"Changeling" - Spoiler FREE Zone

[Jan]

Here's a thread for general information and spoiler-free reviews. With the movie being released in less than a month, I think I'll sticky both. Enjoy!

Jan

[Dan Dassow]

Thank you!

Here's a thread for general information and spoiler-free reviews. With the movie being released in less than a month, I think I'll sticky both. Enjoy!

Jan

Jan,
Thank you for setting this up. I will go through the spoiler thread and extract non-spoiler information that may be of interest.
Dan Dassow

[Dan Dassow]

Cannes Film Festival Schedule for Changeling

Posted on Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) website: Horaire des projections / Screenings Guide

MAR/TUE 20

8:30 am, 12:00 pm, 7:30 pm, WED 21 11:30 am
CHANGELING 2h21
(LÆ╔change) de Clint Eastwood

4:00 pm
DELTA 1h32
de KornÚl Mundrucz¾

In Competition provides links to the twenty films competing at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/arc...mpetition.html

The Film details and the Multi-lingual Press kit and multimedia are now available for Changeling on the Cannes Film Festival Festival website.

Tuesday, May 20 / Mardi 20 mai 2008
8h30 û Press screening / Projection de presse, Grand ThÚÔtre LumiÞre
11h15 û Photo call
11h30 û Press conference / ConfÚrence de presse
19h30 û Official screening / PrÚsentation officielle, Grand ThÚÔtre LumiÞre

Additional screenings / Projections supplÚmentaires
Tuesday, May 20 / Mardi 20 mai 2008
12h00 - ½ Festivaliers ╗ screening / Projection Festivaliers, Grand ThÚÔtre LumiÞre
Wednesday, May 21 / Mercredi 21 mai 2008
11h30 - Day after screening / SÚance du lendemain, Salle du 60Þme

Blindness was shown yesterday. The Cannes Film Festival has a written summary of the press conference, streaming audio record and video clips. It looks like all of the press conferences wll be available via audio streaming.

Film Details provides Overview, Credits, Actors, Synopsis, and Contacts and useful links.
Example: Changeling Film Details - http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/arc...year/2008.html

Press kit and multimedia will have the audio and video clips.
Example: Blindness Press kit and multimedia - http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/arc.../10803620.html

The Daily will have a press conference summary.
Example: Blindness The Daily - http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/arc.../10803620.html

L'ECHANGE (CHANGELING)

The Daily

Press Conference: "Changeling"
With his fifth film in competition at the Festival de Cannes, Changeling, Clint Eastwood was present to meet the press today. Flanked by screenwriter Joe Michael Straczynski, actress Angelina Jolie and producers Brian Graze and Robert Lorenz, the...

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Competition: "Changeling" by Clint Eastwood
Five years after premiering Mystic River at the Festival de Cannes, Clint Eastwood returns to Competition with Changeling, a thriller which takes place in the late 1920s in a working-class suburb of Los Angeles. Angelina Jolie stars as Christine...

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Film details

Press kit and multimedia

[Dan Dassow]

Pictures of Joe from Cannes

Pictures of Joe from Cannes

Joe doesn't appear to be attracting much attention from the photographers, though.

In checking wireimage.com, they only have two with Joe from the photocall, none from the Red Carpet.

Straczynski search (with "actor" again)

http://www.wireimage.com/SearchResults.aspx?igi=318433&s=straczynski&sfld=C&vwmd=e

Changeling search (4 sets, 1100 images, only 2 with Joe - unless it is mispelled)
http://www.wireimage.com/SearchResul...1&s=changeling

[Dan Dassow]

Final Ceremony and JMS in a Tux

According to the 2008 Screenings Guide ( http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets...0Guide)(2).pdf )
The Closing Ceremony starts at 7:30 pm this eveninging (DIM/SUN 25 19.30 CÚrÚmonie de cl¶ture).

Getty Image: Joe in Tux

See also: Getty Images of Straczynski, which includes many pictures of JMS at Cannes.

