Films directed by Clint Eastwood (Film Guide)

Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 61. Chapters: Unforgiven, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Changeling, The Rookie, Hereafter, Letters from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby, Gran Torino, Invictus, Flags of Our Fathers, Heartbreak Ridge, Mystic River, High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider, The Eiger Sanction, Sudden Impact, Absolute Power, Space Cowboys, A Perfect World, Play Misty for Me, Firefox, Bronco Billy, The Gauntlet, The Blues, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, J. Edgar, Bird, The Bridges of Madison County, Breezy, White Hunter Black Heart, Blood Work, True Crime, A Star Is Born, Piano Blues. Excerpt: Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on real-life events in 1928 Los Angeles, the film stars Angelina Jolie as a woman who is reunited with her missing son-only to realize he is an impostor. She confronts the city authorities, who vilify her as an unfit mother and brand her delusional. The dramatized incident was connected to the "Wineville Chicken Coop" kidnapping and murder case. Changeling explores female disempowerment, political corruption, child endangerment and the repercussions of violence. Ron Howard intended to direct, but scheduling conflicts led to his replacement by Eastwood. Howard and Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer produced, alongside Malpaso Productions' Robert Lorenz and Eastwood. Universal Pictures financed and distributed the film. After hearing about the case from a contact at Los Angeles City Hall, Straczynski spent a year researching the historical record. He said he drew 95% of the script from around 6,000 pages of documentation. The shooting script was Straczynski's first draft and his first produced film screenplay. Several actors campaigned for the lead; Eastwood cast Jolie partly because he felt her face fit the period setting. The film also stars Jeffrey Donovan, Jason Butler Harner, John Malkovich, Michael Kelly, and Amy Ryan. Most of the characters were based on real life people, while some were composites. Principal photography began on October 15, 2007, and concluded in ; filming took place in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California. Eastwood's low-key direction led actors and crew to note the calmness of the set and the short working days. In post-production, scenes were supplemented with computer-generated skylines, backgrounds, vehicles and people. Changeling premiered at the 61st Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2008, to critical acclaim. Further festival appearances preceded a limited release in the United States on October 24, 2008. The