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The Changeling(Movie, 1980)

1h 43min | Genre: Horror
The ChangelingRating: 3.5/5 (with 246246 votes)
The Changeling is a 1980 Canadian supernatural horror film directed by Peter Medak and starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, and Melvyn Douglas. Its plot follows an esteemed New York City composer who relocates to Seattle, Washington, where he moves into a mansion he comes to believe is haunted. The screenplay is based upon events that writer Russell Hunter claimed he experienced while he was living in the Henry Treat Rogers mansion in the Cheesman Park neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, in the late 1960s; Hunter served as a co-writer of the film. The film premiered at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, on March 26, 1980, and was released simultaneously in Canada and the United States two days later. It received positive critical reviews, and was an early Canadian-produced film to have major success internationally. The film won eight inaugural Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and was nominated for two Saturn Awar... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Changeling

Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor Golden Screen Award (Canada) Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay

About The Changeling

After 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: Canada
Plays in: Washington, Seattle
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 20 languages: Catalan (CA), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/28/1980
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Troca"
"The Changeling - Das Grauen"
"El intermediario del diablo"
"O Intermediário do Diabo"
Budget: 7,600,000 USD
Revenue: 12,000,000 USD (= 158%)

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