---
title: 'Changeling (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clint Eastwood'
released: '2008-05-20'
runtime_minutes: 140
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/changeling-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824747/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Changeling (2008)

2008 · R · 140 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Changeling is a 2008 American crime drama film directed, produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. The story was based on actual events, specifically the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders in Mira Loma, California. It stars Angelina Jolie as a woman "reunited" with a boy who was not her missing son. When she tries to demonstrate that 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, and mistreatment of mental health patients.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Producer:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood), [Ron Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-howard), [Brian Grazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-grazer), [Robert Lorenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lorenz)
- **Screenplay:** [J. Michael Straczynski](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-michael-straczynski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tom Stern](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-stern)
- **Editor:** [Joel Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-cox), [Gary D. Roach](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-d-roach)

## Cast

- [Angelina Jolie](https://cinepixo.com/people/angelina-jolie) as Christine Collins
- [Geoff Pierson](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoff-pierson) as Sammy "S.S." Hahn
- [Jeffrey Donovan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-donovan) as Captain J.J. Jones
- [Colm Feore](https://cinepixo.com/people/colm-feore) as James Edgar Davis
- [Zach Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/zach-mills)
- [Jen Lilley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jen-lilley)
- [Lily Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/lily-knight)
- [Riki Lindhome](https://cinepixo.com/people/riki-lindhome)
- [Eddie Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-alderson) as Sanford Wesley Clark
- [Peter Gerety](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-gerety) as Dr. Earl W. Tarr
- [Denis O'Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-o-hare) as Dr. Jonathan Steele
- [Frank Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wood) as Ben Harris
- [Michael Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-kelly-2) as Detective Lester Ybarra
- [Gregg Binkley](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-binkley)
- [Gattlin Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/gattlin-griffith) as Christine Collins

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Official site: http://www.changelingmovie.net
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/changeling-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q275553); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.