US actor and director Clint Eastwood (L)
US actor and director Clint Eastwood (L) arrives with writer Joe Michael Straczynski (C) and producer Brian Grazer (2ndR) and a guest to attend the screening of his film 'The Exchange' at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival on May 20, 2008 in Cannes, southern France. Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie drew warm applause at Cannes on May 20, 2008 for a wrenching drama based on a true story of a single mother in 1920s California whose son vanishes. AFP PHOTO / Anne-Christine Poujoulat (Photo credit should read ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images)

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated/browse_frm/thread/6bce5faccb0e3d15/1c2fe40cc95c9e02?#1c2fe40cc95c9e02

From: Ranger Elenopa <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Subject: Re: Cannes Cam
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 08:51:05 -0700 (PDT)

I checked the Red Carpet video. JMS is at 22 minutes. I did a screen
capture, so this is the best so far of JMS in a tux.



Ranger Elenopa

[Dan Dassow]

Changeling to be Centerpiece of New York Film Festival

46th New York Film Festival
September 26 - October 12, 2008
Premiering the best in cinema from around the world.

NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2008ûû The North American premiere of Clint EastwoodÆs Changeling will be featured as Centerpiece of the 46th New York Film Festival and Darren AronofskyÆs The Wrestler is the festivalÆs Closing Night selection, the Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today. A newly restored print of Max OphulsÆs final masterwork Lola MontÞs will be featured as the festivalÆs spotlight retrospective. All three films headline the festivalÆs 28-film main slate, which will screen at the Ziegfeld Theatre, Sept. 26 û Oct. 12. ...

Tickets for the festival will go on sale Sunday, Sept. 7, at 12:00 noon at Avery Fisher Hall, corner of Columbus Avenue and 65th St.; Monday, Sept. 8, online at filmlinc.com; and on Saturday, September 27 at the Ziegfeld Theater, 141 West 54th St.

Presented by the Film Society, the annual New York Film Festival showcases new works by both emerging talents and internationally recognized artists, including numerous New York, U.S., and world premieres. The Ziegfeld Theater is located at 141 West 54th St. (Please note the Ziegfeld Theater is not wheelchair accessible. For further information please call 212-875-5610.) An additional Opening Night screening, as well as Closing Night, will be held at Lincoln CenterÆs Avery Fisher Hall, corner of Columbus Avenue and 65th St. Other screenings and events will take place at the Film SocietyÆs Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th St. close to Amsterdam Ave.

Variety
'Changeling' highlights N.Y. festival
Darren Aronofsky's 'Wrestler' to close event
By DADE HAYES
Posted: Tue., Aug. 12, 2008, 1:45pm PT

Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" will make its North American preem as the centerpiece of the 46th New York Film Festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center said Tuesday. ...

Fest runs Sept. 26-Oct. 12. ...

Universal's "Changeling," which drew plaudits in Cannes, stars Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, a single mother in 1928 Los Angeles who embarks on a quest for justice when her 9-year-old son goes missing. ...

Gothamist
August 12, 2008
2008 New York Film Festival Lineup Announced

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the full New York Film Festival lineup today. Clint Eastwood's period drama, The Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie, is the Centerpiece film and closing night is Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (the Film Society's Kent Jones says Mickey Rourke gives "a performance of a lifetime" as a retired boxer performing for wrestling fans in NJ). The previously announced opening night film is Palme d'Or-winner The Class, Laurent Cantet's high school classroom drama. Other films include Steven Soderbergh's four-hour Che starring Benicio Del Toro, Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, Ari Folman's animated Waltz with Bashir, Wong Kar Wai's Ashes of Time Redux, and Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale. Also, Max Opul's Lola Montes will be screened. Indiewire have brief descriptions of films here; tickets start to go on sale September 7.

Hollywood Reporter
NYFF well stocked with Cannes titles
'Changeling,' 'The Class' among entries for festival
By Gregg Goldstein

Aug 12, 2008

NEW YORK -- The North American premiere of Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" and a host of Festival de Cannes titles from Steven Soderbergh and other auteurs highlight the 46th New York Film Festival lineup.

Seventeen of the fest's 28 foreign-language-heavy titles appeared at Cannes in May, including Soderbergh's four-hour-plus Spanish-language biopic, "Che." The Centerpiece spot for Universal Pictures' "Changeling" cements the Angelina Jolie-toplined Cannes entry as a prime Oscar contender, as well as the closing-night slot for "The Wrestler." ...

"The Class," "Changeling" and "The Wrestler" will screen at the Ziegfeld Theatre throughout the fest, which is set for Sept. 26-Oct. 12. ...

