Changeling

Theater date: 2008-10-24

Blu-ray release date: N/A

Rated: N/A

7.58 (IMDB)

Genre: CrimeDramaMystery

Language: en

Status: Released

Length: 2h 21min

Languages:

English

Description:

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

Top Cast >

Angelina Jolie

As Christine Collins

John Malkovich

As Rev. Gustav Briegleb

Jeffrey Donovan

As Captain J.J. Jones

Michael Kelly

As Detective Lester Ybarra

Colm Feore

As Chief James E. Davis

Jason Butler Harner

As Gordon Northcott

Amy Ryan

As Carol Dexter

Geoff Pierson

As 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 Cryer

Gattlin Griffith

As Walter Collins

Michelle Gunn

As Sandy

Jan Devereaux

As Operator

Erica Grant

As Operator

Antonia Bennett

As Operator

Kerri Randles

As Operator

Morgan Eastwood

As Girl on Tricycle

Madison Hodges

As Neighborhood Girl

Devon Conti

As Arthur Hutchins

Ric Sarabia

As Man at Diner

J.P. Bumstead

As Cook

Debra Christofferson

As Police Matron at Train

Russell Edge

As Reporter at Train

Stephen W. Alvarez

As Reporter at Train

Pete Rockwell

As Reporter at Precinct

John Harrington Bland

As Dr. John Montgomery

Pamela Dunlap

As Mrs. Fox

Roger Hewlett

As Officer Morelli

Jim Cantafio

As Desk Sergeant

Maria J. Rockwell

As Police Matron at Precinct

Wendy Worthington

As Reception Nurse

Riki Lindhome

As Examination Nurse

Dawn Flood

As Morning Nurse

Dale Dickey

As Patient

Eddie Alderson

As Sanford Clark

Sterling Wolfe

As Briegleb's Aide

Michael McCafferty

As Ticket Vendor

David Goldman

As Administrator

Anthony De Marco

As Abducted Kid

Joshua Logan Moore

As Abducted Kid

Joe Kaprielian

As Abducted Kid

Muriel Minot

As Secretary

Kevin Glikmann

As Male Orderly

Drew Richards

As Holding Officer

Hope Shapiro

As Medication Nurse

Caleb Campbell

As Backup Detective

Jeff Cockey

As Backup Detective

Zach Mills

As News Vendor

Kelly Lynn Warren

As Rachel Clark

Colby French

As Bob Clark

Scott Leva

As Mountie

Richard King

As Mountie

Clint Ward

As Mountie

Michael Dempsey

As Man on Street

Peter Breitmayer

As Chairman Thorpe

Phil Van Tee

As Councilman

Jim Nieb

As Reporter at Hearing

Lily Knight

As Mrs. Leanne Clay

Jeffrey Hutchinson

As Mr. Clay

Brian Prescott

As Courtroom Bailiff

Ryan Cutrona

As Judge

Mary Stein

As Janet Hutchins

Gregg Binkley

As Jury Foreman

William Charlton

As Prison Guard

Cooper Thornton

As Prison Guard

E.J. Callahan

As Warden

Asher Axe

As David Clay

Devon Gearhart

As Winslow Boy

Dalton Stumbo

As Winslow Boy

Austin Mensch

As Boy in Coop

Jen Lilley

As Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Navah Raphael

As Phone Operator (uncredited)

Suzanne LaChasse

As Operator (uncredited)

William Brent

As Screaming Boy (voice, uncredited)

Callie Thompson

As Farm Girl (uncredited)

Michael Lovern

As Train Passenger (uncredited)

Patrizia Milano

As Train Passenger (uncredited)

January Welsh

As Train Passenger (uncredited)

Jarrod Robbins

As Reporter (uncredited)

Marissa Welsh

As Lady in White (uncredited)

Kerry Hennessy

As Church Member / Protestor / Witness (uncredited)

JW Wiseman

As Orderly #2 (uncredited)

Christopher Karl Johnson

As Protester / Man on Corner with Newspaper Smoking (uncredited)

Jessica Irvine Drake

As Protestor (uncredited)

Kimberly Langley

As Protestor (uncredited)

Jennifer Swirtz

As Protestor (uncredited)

Andre Alexsen

As LA City Councilman (uncredited)

John H. Tobin

As Northcott Defense Counsel (uncredited)

Dominick Dunne

As Man on Jury (uncredited)

Danton Dabar

As Prison Guard #3 (uncredited)

Scott Pierce

As Prison Doctor (uncredited)

Gary Buckner

As Prison Executioner (uncredited)

Bruce Holman

As Execution Observer (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Clint Eastwood

Director, Producer, Original Music Composer

Brian Grazer

Producer

Ron Howard

Producer

Robert Lorenz

Producer

James J. Murakami

Production Design

Ellen Chenoweth

Casting

Joel Cox

Editor

Gary D. Roach

Editor

Gary Fettis

Set Decoration

Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.

