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The Changeling
1980
· Movie
· 107 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1617
- IMDb #2043
- Google retired #1280
- Rotten Tomatoes #1438
- Metacritic #1203
- Letterboxd #1909
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1608
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1775
- Metacritic Audience #819
- Criticker #1005
- Kinopoisk #2990
- AlloCiné #1962
- Trakt #2793
Every rating
58–90
out of 100
A recently widowed composer moves into a secluded historic mansion to work on his music. He is soon haunted by the presence of a malevolent ghost. He investigates the home's history and uncovers a decades-old secret involving the murder of a child, and his discoveries put him in direct conflict with a powerful and corrupt political family.
Details
- Director
- Peter Medak
- Writers
- Diana Maddox, Russell Hunter, William Gray
- Studio
- Chessman Park Productions
- Released
- 28 March 1980
- Country
- Canada, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $7.6M
- Box office
- $12.0M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 5 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Saturn Awards 2019 | Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release | The Changeling | Nominee |
| Boston Society of Film Critics 2018 | Best Rediscovery | Peter Medak | Winner |
| Fantafestival 1982 | Best Actor | George C. Scott | Winner |
| Genie Awards 1981 | Golden Reel Award | The Changeling | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1981 | Best International Film | The Changeling | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 1981 | Best Supporting Actor | Melvyn Douglas | Nominee |
| Genie Awards 1980 | Best Supporting Actress | Frances Hyland | Nominee |
| Genie Awards 1980 | Best Adapted Screenplay | William Gray Diana Maddox | Winner |
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Genie Awards
11 nominations, 9 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | William Gray Diana Maddox | Winner |
| Best Art Design | Trevor Williams | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | John Coquillon | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actor | George C. Scott | Winner |
| Best Foreign Actress | Trish Van Devere | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture | The Changeling | Winner |
| Best Sound | Joe Grimaldi Austin Grimaldi Dino Pigat Karl Scherer | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing | Patrick Drummond Dennis Drummond Robert Grieve | Winner |
| Golden Reel Award | The Changeling | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Frances Hyland | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Helen Burns | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Rediscovery | Peter Medak | Winner |
Fantafestival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | George C. Scott | Winner |
Saturn Awards
3 nominations
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release | The Changeling | Nominee |
| Best International Film | The Changeling | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Melvyn Douglas | Nominee |