The Changeling

Visible crew/equipment: When John is playing the piano, after the door opens by itself in the music room, there is a shot that revolves around him. If you look in the large mirror in front of the piano you can see the pole of the boom microphone reflected (behind the chandelier). (00:19:21)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: When John puts all the evidence on Carmichael's desk, after he has accused his dead father of being a murderer, if you pay attention to the picture of Carmichael's father on his desk you can see a clear shadow of the boom microphone being pulled upwards. (01:28:48)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: After Senator Carmichael gets off the phone with Minnie he stands next to a large glass case with a model ship in it and you can see the reflection of a crew members face on the left-hand side of the glass as the camera moves in. (00:59:25)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: During the second part of the seance, where the silver object is on the table, there is a POV shot of the spirit moving into the music room and as the camera moves through the doorway you can see the shadow of the operator cast on the floor (left side of screen). (00:49:11)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: When John and Claire are listening to the music box the camera pans to Claire. If you look behind her in one of the small mirrors you can see the camera and operator reflected. (00:35:10)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: When John first enters the hidden attic room you can see the shadow of a crew member in the bottom left of the screen as the camera pulls back. (00:32:49)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: When Claire drops off some pictures for John and says she has to leave you can see the shadow of the camera operator on the door frame (right side of screen) as the camera pulls back. You can also see the boom microphone reflected in one of the small windows to the right of John's head. (00:20:33)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: When Claire is showing John the house for the first time you can see the shadow of the camera on the tablecloth on top of the piano when John approaches it. (00:09:57)

Jack Vaughan

Visible crew/equipment: When John is playing the piano, after the door opens by itself in the music room, there is a shot that revolves around him. If you look in the large mirror in front of the piano you can see the pole of the boom microphone reflected (behind the chandelier). (00:19:21)

Jack Vaughan

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John Russell: It's my understanding... that there are, uh... twenty-three students registered... for this series of lectures on advanced musical form. Now, we all know it's not raining outside, and unless there's a fire in some other part of the building that we don't know about, there's an awful lot of people here with nothing better to do.

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Trivia: George C. Scott actually learned how to play several classical piano pieces for his role in the film.

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Question: Carmichael died at his home. Was it his ghost or something else that John saw in the house as it was burning?

Answer: It was implied to be his "spirit" or "soul" that John saw.

TedStixon

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