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. After she
confronts the city authorities, they vilify her as an unfit mother and
brand her delusional. The film explores the political fallout and the
episode's connection to the "Wineville Chicken Coop" kidnapping and
murder case. Principal photography took place in 2007 in Southern
California; in post-production, scenes were supplemented with CGI
skylines, backgrounds, vehicles and people. Changeling premiered at the
2008 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Its October 2008
theatrical release met with a more mixed reaction; the acting and story
were generally praised, while criticism focused on the conventional
staging and lack of nuance. The film performed modestly at the North
American box office, but better internationally, earning $113 million
worldwide. Changeling received nominations in three Academy Award and
eight BAFTA Award categories.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1055:
Theodora, the daughter of Constantine VIII and Helena, daughter of
Alypius, became Byzantine Empress.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_%2811th_century%29>
1787:
German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel discovered
the Uranian moons Oberon and Titania, named by his son John after
characters from William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_%28moon%29>
1943:
Italian American journalist and union activist Carlo Tresca , a leading
public opponent of Mafia infiltration of unions, was assassinated by a
Mafia gunman.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Tresca>
1960:
Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer,
committed his only confirmed murder, although he confessed to killing
about 600 and was convicted of eleven homicides.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_Lucas>
2007:
In her room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, British author J. K.
Rowling left a signed statement on a marble bust of Hermes which read,
"J. K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in
this room", her seventh and final Harry Potter novel.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rictus (n):
1. A bird's gaping mouth.
2. Any open-mouthed expression
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rictus>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious
state of our national affairs, and to expose the union to the jeopardy
of successive experiments, in the chimerical pursuit of a perfect plan.
I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. The result of
the deliberations of all collective bodies must necessarily be a
compound as well of the errors and prejudices, as of the good sense and
wisdom of the individuals of whom they are composed.
--Alexander Hamilton
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton>