However, Angelina Jolie, who starred in Eastwood's "Changeling, " earned a best actress nomination.

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But there is plenty of good in Eastwood's moviemaking, and it's those pleasures that make "Changeling" well worth it.

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Mr. Winters was sought out in later years for his changeling voice and he contributed to numerous cartoons and animated films.

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Laconic or no, Eastwood does have a weakness for a long, leisurely coda, and "Changeling" loses some of its sting as a result.

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"Changeling" was directed by Clint Eastwood and starred Angelina Jolie.

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"Changeling" is rated R and runs 140 minutes.

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Oberon shouted at him, but by the time Titania entered the room, warned by Radish that Oberon was about to beat the changeling, Oberon had joined him in the game, putting a toy shovel in his teeth.

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He was a changeling.

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Angelina Jolie may be the most formidable of the lot, and "Changeling" -- which opens in wide release Friday -- is both a forceful testament to the perseverance of a single mother (Jolie's character, Christine Collins) and a damning indictment of unfettered patriarchal power in the late 1920s.

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