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The Changeling is a 1980 horror, mystery, and thriller film directed by Peter Medak. The cast includes George C. Scott, Melvyn Douglas, Jean Marsh, and Barry Morse. John Coquillon served as director of photography, with Lou Lombardo as film editor. Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar were executive producers. The production companies include Chessman Park Productions. The film was produced in Canada and the United States of America, with filming taking place in Toronto, British Columbia.
The narrative is set in the 1970s in Washington, specifically Seattle. Its main subjects include mourning, infanticide, identity theft, and criminal investigation, featuring a haunted house motif. The original language is English. The film has a runtime of 107 minutes. It received an Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture. Distribution was handled by ITC Entertainment and Netflix, including video on demand.
Financial details list a capital cost of 6,600,000 and a budget of 7,600,000, with revenue of 12,000,000. Review scores include 7.5/10, 85%, 70/100, a TMDb vote average of 6.981, and an IMDb rating of 7.1. The tagline is "Whatever you do… Don't go into the attic." Keywords associated with the film include composer, medium, séance, and isolated house.
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Film · TMDB
7.0After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.
Cast
- George C. Scott as John Russell
- Trish Van Devere as Claire Norman
- Melvyn Douglas as Senator Carmichael
- John Colicos as Captain DeWitt
- Barry Morse as Parapsychologist
- Madeleine Sherwood as Mrs. Norman
Themes
- composer
- seattle, washington
- medium
- séance
- isolated house
- music professor
- historical society
- canuxploitation
- traumatized man
- tense
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- revenge
- Director
- Peter Medak
- Cast member
- Frances Hyland
- Composer
- Rick Wilkins
- Cinematographer
- John Coquillon
- Narrative location
- Seattle
- Filming location
- British Columbia
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 235143
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-03-28
- title
- The Changeling
- film editor
- Lou Lombardo
- executive producer
- Mario Kassar
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in period
- 1970s
- narrative motif
- haunted house
- review score
- 70/100
- capital cost
- 6600000
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