Swing Shift (1984)

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5.9	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Jonathan Demme

Starring (View all)

Goldie Hawn
Kay Walsh

Kurt Russell
Lucky Lockhart

Christine Lahti
Hazel Zanussi

Fred Ward
Biscuits Toohey

Ed Harris
Jack Walsh

Sudie Bond
Annie

Holly Hunter
Jeannie Sherman

Patty Maloney
Laverne

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Nancy Dowd

Bo Goldman
uncredited

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An average movie

9 years, 5 months ago at Nov 26 11:20

johanlefourbe

The interesting thing about Jonathan Demme is how diverse his career has been. Indeed, his biggest critical and financial success must have been ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ but he has never done anything similar before or after. His previous directing effort was ‘Philadelphia’ which was also quite successful and also something wildly different. Still, diversity is not always a guarantee of ... read more

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A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an aircraft plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war.

Release date: 13 April 1984
UPC: 085392888924

Tags: 1984 (2), Drama (1), Comedy (1), Romance (1), 1980s (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Warner Bros. (1), Box Office Flop (1), Sort (1), SnP (1)

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" The film’s soundtrack featured the song “Someone Waits For You” performed by Carly Simon, and featured appearances by Stephen Tobolowsky, Belinda Carlisle, Holly Hunter, and Todd Allen. Swing Shift is a 1984 American romantic-drama directed by Jonathan Demme, and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn, with Kurt Russell. It also features Christine Lahti, Fred Ward, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter, in one of her earlier movie roles. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $6.6 million a"

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" Directed by: Jonathan Demme Produced by: Jerry Bick, Charles Mulvehill, Arlene Sellers, and Alex Winitsky Written by: Nancy Dowd, Bo Goldman, and Ron Nyswaner Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto Edited by: Craig McKay Music by: Patrick Williams Distributed by: Warner Bros."