Art Direction

Tom Stern

Director of Photography

Patrick Tendai Pfupajena

Production Assistant

Audrey Chon

Executive Producer

Geyer Kosinski

Executive Producer

Janis Clark

Hairstylist

Zoe Hay

Makeup Artist

Jim Whitaker

Executive Producer

Chris McGeary

Music Editor

Scott Leva

Utility Stunts

Stephen S. Campanelli

Steadicam Operator

Buddy Van Horn

Stunt Coordinator

Michael Owens

Visual Effects Supervisor

Steve Riley

Special Effects Supervisor

Tim Moore

Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager

Paul Darnell

Stunts

Davey Thompson

Stunts

Samuel Reynolds

Stunts

William Barillaro

Stunts

Pam Cartmel

Assistant Art Director

T. Ryan Mooney

Stunts

Shawn Crowder

Stunts

Kerry Lyn McKissick

Script Supervisor

Deborah L. Mazor

Stunts

Loren Dennis

Stunts

J.P. Romano

Stunts

Bobby Clark

Stunts

Brandon Loeser

Stunts

Dustin Meier

Stunts

Chuck Waters

Stunts

Blu Murray

Assistant Editor

Larry Holt

Stunts

Luci Romberg

Stunts

Richard Bucher

Stunts

Michael Cipriano

Assistant Editor

Cheryl Scarano

Costumer

Bill Coe

First Assistant "A" Camera

Bobby McMahan

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Jo Kissack Folsom

Set Costumer

Gail Carroll-Coe

Cableman

Corey Bronson

Set Costumer

Flash Deros

Boom Operator

Tony Rivetti Jr.

