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Download conflicts of values and interests in clint eastwood's changeling ... and more Exercises English in PDF only on Docsity! CONFLICTS OF VALUES AND INTERESTS IN CLINT EASTWOOD’S CHANGELING: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH RESEARCH PAPER Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of Requirement For Getting Bachelor Degree of Education In English Department by JUMIYEM A 320 060 186 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2010 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Changeling is a 2008 American drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski. Based on the true story in Los Angeles in 1928, the film was stars by Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins __the major character in this film, Jeffery Donovan as Captain J J Jones, John Malkovich as Pastor Gustav Briegleb and Jason Butler Harner as Gordon Northcott. The film was released in United States on October 24, 2008; in North America on October 31, 2008, in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2008, and in Australia on February 5, 2009, and the running times of this film is 144 minutes. Universal Pictures financed and distributed the film and was produced by Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Robert Lorenz. The film is based on a true story in Los Angeles in 1928. The story tells about a conflict between Christine Collins and the LAPD. Christine Collins, the major character in this film, has missed her child (Walter Collins). In the church, Pastor Gustav Briegleb, by his radio announcement, broadcasted this news to the listener and his community that he believed LAPD had tried to find the child but he didn’t believe that LAPD was doing the best it could to reunite mother and child and he was sure that it was true. Given its position as the most violent, corrupt and didn’t do it. Then, Sanford point out where they bury the kids. It is presumed that Walter Collins is belonged to the victim of this murder. Then, Detective Ybarra put out an APB on Gordon Stewart Northcott. Christine Collins is gotten out from Psychopathic Hospital by Pastor Gustav. She gets lawyer, Mr. S. S. Hanh and Gordon Northcott has been caught in Canada. Then, Mr S. S. Hanh helps Christine Collins to get out all of the women with code twelve in the Psychopathic Hospital. After all the mistakes of the LAPD have been known, and the murderer, Gordon Northcott has been caught, the city council holds the court. In front of the city Hall, there are many protesters demanding the justice and justification. After trials, the city council concludes that Captain J J Jones and Chief Davis should be removed from duty, and that extrajudicial internments by police must be reviewed and Gordon Northcott is sentenced to die by hanging. Finally, to forget the scandal, the community of Wineville, California, changed the resident’s name to Mira Loma. There is a positive and negative response from the public for this film. From the positive response, they said that the film is interesting. You will not be disappointed by the film. You will feel the emotion of the film. The film has the best director and best production design. Every element, including the photography, the production design, and Eastwood’s own plaintive music score, seems close to perfection. There are moments when it seems as if it wants to be an inspirational story about a person who refuses to be beaten by a corrupt system -- but it doesn't, in the end, settle for the uplifting narrative. Changeling will engage both your fears and compassion, I have no doubt. And it will stay with you long after you have left the cinema. http://www.rottentomatoes.com While the negative response, they said that Angelina Jolie, her performance and her character were uninteresting and her familiar made distracting enough to render her unconvincing. Both of Malkovich and Angelina Jolie are the fool of pair collaborators. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times felt that Jolie's celebrity was distracting enough to render her unconvincing, and David Denby of The New Yorker said that while Jolie showed skill and selflessness, the performance and character were uninteresting. He said Collins was one-dimensional, lacking desires or temperament. He cited similar problems with Malkovich's Briegleb, concluding, "The two of them make a very proper and dull pair of collaborators. En.wikipedia.org/wiki/changeling_(film) The film received eight Academy Awards nomination, including Best actress for Angelina Jolie, Best Director and Music for Clint Eastwood, Best Film, and Best Cinematography. Changeling performed modestly at the box office, the total worldwide gross was $113 million from the total budget $55 million. The film had opened in 1,167 theaters in nine markets for an international gross. There are four reasons why the writer chooses this film as her research. The first, this film is interesting because the character of Christine Collins as the mother who loves her son very much is spread out over her face. A mother who doesn’t want to miss her son is reflected by her struggle to find her son, her struggle, against the police department, to get her justification. Second, the casting of this film is appropriate with its actor and actress. As the major character in this film, Angelina Jolie’s face fit the period setting “Angelina Jolie was cast partly because Eastwood believed her face evoked the period”. Jeffery Donovan portrays Captain J.J. Jones, a character Donovan became fascinated with because of the power Jones wielded in the city. The most interesting character is Jason Butler Harner plays Gordon Northcott, whom Harner described as "a horrible, horrible, wonderful person". As the murderer, Gordon Northcott has no feeling fault that he has done a great sin. It can be seen over his face. Third, As the film has the real event story, this film is interesting. This film describes the story from the beginning until the end with the complete story. And the last reason is that because this film has beautiful cinematography. Changeling is a 2008 American drama film but it was set in 1928. The team make Los Angeles City Hall appear new by retouched by the effect team. The production also used two functioning replica of Pacific Electric Railway streetcars for some scenes. The visual effects team added further streetcars to background shots. The conflict between Christine Collins and the LAPD is called as the conflict of values. Jiang Chang, Feng Jun (in http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Valu/ValuChan.htm) state that the conflict of values occurred largely in the moral realm, and its essence and focus lay in the conflict between individual and whole interests. This film shows that the LAPD doesn’t want to get embarrassed and admit that they have brought 2. Practical Approach This study is intended to give deeper understanding for the writer herself about the movie based on sociological approach. F. Research Method To analyze the data in this movie the writer uses the qualitative method. 1. Type of the Study In this research, the writer uses qualitative research. The writer describes the conflict of values and interests that reflected in the Changeling movie based on the sociological approach. 2. Object of the Study The researcher takes a Clint Eastwood’s Changeling as the object of the study. 3. Type of the Data and the Data Source In this study, the type of the data is the form of texts and images which are used in Changeling movie. The writer uses two sources of data, according to Burns (2000: 485) there are two types of data source, namely: primary data source and secondary data source. Primary data sources are documents written by a witness to the events, whereas secondary data sources are secondhand version and therefore less accurate. a. Primary data source The primary data source is the movie itself Changeling by Clint Eastwood. b. Secondary data source The secondary data source is taken from other sources, which are related to the primary data such as biography of the director, some books of literature, sociological and another data related to this research. 4. Technique of the Data Collection The writer gets the data for analysis from primary and the secondary data source. The writer also takes note and captures images by the important information related to the subject. 5. Technique of the Data Analysis In analyzing the data, the writer will employ the descriptive analysis on the director and his work than the structural analysis of the work and finally the sociological analysis of the literary work. G. Paper Organization This paper is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is introduction which consist of background of study, the literature review, the problem statement, objective of study, the limitation of study, the benefit of study, the research method and paper organization. The second chapter deals with review of underlying theory. The third chapter deals with the social background of America in the early of 21st Century. The fourth chapter deals with the analysis based on the structural elements. The fifth chapter deals with sociological analysis of the play. The last chapter is conclusion and suggestion.