Changeling

film by Eastwood [2008]

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The film Changeling (2008), directed by Clint Eastwood, is a period drama set in Los Angeles in 1928. It is based on a true story about a missing boy whose mother, Christine Collins, portrayed by Angelina Jolie, is presented with a different child by the police months later. Eastwood received a special award for Changeling at the Cannes film festival in 2008. Angelina Jolie, known for her acting and humanitarian work, won an Academy Award for her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999).12

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Clint Eastwood
2000 and beyond
Changeling (2008) was a period piece set in Los Angeles in 1928. It was based on a grim true story of a missing boy whose mother, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), is horrified when, several months later, the police “return” him to her in the person…
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Changeling (2008) was a period piece set in Los Angeles in 1928. It was based on a grim true story of a missing boy whose mother, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), is horrified when, several months later, the police “return” him to her in the person…
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Angelina Jolie
Film roles
…different child in Clint Eastwood’s Changeling (2008) resulted in another Oscar nomination.
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…different child in Clint Eastwood’s Changeling (2008) resulted in another Oscar nomination.
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