Swing Shift (film)
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 heartbroken exsinger and Hawns characters 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.
Lonely and vulnerable, Kay falls for the charms of another man, a musician named Lucky Kurt Russell, and befriends her embittered neighbor Hazel Christine Lahti, a former singer. The three of them enjoy their time together until Kays husband comes home and realizes what has occurred.Swing Shift has become a case study for a starproducerdirector 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 reshooting in order to get the movie they had hired Demme to film. Demmes directors cut exists on bootleg VHS only. Both cuts run 100 minutes. ........
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