Changeling (2008)

***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.

## Shooting

* Filming was from October 15th, 2007 - December 14th, 2007.

## Cast

* Angelina Jolie - Christine Collins
* Gattlin Griffith - Walter Collins
* Michelle Gunn - Sandy
* Jan Devereaux - Operator
* Erica Grant - Operator
* Antonia Bennett - Operator
* Kerri Randles - Operator
* Frank Wood - Ben Harris
* Morgan Eastwood - Girl on Tricycle
* Madison Hodges - Neighborhood Girl
* John Malkovich - Rev. Gustav Briegleb
* Colm Feore - Chief James E. Davis
* Devon Conti - Arthur Hutchins
* Ric Sarabia - Man at Diner
* J.P. Bumstead - Cook
* Jeffrey Donovan - Captain J.J. Jones
* Debra Christofferson - Police Matron at Train
* Russell Edge - Reporter at Train
* Stephen W. Alvarez - Reporter at Train
* Peter Gerety - Dr. Earl W. Tarr
* Pete Rockwell - Reporter at Precinct
* John Harrington Bland - Dr. John Montgomery
* Pamela Dunlap - Mrs. Fox
* Roger Hewlett - Officer Morelli
* Jim Cantafio - Desk Sergeant
* Michael Kelly - Detective Lester Ybarra
* Maria J. Rockwell - Police Matron at Precinct (as Maria Rockwell)
* Wendy Worthington - Reception Nurse
* Riki Lindhome - Examination Nurse
* Dawn Flood - Morning Nurse
* Dale Dickey - Patient
* Jason Butler Harner - Gordon Northcott
* Eddie Alderson - Sanford Clark
* Sterling Wolfe - Briegleb's Aide
* Michael McCafferty - Ticket Vendor (as Mike McCafferty)
* Amy Ryan - Carol Dexter
* David Goldman - Administrator
* Denis O'Hare - Dr. Jonathan Steele
* Anthony De Marco - Abducted Kid (as Anthony DeMarco)
* Joshua Logan Moore - Abducted Kid (as Joshua Moore)
* Joe Kaprielian - Abducted Kid
* Muriel Minot - Secretary
* Kevin Glikmann - Male Orderly
* Drew Richards - Holding Officer
* Hope Shapiro - Medication Nurse
* Caleb Campbell - Backup Detective
* Jeff Cockey - Backup Detective
* Zach Mills - News Vendor
* Kelly Lynn Warren - Rachel Clark
* Colby French - Bob Clark
* Scott Leva - Mountie
* Richard King - Mountie (as Rich King)
* Clint Ward - Mountie
* Geoff Pierson - S.S. Hahn
* Reed Birney - Mayor Cryer
* Michael Dempsey - Man on Street
* Peter Breitmayer - Chairman Thorpe
* Phil Van Tee - Councilman
* Jim Nieb - Reporter at Hearing
* Lily Knight - Mrs. Leanne Clay
* Jeffrey Hutchinson - Mr. Clay
* Brian Prescott - Courtroom Bailiff
* Ryan Cutrona - Judge
* Mary Stein - Janet Hutchins
* Gregg Binkley - Jury Foreman
* William Charlton - Prison Guard
* Cooper Thornton - Prison Guard (as Cooper Thorton)
* E.J. Callahan - Warden
* Asher Axe - David Clay
* Devon Gearhart - Winslow Boy
* Dalton Stumbo - Winslow Boy
* Austin Mensch - Boy in Coop

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Andre Alexsen - LA City Councilman (uncredited)
* Julie Berlin - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
* Denise Bradley - Church Member (uncredited)
* William Brent - Screaming Boy (voice) (uncredited)
* Pete Brown - Walter's Train Escort (uncredited)
* Gary Buckner - Prison Executioner (uncredited)
* Jason Ciok - Interviewer (uncredited)
* Danton Dabar - Prison Guard #3 (uncredited)
* Doby Daenger - Councilman's Wife (uncredited)
* Jessica Irvine Drake - Female Protester (uncredited)
* John R. Duncan - Councilman (uncredited)
* Dominick Dunne - Man on Jury (uncredited)
* Michael Grubb - Courtroom Attendee (uncredited)
* Leslie Gunning - Train Passenger (uncredited)
* Richard Hansen - Reporter (uncredited)
* Kerry Hennessy - Church Member / Protestor / Witness (uncredited)
* Bruce Holman - Execution Observer (uncredited)
* Lauren Ingmire - Classroom Kid (uncredited)
* Christopher Karl Johnson - Protester / Man on Corner with Newspaper Smoking (uncredited)
* Kitty Kreidler - Women's Temperance Worker (uncredited)
* Suzanne LaChasse - Operator (uncredited)
* Jonathan Lane - Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
* Kimberly Langley - Protestor (uncredited)
* Michela Lansing - Protester (uncredited)
* Jen Lilley - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
* Alex Loulis - Reporter at Train (uncredited)
* Michael Lovern - Train Passenger (uncredited)
* Darin Mangan - Witness (uncredited)
* Lauren Suzanne Martin - Protester (uncredited)
* Ronald McAdams - Shopkeeper Sweeping Street (uncredited)
* Patrizia Milano - Train Passenger (uncredited)
* Michael Molthen - Man on Train (uncredited)
* David Pearl - Policeman (uncredited)
* Scott Pierce - Prison Doctor (uncredited)
* Jon Eric Price - Reporter (Train / Hanging) (uncredited)
* Navah Raphael - Phone operator (uncredited)
* Jarrod Robbins - Reporter (uncredited)
* Michael Saglimbeni - Reporter (uncredited)
* Ron Schwartz - Delivery Man (uncredited)
* Zoe Sharpe - Nurse (uncredited)
* Gregg Stotesbery - Rev. Gustav Briegleb Supporter (uncredited)
* Michael Sutherland - Rev. Gustav Briegleb Supporter (uncredited)
* Jennifer Swirtz - Protester (uncredited)
* Callie Thompson - Farm Girl (uncredited)
* John H. Tobin - Northcott Defense Counsel (uncredited)
* Stephanie Vandagriff - Operator (uncredited)
* George F. Watson - Machine Gun Assassination Squad Leader (uncredited)
* Rob Watt - Train Patron (uncredited)
* January Welsh - Train Passenger (uncredited)
* Marissa Welsh - Lady in White (uncredited)
* Jacob White - Reporter (uncredited)
* Araksi Willebrand - Switchboard Supervisor (uncredited)
* JW Wiseman - Orderly #2 (uncredited)