Title: The Changeling (film)
Content:  • George C. Scott as John Russell • Trish Van Devere as Claire Norman • Melvyn Douglas as Sen. Joseph Carmichael • John Colicos as DeWitt • Jean Marsh as Joanna Russell • Barry Morse as Doctor Pemberton • Madeleine Sherwood as Mrs. Norman • Helen Burns as Leah Harmon • Frances Hyland as Mrs. Grey • Eric Christmas as Albert Harmon • Roberta Maxwell as Eva Lingstrom • Bernard Behrens as Robert Lingstrom • James B. Douglas as Eugene Carmichael • J. Kenneth Campbell as Colin • Janne Mortil as Linda Grey • Terence Kelly as Sgt. Durban • Michelle Martin as Kathy Russell • Antonia Rey as Estancia • Louis Zorich as Stewart Adler • Voldi Way as Joseph's Ghost • Gary Zahnow as Bank teller
Title: The Changeling (film)
Content:  The Changeling is a 1980 Canadian supernatural psychological horror film directed by Peter Medak and starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, and Melvyn Douglas. Its plot follows an esteemed New York City composer who relocates to Seattle, where he moves into a mansion he comes to believe is haunted. The screenplay is based upon events that writer Russell Hunter claimed he experienced while he was living in the Henry Treat Rogers mansion in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, in the late 1960s; Hunter served as a co-writer of the film. The film premiered at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas on March 26, 1980, and was released simultaneously in Canada and the United States two days later. It received positive critical reviews, and was an early Canadian-produced film to have major success internationally. The film won eight inaugural Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and was nominated for two Saturn Awards. It is considered a cult film, arguably one of the best horror films of all time, and one of the most influential Canadian films of all time.
Title: Changeling (film)
Content: Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins ; John Malkovich as Rev. Gustav Briegleb ; Jeffrey Donovan as Captain J.J. Jones ; Michael Kelly as Det. Lester Ybarra ; Colm Feore as Chief James E. Davis ; Jason Butler Harner as Gordon Stewart Northcott ; Eddie Alderson as Sanford Wesley Clark ; Amy Ryan as Carol Dexter ; Geoff Pierson as Sammy "S.S." Hahn ; Denis O'Hare as Dr. Jonathan Steele ; Frank Wood as Ben Harris ; Peter Gerety as Dr. Earl W. Tarr ; Reed Birney as Mayor George E. Cryer ; Gattlin Griffith as Walter Collins ; Dale Dickey as Patient ; Jim Cantafio as Desk Sergeant 
Title: Changeling (film)
Content:  not be made, despite admiration for the script in the industry. Howard and Imagine partner Brian Grazer began looking for a new director to helm the project; they pitched the film to Eastwood in February 2007, and immediately after reading the script he agreed to direct. Eastwood said his memories of growing up during the Great Depression meant that whenever a project dealing with the era landed in his hands, he "redoubled his attention" to it. Eastwood also cited the script's focus on Collins—rather than the "Freddy Krueger" story of Northcott's crimes—as a factor in deciding to make the film.
Title: Changeling (film)
Content:  11 days. Straczynski's agent passed the script to producer Jim Whitaker. He forwarded it to Ron Howard, who optioned it immediately. In June 2006, Universal Studios and Howard's Imagine Entertainment bought the script for Howard to direct. The film was on a short list of projects for Howard after coming off the commercial success of The Da Vinci Code. In March 2007, Universal fast-tracked the production. When Howard chose Frost/Nixon and Angels & Demons as his next two directing projects, it became clear he could not direct Changeling until 2009. After Howard stepped down, it looked as if the film 
Title: Changeling (film)
Content:  Changeling is a 2008 American mystery crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. The story was based on real-life events, specifically the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders in Mira Loma, California. It stars Angelina Jolie as a woman united with a boy who she realizes is not her missing son. When she tries to demonstrate this to the police and city authorities, she is vilified as delusional, labeled as an unfit mother, and confined to a psychiatric ward. The film explores themes of child endangerment, female disempowerment, political corruption, mistreatment of mental health patients, and the repercussions of violence. Working in 1983 as a special correspondent for the now defunct 
Title: Changeling (film)
Content:  Changeling was director of photography Tom Stern's sixth film with Eastwood. Despite the muted palette, the film is more colorful than some previous Stern–Eastwood collaborations. Stern referenced a large book of period images. He attempted to evoke Conrad Hall's work on Depression-set film The Day of the Locust, as well as match what he called the "leanness" of Mystic Rivers look. Stern said the challenge was to make Changeling as simple as possible to shoot. To focus more on Jolie's performance, he tended to avoid the use of fill lighting. Eastwood did not want the flashbacks to Northcott's ranch to be too 
Title: Changeling (film)
Content:  and his Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer produced Changeling alongside Malpaso Productions' Robert Lorenz and Eastwood. Universal Pictures financed and distributed the film. Several actors campaigned for the leading role; ultimately, Eastwood decided that Jolie's face would suit the 1920s period setting. The film also stars Jeffrey Donovan, Jason Butler Harner, John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, and Amy Ryan. While some characters are composites, most are based on actual people. Principal photography, which began on October 15, 2007, and concluded a few weeks later in December, took place in Los Angeles and other locations in southern California. Actors and crew noted that Eastwood's low-key direction resulted in a calm set and short working days. In post production, scenes were 
Title: Changeling (film)
Content:  with computer-generated skylines, backgrounds, vehicles and people. Changeling premiered to critical acclaim at the 61st Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2008. Additional festival screenings preceded a limited release in the United States on October 24, 2008, followed by a general release in North America on October 31, 2008; in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2008; and in Australia on February 5, 2009. Critical reaction was more mixed than at Cannes. While the acting and story were generally praised, the film's "conventional staging" and "lack of nuance" were criticized. Changeling earned $113 million in box-office revenue worldwide—of which $35.7 million came from the United States and Canada—and received nominations in three Oscar and eight BAFTA Award categories.
Title: Changeling (film)
Content:  Week magazine, Straczynski first encountered the story of Christine Collins and her son from a Los Angeles City Hall contact. Over the ensuing years he kept researching the story but never felt he was ready to tackle it. Out of television writing for several years and practically blacklisted in the industry because he was considered difficult to work with, he returned to researching and then finally writing the story in 2006. Almost all of the film's script was drawn from thousands of pages of documentation. His first draft became the shooting script; it was his first film screenplay to be produced. Ron Howard had intended to direct the film, but scheduling conflicts led to his replacement by Eastwood. 

Question: Who was the director of The Changeling?
Answer: Peter Medak.