Change of Mind

Change of Mind is a 1969 science fiction/drama film starring Raymond St. Jacques, Susan Oliver, Janet MacLachlan, and Leslie Nielsen.

Change of Mind
Film Poster
Directed byRobert Stevens
Produced bySeeleg Lester
Dick Wesson
Henry S. White
Written bySeeleg Lester
Dick Wesson
StarringRaymond St. Jacques
Susan Oliver
Janet MacLachlan
Leslie Nielsen
Music byDuke Ellington and Orchestra
CinematographyArthur J. Ornitz
Edited byDonald Ginsberg
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date
1969
Running time
98 Min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

A married couple struggles to adjust when the husband, dying of cancer, has his brain is transplanted into the body of a black man.

David Rowe (St. Jacques) is a white district attorney who must now live his life as a black man. His wife Margaret (Oliver) tries to deal with the transformation of her husband's appearance as David feels the stings of racial prejudice for the first time. She has trouble being intimate with the man she knows is still her husband.

Racist Sheriff Webb (Nielsen) is a local lawman who resents the district attorney, but after the sheriff is accused of killing his own black mistress, he must rely on David for his legal defense. Rowe investigates the murder of the young black woman while dealing his superiors, friends and family treating him differently.[1]

During his investigation, David has to deal with the moral quandary of releasing evidence that clears the Sheriff, knowing it will allow the Sheriff to continue to abuse minorities.

Cast

Reviews

TV Guide found that the movie was gimmicky giving it one out of four stars. It did like the Duke Ellington soundtrack.[2] Roger Ebert gave the movie 2.5 stars, stating that it tended to focus on the trial aspects of the movie rather than the main character's reaction to now being a black man. Ebert was pleased with the acting in the movie.[3] In a review by Roger Greenspun of the New York Times it was found the movie failed to address and of the questions it was raising, and found the "pedestrian, sometimes conventionally audacious, direction " to be a hindrance. It did however praise the acting of St. Jacques and MacLachlan.[4] The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction found the movie to be a rare treatment of racial issues in a science fiction film, nd that while the movie mostly succeeds, it did contain many crass lines of dialogue.[5]

Home Release

A novelization of the movie was released in 1969, Change of Mind, written by Chris Stratton.[6]

Translations

Spain : Cambio de mente[7]
Greece : Gefsi apo klemmeni idoni[7]
Italy : Impostor Involuntario[8]

gollark: 9 persons? How does THAT work?
gollark: I mean generally speaking.
gollark: How is such a crazy polity or whatever still around then?
gollark: Well, that means you might run into problems with attacks not visible on them.
gollark: Second!

See also

References
  1. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70627/Change-of-Mind/
  2. https://www.tvguide.com/movies/change-of-mind/review/110654/
  3. Ebert, R. 27 October 1969. Change of Mind. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/change-of-mind-1969
  4. Greenspun, Roger. Oct. 2, 1969. New York Times. Screen: 'Change of Mind' Opens Here. https://www.nytimes.com/1969/10/02/archives/screen-change-of-mind-opens-here.html
  5. http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/change_of_mind
  6. http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/change_of_mind
  7. "imdb.com". Change of Mind. Retrieved 2007. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. "ebay.com". Change of Mind. Retrieved 2007. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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