Lahti was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. 100 min - Comedy Drama - 13 April 1984 (USA) A woman finds romance when she takes a job at an airport plant to help make ends meet after her husband goes off to war. In the end she takes nice guy Lucky away from Kay, just in the nick of time, as Jack returns from the war to resume his happy marriage.Īfter the re-writes, the film’s message of women finding friendship and professional gratification at the work-place is overshadowed by the wartime romance–which proves you can love more than one guy. Kay’s single singer cottage neighbor and co-worker on the swing shift, Hazel ( Christine Lahti ), pals around with both during these war years. Kay’s jazz trumpeter foreman, Lucky Lockhart (Kurt Russell), a 4-F because of a weak heart, keeps asking her out until she says yes. Opening to Swing Shift 1984 VHS 1,865 views 8 Dislike Share Save Artist One Media 2.31K subscribers I dont own the content that are shown in this video. His homemaker wife Kay (Goldie Hawn) gets a riveter job on the swing shift (midnight) at the McBride airplane factory, just outside the city. Jonathan Demme’s 1984 film, Swing Shift, brings to the forefront the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter: a call to arms for women who were not required to serve in the Armed Forces but, nevertheless, wanted to help the war effort. When Pearl Harbor is attacked, Santa Monica, California, married cottage resident Jack Walsh (Ed Harris) enlists in the Navy. (1984) When America marched off to war the women marched into the factory. The credited writer is Rob Morton, a pseudonym for Nancy Dowd. The conventional period romantic drama has good details of the period and some fine dramatic moments, that at least kept it from being a bomb. Goldie, a big star at this time, clashed with director Jonathan Demme (“Silence of the Lambs”/”Swimming to Cambodia”/”Married to the Mob”) and forced upon him several script re-writes. The film gets over despite problems with the t wo stars (Goldie & Kurt, who fell in love during the filming and wanted the film to center on their illicit affair rather than on her friendship with her neighbor Lahti). “ The conventional period romantic drama has good details of the period and some fine dramatic moments, that at least kept it from being a bomb.” 45 min Episode 111: A Good Person (2021) / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Episode 111: A Good Person (2021) / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) This week on Cinema Spin, Florence Pugh stars as a recovering addict in A Good Person (2023) the latest effort from director Zach Braff. SWING SHIFT (director: Jonathan Demme screenwriter: Rob Morton cinematographer: Tak Fujimoto editor: Craig McKay music: Patrick Williams cast: Goldie Hawn ( Kay Walsh), Ed Harris ( Jack Walsh), Kurt Russell ( Lucky Lockhart), Christine Lahti (Hazel ), Holly Hunter ( Jeannie), Fred Ward (Biscuits), Charles Napier ( Moon Willens) Runtime: 105 MPAA Rating: PG producer: Jerry Bick Warner Brothers 1984) 2 Next Message Author hearthesilence Joined: Fri 9:22 am Location: NYC Swing Shift: The Director's Cut (Jonathan Demme, 1984) 1 by hearthesilence Thu 12:51 am I just came across a great write-up from an old issue of Sight & Sounds.
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