Movie Poster - Angelina Jolie in Clint Eastwood's 'Changeling'

I have no idea whether or not movies that are based on actual events have to use that disclaimer at the beginning of the movie - "Based on a true story" - but we sure do see it all the time, as if knowing that going in makes the movie better somehow. Clint Eastwood's Changeling is based on actual events, and they're so strange that they could only be true. Angelina Jolie plays the mother of a kidnapped child whose son is eventually returned to her...only it's not really her son. After not getting the answers she's looking for from a corrupt LAPD, she endeavors to help herself. Sounds like a great role for Jolie and another opportunity to show Eastwood's still-ripening maturity as a filmmaker. Seriously, who has directed a more interesting scope of good films in the past five years? Here's the first poster for Changeling, which debuted yesterday at Cinematical. I hope I'm one of the limited release cities that gets to see this on October 24th, but if not, Changeling will expand its release the following weekend.

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Is this movie related in any way to the 1980s movie "The Changeling" starring George C. Scott?

I enjoyed that movie quite a lot and, if I recall correctly, it was "based on real events".