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The Many Facets Of 'Changeling' Eastwood Once best known as a star of action and Western films, actor (and former mayor of Carmel, California) Clint Eastwood is also acclaimed for his work behind the camera. His latest directorial effort is Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie.

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The Many Facets Of 'Changeling' Eastwood

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Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie on the set of Changeling, a film about a mother who struggles with the police after they return the wrong child to her following her son's kidnapping. Tony Rivetti, Jr./Universal Studios hide caption

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Once best known as a star of action and Western films, actor (and former mayor of Carmel, California) Clint Eastwood is also acclaimed for his work behind the camera. His latest directorial effort is Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie as a mother struggling to find her missing son and battling a corrupt Los Angeles police force.

Eastwood won the Academy Award for best director in 1993 for Unforgiven and again in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He was nominated for the Oscar for his direction of Mystic River and Letters from Iwo Jima.