Centerpiece
"Changeling," Clint Eastwood, U.S. (Universal)

New York Sun
New York Film Festival Announces Lineup
By Staff Reporter of the Sun | August 13, 2008

Clint Eastwood's "Changeling" will be the centerpiece of the 46th New York Film Festival, and Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" is the festival's closing-night selection, the Film Society of Lincoln Center announced yesterday. A newly restored print of Max Ophuls's final masterpiece, "Lola MontÞs," will be featured as the festival's spotlight retrospective. All three films headline the festival's main slate of 28 films, each of which will screen at the Ziegfeld Theater between September 26 and October 12. ...

America is the slate's second-most-represented country, with "Changeling," "The Wrestler," Antonio Campos's "Afterschool," Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy and Lucy," and Alexander Olch's "The Windmill Movie" all featured. ...

Tickets for the festival will go on sale Sunday, September 7, at noon at Avery Fisher Hall, on the corner of Columbus Avenue and 65th Street; Monday, September 8, online at filmlinc.com, and Saturday, September 27, at the Ziegfeld Theater, 141 W. 54th St. For more information, visit filmlinc.com.

[Dan Dassow]

Future Showings of Changeling

JMS's response to Dan's post on the newsgroup:

At this point, I'm planning to be at the Deauville Film Festival and
the New York Film Festival for the premieres there. There still
hasn't been any confirmation that I've seen on the others, so until
there's an announcement, I'm hanging fire. I don't yet have a firm
date on when Changeling screens, only that it's somewhere in the
middle of the festival.

Should be pretty exciting all around.

jms

http://jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17725&topic=comics

From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Attn JMS: Deauville American Film Festival Screening Schedule
To: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Date: 9/3/2008 10:14:59 PM

> Have fun at the Deauville American Film Festival
> Dan Dassow
>

Sadly, I had to cancel at the last minute due to the press of work.
Still planning to attend the New York festival, though.

jms

The schedule for the New York Film Festival has been announced. Changeling will screen Saturday, October 4 (9:15 PM), and Sunday, October 5 (11:15 AM); both screenings at the cavernous Ziegfeld Theatre.

http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/program.html

Program: http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/program.html
Schedule: http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/data/08_nyff_cal.pdf

General ticketing information

Tickets for the general public will go on sale Sunday, Sept. 7, at 12:00 noon at Avery Fisher Hall, corner of Columbus Avenue and 65th St.; Monday, Sept. 8, online at filmlinc.com; and on Saturday, September 27 at the Ziegfeld Theater, 141 West 54th St.

Upcoming Showings of Changeling:

September 5û14, 34th Deauville American Film Festival

September 26ûOctober 12, 2008, North American premiere,
46th New York Film Festival, screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre.

October 4, 2008, New York Film Festival
October 5, 2008, New York Film Festival
October 24, 2008, limited release North America
October 31, 2008, wide release North America
November 12, 2008, Belgium
November 12, 2008, France
November 14, 2008, Italy
November 28, 2008, UK
December 4, 2008, Netherlands
December 12, 2008, Sweden
December 19, 2008, Spain
January 1, 2009, Australia
January 9, 2009, Finland
January 16, 2009, Denmark
January 22, 2009, Argentina
January 22, 2009, Chile
January 30, 2009, Norway
February 5, 2009, Hungary
March 12, 2009, Germany

Changeling will not be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

http://preview.tinyurl.com/NoTIFF

Original URL:

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117990479&cs=1

Variety
Toronto fest adds 20 films to lineup
Additions include 'Che,' 'Synecdoche,' 'Porno'
By ANNE THOMPSON
Posted: Wed., Aug. 13, 2008, 8:00am PT

à Clint EastwoodÆs Cannes entry ôChangeling,ö which will be the centerpiece of the New York Film Festival, will not be at Toronto because there was uncertainty about new mother Angelina JolieÆs availability to participate in a gala premiere.

