Changeling
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Clint Eastwood
Angelina Jolie
Amy Ryan
John Malkovich
Jeffrey Donovan
Riki Lindhome
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Los Angeles, March 1928: On a beautiful Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, single mother Christine Collins says goodbye to her nine-year-old son, Walter, and leaves for her job as a telephone operator. But when Christine returns to their modest home, she is confronted with every parent's worst nightmare: her son has vanished. An exhaustive and fruitless search ensues, but Walter has disappeared without a trace--until five months later, when a child--claiming to be her boy--is returned by police who are eager to bask in the public-relations coup of reuniting mother and child. Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters, photographers and her own conflicted emotions, Christine is persuaded to take the boy home. But in her heart, she knows he is not Walter. As she pushes authorities to keep looking for her real son, Christine learns that in Prohibition-era L.A., women don't challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, she finds an ally in community activist Reverend Gustav Briegleb, who helps her fight the city to look for her missing boy. Facing corrupt police who question her sanity and a skeptical public hungry for a fairy-tale ending, Christine desperately hunts for answers. As she searches, she becomes an unlikely heroine for the poor and downtrodden who have been systematically abused and swept aside by the police state that has gripped L.A. Now, one woman's quest won't stop until she finds her son--unless those assigned to protect and serve silence her for good.
Director
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Clint Eastwood
Cast
Angelina Jolie
Amy Ryan
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John Malkovich
Jeffrey Donovan
Riki Lindhome
Kelly Lynn Warren
Colm Feore
Jason Butler Harner
Geoffrey Pierson
Devon Gearhart
Sterling Wolfe
Wendy Worthington
Morgan Eastwood
Frank Wood
Jim Nieb
Eddie Alderson
Michael Kelly
Denis O'hare
Peter Gerety
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Reed Birney
Gattlin Griffith
Devon Conti
Michelle Martin
Jan Devereaux
Erica Grant
Antonia Bennett
Kerri Randles
Madison Hodges
Ric Sarabia
J.p. Bumstead
Debra Christofferson
Russell Edge
Steve Alvarez
Pete Rockwell
John Harrington Bland
Pamela Dunlap
Roger Hewlett
Jim Cantafio
Maria Bembenek
Dawn Flood
Dale Dickey
Michael Mccafferty
David Goldman
Anthony Demarco
Joshua Logan Moore
Joe Kaprielian
Muriel Minot
Kevin Glikmann
Drew Richards
Hope Shapiro
Caleb Campbell
Jeff Cockey
Zachary Mills
Colby French
Scott Leva
Rich King
Clint Ward
Michael Dempsey
Peter Breitmayer
Phil Van Tee
Lily Knight
Ryan Cutrona
Mary Stein
William Charlton
Cooper Thornton
E. J. Callahan
Dalton Stumbo
Austin Mensch
Gregg Binkley
Brian Prescott
Jeffrey Hutchinson
Asher Axe
Edward J Protiva
Crew
Scott M. Anderson
Terry Anderson
David Arnold
James Ashwill
Bub Asman
Doreen Austria
William Barillaro
Romain Bayle
Claire Benjamin
Paul Berolzheimer
Sebastian Bilbao
Mark Billingham
Kai Blomberg
Jill Bogdanowicz
Michael Borgstrom
Richard Boris
David Boulton
Corey C. Bronson
Greg Brooks
Jerrold F. Brooks
Richard Bucher
Hector M Bueno
Buzzy Burwell
Sabrina Calley
Stephen S. Campanelli
Stephen S. Campanelli
Rick Canelli
Katie Carroll
Gail Carroll-coe
Trevor Carroll-coe
Pam Cartmel
Bill Cawley
Ellen Chenoweth
Robert Chinello
Audrey Chon
Alan Chuck
Michael Cipriano
Vincent Cirilli
Bobby Clark
Dylan Clark
Janis Clark
Bill Coe
Lucy Coldsnow-smith
David Cox
Joel Cox
Divi Crockett
Shawn Crowder
John Cucci
Ann Culotta
Paul Darnell
Valerie Davidson
Tony Deale
Patricia Dehaney
Loren Dennis
Greg Dennon
Flash Deros
Elixandro Diaz Jr.