Still Photographer

Nancy McArdle

Costume Supervisor

Terry Anderson

Assistant Costume Designer

Trevor Carroll-Coe

Camera Loader

Buzzy Burwell

Lighting Technician

Jay Wejebe

Makeup Artist

Felicia Molinari

Set Costumer

Robert Iannaccone

Costumer

Charlie Edwards

Grip

Ross Dunkerley

Chief Lighting Technician

Doug Wall

Best Boy Grip

Tania McComas

Makeup Department Head

Jessica Meier

Producer's Assistant

Greg Brooks

Dolly Grip

Craig Garfield

Grip

Bruce D. Spellman

Grip

Ann Culotta

Set Costumer

Paul Wilkowsky

Grip

Kimi Armstrong Stein

Producer's Assistant

Mark Wojciechowski

Grip

Patricia DeHaney

Hairstylist

Charles Saldaña III

Key Grip

Jack Taggart

Ager/Dyer

Carol A. O'Connell

Hair Department Head

John Lacy

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Joseph M. Lyons

Lighting Technician

Brian Minzlaff

Lighting Technician

John Horning

Assistant Property Master

Joel Tokarsky

First Assistant Accountant

Krista Kuebler

Assistant Accountant

Carol McConnaughey

Unit Publicist

Jennifer Hunt

Assistant Accountant

Chuck Eskridge

Standby Painter

Holly Goline

Actor's Assistant

Mark David Katchur

Art Department Coordinator

William Gideon

Construction Foreman

Natalie Hsieh Cencula

Executive Producer's Assistant

Scott M. Anderson

Assistant Property Master

Stephanie N. Whallon

Assistant Accountant

Michael Muscarella

Construction Coordinator

Michael Sexton

Property Master

Patrick Mignano

Location Manager

E. Michael Stankevich

Actor's Assistant

Kathryn C. Galberth

Assistant Production Coordinator

Lindsey Hennig

Assistant Accountant

Trish Pertschi

Assistant Production Coordinator

Peter Dress

Second Second Assistant Director

Jason S. Gondek

Production Accountant

Geoffrey Miclat

Casting Associate

Lennie Niehaus

Orchestrator, Conductor

Matt Floyd

Rigging Grip

Andrew Dorowsky

Rigging Gaffer

James Fernandez

On Set Dresser

Alana Stelling

Transportation Captain

J.R. Vasquez

Set Dresser

Ryan Senecal

Special Effects Technician

Larry Stelling

Transportation Coordinator

Dom Rodriguez

Transportation Captain

Adrian Gorton

Set Designer

Liz Radley

CG Supervisor

T. Daniel Scaringi

Key Rigging Grip

Kai Blomberg

Set Dresser

Doug Sieck

Set Dresser

Dominic V. Ruiz

Special Effects Technician

David Arnold

Supervising Dialogue Editor

Lucy Coldsnow-Smith

Dialogue Editor

David Ladish

Set Dresser

George Hess

Set Dresser

Lisa J. Levine

ADR Editor

Thomas W. Small

Foley Editor

Valerie Davidson

Foley Editor

Shari Ann Riley

Special Effects Technician

Steven Ladish

Set Dresser

James Matheny

Dialogue Editor

Doreen Austria

Graphic Designer

Leslie Warren

Set Dresser

Kate Fettis

Set Dresser

William Cawley

Sound Effects Editor

Dan O'Connell

Foley Artist

Kurt Smith

Color Timer

Dianne Wager

Set Designer

Edward J. Protiva

Leadman

Claire Benjamin

Extras Casting

Brian Gallagher

ADR Recordist

Paul Berolzheimer

Sound Effects Editor

Mark Sahagun

Digital Intermediate Editor

Amelia Rasche McCarthy

Casting Associate

Thomas J. O'Connell

ADR Mixer

John T. Cucci

Foley Artist

Ryan Murphy

Mix Technician

David Boulton

ADR Mixer

Bob Peishel

Digital Intermediate Producer

Juno J. Ellis

ADR Supervisor

Jason King

Sound Effects Editor

Barbara Harris

ADR Voice Casting

Jill Bogdanowicz

Digital Intermediate Colorist

Kevin Murray

Sound Effects Editor

Jonathan Klein

Foley Editor

Tony Hobbs

Extras Casting

James Ashwill

Foley Mixer

Rick Canelli

ADR Recordist

Nancy G. James

Craft Service

Brian K. Stuart

Craft Service

Tony X. Deale

Production Assistant

Geoffrey Hancock

Visual Effects Supervisor

Nathan Kimball

Set Production Assistant

Chuck Webb

Set Production Assistant

Karri Mayo

Studio Teacher

Jared A.J. Muscarella

Production Assistant

Mike Borgstrom

CG Artist

Matthew Gannon

Set Production Assistant

Jinnie Pak

Visual Effects Producer

Linda Stelling

Set Medic

Dr. Ferguson Reid

Set Medic

Vicki Goldsmith

Set Production Assistant

Donald A. Kincade

Set Production Assistant

Hector M. Bueno

Production Assistant

Debora Dunphy

Compositing Supervisor

Darin McCormick-Millett

Visual Effects Producer

Christine Petrov

Compositor

Annie Brownell Jewell

Production Assistant

Scott Russell

CG Artist

Sebastian Bilbao

CG Supervisor

David Hughes

Modeling

David S. Cox

Production Assistant

Earl Paraszczynec

CG Artist

Karl Sisson

Lighting Artist

Will Ziegenhorn

Production Assistant

Abel Milanés

Compositor

Marta Knapik

Visual Effects Coordinator

Allan Lee

Compositor

Shauna Bryan

Executive Producer

Christian Emond

CG Artist

Moritz Eiche

Compositor

Mark Freund

Visual Effects Supervisor

Wes Sargent

VFX Artist

Dennis Hoffman

Visual Effects Producer

Gregg Rudloff

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Alan Robert Murray

Supervising Sound Editor

Walt Martin

Sound Mixer

John T. Reitz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Donald Murphy

First Assistant Director

J. Michael Straczynski

Writer

Katie Carroll

Second Assistant Director

Michael Stevens

Music Arranger

Kyle Eastwood

Music Arranger

Robert Fernandez

Scoring Mixer

Deborah Hopper

Costume Design

Reviews:

r96sk (9/10)

Dark!

'Changeling' is a cracking release from 2008. Angelina Jolie gives a superb performance in the lead role, in a plot that is rather harrowing whilst also being actually incredibly infuriating - as in, the film does a great job at making the antagonists the antagonists.

The cast, spearheaded by Jolie, are excellent. No-one is on her level per se, but there are very good performances from the likes of John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, Jeffrey Donovan and Geoff Pierson; kid actor Eddie Alderson also impresses.

I will say that the story wraps up in a quicker manner than I thought it would, though the pacing of the 142 minute run time is in fact one of its positives - even at that length, I feel it could've drawn out the court trial stuff longer; though that may have hindered the pacing, so it's not really a noteworthy criticism of mine at all.

One worth recommending, no doubt!

2022-02-10