ôWe would have loved to have had Clint Eastwood,ö said Bailey, ôbut the only way to present the movie in a big way was as a gala with Eastwood and Jolie.öà

[Dan Dassow]

Changeling Screening at Deauville American Film Festival

Deauville American Film Festival

http://festival-deauville.congres-deauville.com/GB/html/programme.php

Screenings schedule (PDF) | Screenings schedule (word)

http://festival-deauville.congres-deauville.com/GB/pdf/guide2008.pdf

http://festival-deauville.congres-deauville.com/GB/pdf/guide2008.doc

Les Premieres Changeling (L'echange) ... Clint Eastwood
Morny Club Ven 12 Septembre 08h30 | Changeling (L'echange) (2h21) - Presse
C.I.D. Sam 13 Septembre 17h30 | Changeling (L'echange) (2h21)
C.I.D. Dim 14 Septembre 14h00 | Changeling (L'echange) (2h21)

Photo Calls et Conferences de Presse
Sam 13 Septembre 13h00 | Photo Call John Malkovich pour Changeling

= = =

Premiere of Changeling ... Clint Eastwood
Morny Club Fri 12 September 08:30 am | Changeling 2:21 - Press
C.I.D. Sat 13 September 5:30 pm | Changeling 2:21
C.I.D. Sun 14 September 2:00 pm | Changeling 2:21

Photo call at Press Conference
Sat 13 September 1:00 pm | Photo call John Malkovich for Changeling

[Dan Dassow]

The Changeling Trailer is Here!

Sites with the Changeling Trailer

The trailer just came out for Changeling on http://movies.yahoo.com .
The direct link for the Changeling trailer is http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809945088/video/9690286

The official website also just became active:

http://www.changelingmovie.net/

Wohoo!

Direct download links here:

HD 480P (45.2Mb)
HD 720P (103Mb)
HD 1080P (151Mb)

(just click "save target as" and rename the downloaded file to changeling.mov or something)

Official Site for Changeling: http://www.changelingmovie.net/
Universal Pictures: http://www.universalpictures.com/
Note: The link to Changeling under Coming Soon is broken. The link to the trailer under Trailers is rather slow.

Universal Pictures International: http://www.universalpicturesinternational.com/
Changeling is listed under Coming Soon, but there is no link.

Yahoo:

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809945088/video/9690286

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809945088/info

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3944284185/

YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpsN7xP3VtI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sxikEYkOmo

Trailer Addict:

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/changeling/trailer

Video Downloads
Quicktime:

International Trailer

http://video.thinkjam.com/?h=122e2c34fff46c4128f0ed6924f802a5&q=hi&m=qt

Windows:

http://video.thinkjam.com/?h=122e2c34fff46c4128f0ed6924f802a5&q=hi&m=win

Meet Ellen's New Neighbors on the Warner Bros. Lot! - Part 2 of 2

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/09/meet_ellens_new_neighbors_part.php

This is also on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFoAl9daeKU

Clint Eastwood appears from 4:57 to 5:49. He shows Ellen DeGeneres two posters from Changeling. The best view of both posters is at 5:19. The left poster is clearly shown at 5:25 and the right poster at 5:27.

[Dan Dassow]

Poster for Changeling

French Poster

http://www.buzzline.fr/images/cinema/changeling-aff.jpg

http://www.buzzline.fr/index.php/?2008/09/24/4409-l-echange-l-affiche-officielle-du-nouveau-clint-eastwood

http://universalpictures-film.fr/

English Poster

http://www.cinematical.com/2008/09/24/changeling-poster-exclusive-first-look/

[Dan Dassow]

The 46th New York Film Festival Has Begun!

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=49170

The 46th New York Film Festival Has Begun!
Source: Edward Douglas September 26, 2008

The 46th New York Film Festival is taking place in New York staring this weekend and running through October 12. As always, it creates a great opportunity for anyone in the New York area that hasn't been able to get to any of the other recent international film festivals a chance to see a lot of the big films in the Fall awards season before anyone else. Although ComingSoon.net has not been able to get to as many advance screenings as in years past, it looks like another great festival with more than usual returning alum and a couple very high profile movies making their New York debut months before their release.

There's one major and noticeable difference that's unique to this year's festival from the previous 45 years. With the Alice Tully Hall still under construction with heavy renovations, most of the festival's movies will be screened at the much larger Ziegfeld Theatre. The legendary movie theater holds 1,100 people, which means one can expect more tickets to be available right up until the day of the show, although one should check Filmlinc's Online Ticketing Site to see what's available. Ticket prices range from $16 to $40, depending on the section, with reserved seats available for the Ziegfeld and Alice Tully Hall shows....

