Changeling
Clint Eastwood directs and Angelina Jolie John Malkovich in a provocative thriller based on actual events: Changeling. In the film, Christine Collins' (Jolie) prayers are met when her kidnapped son is returned. But amid the madness of the photo-op reunion, she realizes this child is not hers. Facing corrupt police and a skeptical public, they desperately search for answers, only to be confronted with a truth that will change her forever.
Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and went to work. When she came home, she discovered he had disappeared. A fruitless search results, and months later, a boy who claims to be supported by the nine-year-old returned. Blinded by the swirl of agents, reporters and her struggle emotions, Christine allows him to be able to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows that he is not Walter.
As she pushes authorities to keep searching, she learns that in Prohibition-era LA, women do not challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (Malkovich), which helps in the fight against the city in search of her missing son. On the basis of the actual incident that rocked California legal system, Changeling tells the shocking story of a mother's search for her son, and that will not stop until they silence her.
Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son, Walter, and went to work. When she came home, she discovered he had disappeared. A fruitless search results, and months later, a boy who claims to be supported by the nine-year-old returned. Blinded by the swirl of agents, reporters and her struggle emotions, Christine allows him to be able to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows that he is not Walter.
As she pushes authorities to keep searching, she learns that in Prohibition-era LA, women do not challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (Malkovich), which helps in the fight against the city in search of her missing son. On the basis of the actual incident that rocked California legal system, Changeling tells the shocking story of a mother's search for her son, and that will not stop until they silence her.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Written by: J. Michael Straczynski
Cast: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Michael Kelly
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Thriller
Official Site: N/A
Release Date: October 24, 2008 (limited) / November 7, 2008 (wide)
Trailer: www.youtube.com
Movie Trivia
- It premiered in competition at the 61st Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2008, where he received laudatory reviews.
- Ron Howard was originally slated to direct, but the planning problems and Universal desire to fast track the project led to his replacement by Eastwood.
- The film is set in the 1920s and is loosely based on real life murders Ohio Wine Chicken.
- In what is described as a "technical innovation", Eastwood and Stern used wireless hand-held video screens to watch the live feed of a certain image.
- Eastwood was clear childhood memories of living in Los Angeles in the years 1930 and attempted to recreate some details in the film.
- Change Ling is the first film by Eastwood for a studio, with the exception of Warner Bros. because the absolute power in 1997, and is also its first director for Universal since the Eiger Sanction in 1975.
World Release dates
12 Nov., 2008: Belgium, France
28 November, 2008: UK
December 4, 2008: Netherlands
12 December, 2008: Sweden
19 Dec., 2008: Spain
16 Jan, 2008: Denmark
22 January, 2008: Argentina, Chile
30 Jan., 2008: Norway
March 24, 2008: Germany
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