is "Changeling" based on a book?
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91 out of 116 people found the following review useful.
Interesting period piece, 2 November 2008
9/10
Author: Tom Rito from Phoenix, AZ

Watching this film is like taking a look back in time. Everything is picture perfect, the beautiful automobiles, the red electric street cars, the telephones, the switchboard station with roller-skating supervisors, the house appliances, and the outstanding clothing, from dresses to hats to police uniforms, everything is meticulously detailed. The story, which we are told is true, is complex and multifaceted. Angelina Jolie, who plays Christine Collins, gives an outstanding performance as a single mother who returns home from work to find that her son is missing. This puts into motion a series of events that exposes the reality of what Los Angeles society was really like in the late 1920's. Corrupt Police, uncaring and self absorbed mental health professionals and the basic premise that people left to their own ambitions will do anything to secure their own prosperity. Although this paints a bleak picture of the human condition, the film show that the actions of a few good men can make a world of difference, John Malkovich as Reverend Gustav Briegleb, is determined to expose the corrupt Police in his radio talk show, Michael Kelly as detective Lester Ybarra, although hampered by his superiors, uncovers what really happened to the boy and the unlikely hero, a powerful attorney who takes her case pro-bono comes to her rescue. If indeed this is a true story, then to see these people stand up to the powers that be is a ray of hope to all of us that there were people who were strong and principled. We can only hope that there are still people like that out there today.

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