Changeling (film)
Changeling is a 2008 American mystery crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski, that explores child endangerment, female disempowerment, political corruption, mistreatment of mental health patients, and the repercussions of violence.
The script was based on real- life events, specifically the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop Murders in Mira Loma, California.
The film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman united with a boy whom 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.
Working in 1983 as a special correspondent for the now defunct TV- Cable 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.
Howard 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 supplemented 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 worldwideof which$ 35.7 million came from the United States and Canadaand received nominations in three Oscar and eight BAFTA Award categories.
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Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr.( born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and politician.
After achieving success in the Western TV series" Rawhide", he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's" Dollars" Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five" Dirty Harry" films throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity.
For his work in the Western film" Unforgiven"( 1992) and the sports drama" Million Dollar Baby"( 2004), Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor.
Eastwood's greatest commercial successes have been the adventure comedy" Every Which Way But Loose"( 1978) and it s sequel, the action comedy" Any Which Way You Can"( 1980), after adjustment for inflation.
Other popular films include the Western" Hang' Em High"( 1968), the psychological thriller" Play Misty for Me"( 1971), the crime film" Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"( 1974), the Western" The Outlaw Josey Wales"( 1976), the prison film" Escape from Alcatraz"( 1979), the action film" Firefox"( 1982), the suspense thriller" Tightrope"( 1984), the Western" Pale Rider"( 1985), the war films" Where Eagles Dare"( 1968)," Kelly's Heroes"( 1970), and" Heartbreak Ridge"( 1986), the action thriller" In the Line of Fire"( 1993), the romantic drama" The Bridges of Madison County"( 1995), and the drama" Gran Torino"( 2008).
In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles, Eastwood has also directed films in which he did not appear, such as the mystery drama" Mystic River"( 2003) and the war film" Letters from Iwo Jima"( 2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations, the drama" Changeling"( 2008), and the South African biographical political sports drama" Invictus"( 2009).
The war drama biopic" American Sniper"( 2014) set box- office records for the largest January release ever and was also the largest opening ever for an Eastwood film.
Eastwood received considerable critical praise in France for several films, including some that were not well received in the United States.
Eastwood has been awarded two of France's highest honors: in 1994, he became a recipient of the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 2007, he was awarded the Legion of Honour medal.
In 2000, Eastwood was awarded the Italian Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
Since 1967, Eastwood's Malpaso Productions has produced all but four of his American films.
Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as mayor of Carmel- by- the- Sea, California, a non-partisan office.
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Question: Are director of film Changeling (film) and director of film A Throw of Dice from the same country?
Answer: no