Clint Eastwood's Changeling (Universal û Oct. 24) is the festival's prestigious Centerpiece. Starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich, it's a story set in 1928 Los Angeles, in which a single mother returns home to find her 10-year-old son missing. When the police finally find him in a nationwide manhunt, the boy seems changed and different in many ways that causes his mother more worry. It will play on October 4 and 5 at the Ziegfeld, preceded by the mother-and-son short film Wait for Me by Oscar winning documentary filmmaker Ross Kaufman (Born into Brothels)....

[Dan Dassow]

Cities for Limited Release

Thanks, Dan.

Hey, do you know how to find out which cities will have the limited release showings? Not that I expect Orlando to be on that list but just in case...

Jan

Jan,

I was able to find information on the limited release for Letters From Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby, and Mystic River. It looks like Changeling is following in the steps of Mystic River, so it is likely that after the North American premiere at the New York Film Festival on Saturday October 4, 2008, that the limited release will be in Boston and Los Angeles. New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Toronto are also possible.

Of course, we can hope for Orlando and St. Louis.

Dan Dassow

= = = = =

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/movies/news/article_1223423.php/WB_to_release_Clint_Eastwoods_Letters_early

Letters From Iwo Jima

BURBANK, CA, -- æLetters From Iwo Jima,Æ Clint EastwoodÆs follow-up to his critically acclaimed World War II drama æFlags of Our Fathers,Æ will open domestically in limited release in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco on December 20, 2006.

http://www.countingdown.com/movies/3586855/news?item_id=3586869

Million Dollar Baby
Limited Release Planned December
SUBMITTED BY Kit-Kat

November 19, 2004 ù Warner Brothers plans on a limited release December 17, 2004 in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto prior to the wide release on January 21, 2005.

http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/34875/Mystic%20River.html?dataSet=1

Mystic River

Festivals*
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 14-25, 2003.
Shown at New York Film Festival (Opening Night) October 3-19, 2003.

Release Information*
Release Notes:
Limited release in USA October 8, 2003.
Expanded release in USA October 15, 2003.

Locations*
Boston, Massachusetts
Los Angeles, California

[Dan Dassow]

Changeling at Golden Horse Film Festival - Nov 6-12

http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/7026/53/

Golden Horse unveils new sidebars
Written by Marcus Lim
Friday, 26 September 2008
HONG KONG û The 2008 Taiwan Golden Horse Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its Director's Masterclass and Made in America sidebars. Clint Eastwood's "Changeling", Wim Wender's "Palermo Shooting" and "The Silence of Lorna" by the Dardenne brothers will lead a slate of 8 films for the Director's Masterclass.
Fest organizers also announced that a trio of American documentaries about the War on Terror, Errol Morris' "S.O.P.", 2007 Academy Award winner "Taxi to the Dark Side" and "No End in Sight" will headline the Made In America program.
Both are non-competitive sidebars. Fest runs from Nov 6 û 21.

2008 Golden Horse Film Festival Lineups

Director's Masterclass

1. Changeling
2. The Silence of Lorna
3. Palermo Shooting
4. Crossed Tracks
5. I Just Didn't Do It
6. One Hundred Nails
7. Frontier Of Dawn
8. 8

Made In America

1. S.O.P
2. Taxi to the Dark Side
3. No End in Sight
4. Finishing the Game
5. All God's Children can Dance
6. Lars and the Real Girl
7. Into the Wild
8. The Visitor

[Dan Dassow]

Clint Eastwood to Promote Changeling on the Daily Show Oct 2

On Thursday October 2, Clint Eastwood will be on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central to promote Changeling.

http://www.thedailyshow.com

Upcoming Guests
Thu 2
Clint Eastwood
Director, "Changeling"
Movie Site: http://changelingmovie.net/

It looks like there are no longer tickets available. However, it may still be worth it to try.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/tickets.jhtml

*If you are looking for tickets and the show date you are looking for is filled up please try e-mailing [email protected] Please include your name, the show date you would like to attend and the number of tickets (There is a max of 4.)

Please make sure that your e-mail provider (such as comcast, hotmail, etc.) allows e-mails from [email protected].

[Dan Dassow]

Q&amp;A with JMS at New York Film Festival

http://jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17731&topic=Writing

From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Changeling Poster now Available - was Re: JMS: "Changeling"
To: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Date: 9/29/2008 4:01:24 PM

Along these lines...there will be a Q&A after the Sunday screening of
Changeling at NYFF, and I'll be there to answer questions, as well as
attending the premiere the night before.

jms