Clint Eastwood's CHANGELING follows closely in the footsteps of his earlier Oscar winner, MYSTIC RIVER. Both films in fact centre on a missing child and can boast a dark, minimalistic yet enthralling atmosphere. But while MYSTIC RIVER was based on a Dennis Lehane novel, CHANGELING carries a particular weight because it is inspired by a true story, and one that isn't largely known. Angelina Jolie stars as Christine Collins, a single mother working in 1928 Los Angeles, when her son goes missing. A boy is returned to her months later by the police, but she is shocked and disheartened when she realizes that the boy isn't her son. Joined by a crusading pastor (John Malkovich), Christine battles for justice against the corrupt L.A.P.D. while she continues to search for her child.
Product Identifiers
Producer
Ron Howard, Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Robert Lorenz
EAN
5050582613605
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72538742
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Changeling
Actor
Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jason Butler Harner, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Donovan, Amy Ryan, Colm Feore
U-Control interactive features\Making-of\Behind the scenes, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Genre
Drama, General
Run Time
142 mins
Additional Product Features
Director of Photography
Tom Stern
Costume Designer
Deborah Hooper
Reviews
Hollywood Reporter - Clint Eastwood again brilliantly portrays the struggle of the outsider against a fraudulent system, Variety - A thematic companion piece to MYSTIC RIVER but more complex and far-reaching, CHANGELING impressively continues Clint Eastwood's great run of ambitious late-career pictures. Emotionally powerful and stylistically sure-handed...
Certificate
15
Number of Discs
1
Dubbing Languages
French\Spanish\Italian\Japanese
Consumer Advice
Contains infrequent strong violence and language
Additional Information
Clint Eastwood's CHANGELING follows closely in the footsteps of his earlier Oscar winner, MYSTIC RIVER. Both films in fact centre on a missing child and can boast a dark, minimalistic yet enthralling atmosphere. But while MYSTIC RIVER was based on a Dennis Lehane novel, CHANGELING carries a particular weight because it is inspired by a true story, and one that isn't largely known. Angelina Jolie stars as Christine Collins, a single mother working in 1928 Los Angeles, when her son goes missing. A boy is returned to her months later by the police, but she is shocked and disheartened when she realizes that the boy isn't her son. Joined by a crusading pastor (John Malkovich), Christine battles for justice against the corrupt L.A.P.D. while she continues to search for her child. Eventually her fight against the cops lands her in a mental hospital, where she is surrounded by others with a similar plight. Clint Eastwood has definitely crafted another Oscar-worthy film while Jolie gives an authentic, anguished and heart wrenching performance. The rest of the cast also gives highly refined interpretations, notably Amy Ryan as a prostitute imprisoned in the mental hospital. Screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski had been best known for his work in science fiction (BABYLON FIVE) and graphic novels, but he makes an adept transition to feature drama with this film, its unusual focus on the victim and her struggle for justice, rather than on the criminal and the crime, bringing further depth to it.