Andy Dorowsky
Jason Dowdeswell
Peter Dress
Michael Dressel
Ross Dunkerley
Casey Dunn
Debora Dunphy
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Kyle Eastwood
Charlie Edwards
Moritz Eiche
Juno J. Ellis
Christian Emond
Chuck Eskridge
John Paul Fasal
James Fernandez
Robert Fernandez
Robert Fernandez
Gary Fettis
Kate Fettis
Peter Fiala
Matt Floyd
Jo Kissack Folsom
Mark Freund
Toni G
Kathryn Galberth
Brian Gallagher
Matthew Gannon
Craig Garfield
Wiliam W. Gideon
Stephen A. Gindorf
Vicki Goldsmith
Holly Goline
Jason S. Gondek
Adrian Gorton
Brian Grazer
Holly Hagy
Geoff Hancock
Barbara Harris
Philippe Hartmann
Zoe Hay
Lindsey Hennig
Leo A Hernandez
George Hess
Tony Hobbs
Dennis Hoffman
Larry Holt
Deborah Hopper
John Horning
Ron Howard
Natalie Hsieh
David Hughes
Robert J Iannaccone
Nancy James
Colin Jamison
Annie Jewell
Mark D. Katchur
Nathan Kimball
Donald A. Kincade
Jason King
Jonathan Klein
Marta Knapik
Krista Lee Kuebler
John Lacy
David Ladish
Steven G Ladish
Donna Langley
Allan Lee
Jodi Leininger
Lisa J Levine
Shirley Lipscomb
Brandon Loeser
Robert Lorenz
Deana Lou
David Low
Joseph M Lyons
Walt Martin
Michael Masumoto
Jim Matheny
Karri Mayo
Debbi Mazor
Nancy Mcardle
Tania Mccomas
Carol Mcconnaughey
Kerry Lyn Mckissick
Shauna Bryan Mcleod
Robert A. Mcmahan
Dustin Meier
Jessica Meier
Eddie J Merino
Geoffrey Miclat
Patrick Mignano
Abel Milanes
Darin Millett
Brian Minzlaff
Felicia Molinari
T Ryan Mooney
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
Bryan Moss
James J Murakami
Donald W Murphy
Ryan Murphy
Alan Robert Murray
Blu Murray
Kevin Murray
Jared A.j. Muscarella
Michael A. Muscarella
Rupert Nadeau
Kathy Nelson
Loren Nickloff
Lennie Niehaus
Carol O'connell
Carol A. O'connell
Dan O'connell
Thomas J. O'connell
Jamie Olvera
Michael Owens
Jinnie Pak
Earl Paraszczynec
Enrico Paronelli
Jennifer Pedevilla
Bob Peishel
Trish Pertschi
Christine Petrov
David Poole
Daniel R Purinton
Liz Radley
Amelia Rasche
Ferguson Reid M.d.
John T Reitz
Samuel W Reynolds
Dennis Richardson
Shari Ann Riley
Steven Riley
Tony Rivetti
Gary D. Roach
Ryan Robinson
Dom Rodriguez
J.p. Romano
Luci Romberg
Gregg Rudloff
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-winner of the Special Prize for the 61st Festival award (Clint Eastwood) at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Nominated for the 2008 award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Angelina Jolie) by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
Winner of the 2008 Satellite Award for Best Actress - Drama (Angelina Jolie) by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Winner of two 2008 awards including Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picure and Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture by the Visual Effects Society (VES).
Limited Release in United States October 24, 2008
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States Fall October 24, 2008
Released in United States on Video February 17, 2009
Released in United States September 2008
Wide Release in United States October 31, 2008
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premiere) September 5-14, 2008.
Shown at New York Film Festival (Centerpiece) September 26-October 12, 2008.
Ron Howard was previously attached to direct.
Project was included on the 2006 Black List.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at New York Film Festival (Centerpiece) September 26-October 12, 2008.)
Released in United States on Video February 17, 2009
Released in United States September 2008 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Premiere) September 5-14, 2008.)
Limited Release in United States October 24, 2008
Released in United States Fall October 24, 2008
Wide Release in United States October 31, 2008