Swing Shift (film)
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 Swing Shift theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
| Produced by | Jerry Bick |
| Written by | Nancy Dowd Bo Goldman Ron Nyswaner |
| Starring | Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Christine Lahti Fred Ward Ed Harris Belita Moreno |
| Music by | Peter Allen Bruce Langhorne Patrick Williams |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Editing by | Gib Jaffe Craig McKay |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | April 13, 1984 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $6,650,206 |
Swing Shift is a 1984 feature film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell. It also starred Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Ed Harris. Lahti earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her tragic portrayal of heart-broken ex-singer and Hawn's character's close friend Hazel, losing to Peggy Ashcroft for A Passage to India. Singer Belinda Carlisle made a foray into the film, and Holly Hunter can be seen in one of her first movie roles.
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[edit] Storyline
Set during the Second World War, Hawn plays a woman who has been assigned to an armaments factory while her husband (Ed Harris), a Leading Seaman, is overseas in naval service. During the course of the film Hawn falls for the charms of another man, played by Russell, and befriends her embittered neighbor and ex-singer played by Lahti.
[edit] Cast
- Goldie Hawn as Kay Walsh
- Kurt Russell as Lucky Lockhart
- Christine Lahti as Hazel
- Ed Harris as Jack Walsh
- Fred Ward as Biscuits Toohey
- Holly Hunter as Jeannie
- Sudie Bond as Annie
- Patty Maloney as Laverne
- Lisa Pelikan as Violet
- Phillip Christon as Egyptian recruit
[edit] Production
Swing Shift has become a case study for a star/producer/director conflict. Hawn and Russell saw the film as a lighthearted vehicle while the director Demme attempted to create a more serious film. Hawn and Warner Brothers requested a recut and partial re-shooting in order to get the movie they had hired Demme to film. Demme's director's cut exists on bootleg VHS only. Both cuts run 100 minutes.
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