It also stars christine lahti, fred ward, ed harris, belinda carlisle, and holly hunter, in one of her first movie roles. Swing shift 1984 during world war ii, a navy wife helps the war effort by taking a job in the local aircraft factory, where she meets a man declared unfit for military service who sweeps her off. Filmography of kurt russell includes popular tv series the travels of jaimie mcpheeters 196364, tv film elvis and topgrossing films like tequila sunrise 1988, executive decision 1996 and the fate of the furious 2017. Swing shift is a movie starring goldie hawn, kurt russell, and christine lahti. Swing shift on dvd 085392888924 from warner bros directed by jonathan demme.
In 1941 america kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after pearl harbor. The shift between the day and night shifts swing shift, a 1997 jazz album by rik emmett. Its so nostalgic that even the anger at the end when the. A housewife flirts with a jazzy 4f coworker at a world war ii aircraft plant.
With goldie hawn, kurt russell, christine lahti, fred ward. Swing shift 1984 stream and watch online moviefone. Swing shift definition of swing shift by the free dictionary. Director jonathan demme uses a shortsubject to introduce kay goldie hawn to the idea of taking a job now that her husband s gone to war, meeting her neighbor hazel christine lahti at the santa monica plant, with whom relations have thus far been chilly, in swing shift, 1941. Directed by 1 writing credits 3 cast 57 produced by 4 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 production design by 1 art direction by 1 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1 makeup department 4 production management 1 second unit director or assistant director 6. Against his wishes, his wife takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets hazel, the singer from across the way the two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly. Needing money, she begins working at a plant building airplanes. Christine lahtioscarnominatedshines as another coworker who has a bad reputation and fred ward givesanother fine performance in a small supporting role. Get swing shift dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. Kay is a happily married woman in 1941 who suddenly finds herself on her own after her husband enlists during world war ii. Swing shift 1984 full movie download full hd youtube. Christine lahti is especially good, giving a finelynuanced and carefully detailed performance that gathers in impact, but hawn, russell and ed harris are all solid. These photos capture the changing face of goldie hawn and kurt russells romance over the decades duration.
Vivid thoughts, mood shifts and swings, depression, and anxiety of the. I couldnt find much information online about it, so i rented swing shift to see for myself and took some screenshots while i was at it lets take a look back at the cozy bungalow apartments. Swing shift is a 1984 comedydrama film directed by jonathan demme, starring goldie hawn, kurt russell, ed harris and christine lahti after the bombing of pearl harbor, jack walsh harris enlists in the navy, leaving his wife kay hawn home alone and unsure what to do with herself. Staring kurt russell, goldie hawn, stephen tobolowsky and todd allen. Containing hundreds of games ranging through many different genres and styles, the arcade provides research, comparison. His boxoffice bombs include soldier 1998 and dark blue 2002. Goldie hawn, kurt russell, christine lahti, imdb rating. Davis was a surprise nominee so i dont think she figured into stuff. Director jonathan demme uses a shortsubject to introduce kay goldie hawn to the idea of taking a job now that her husband s gone to war, meeting her neighbor hazel christine lahti at the santa monica plant, with whom relations have thus far been chilly, in swing shift.
Director jonathan demme made one of his more conventional movies with swing shift, an examination of life on the american home front during wwii. Lahti in swing shift probably would have suffered because the film was such a flop and had so much behind the scenes drama. Answers i woke up to the tv on and heard the music have u had any luck locating this sound track. Produced in 1984, swing shift tells the story of a young woman goldie hawn, who begins working in an airplane factory soon after her husband ed harris joins the u. Golden goldies when hubby ed harris ships off to fight wwii, housewife hawn finds herself via a factory joband a fling with hunky trumpeter kurt russell. Gallery of 5 movie poster and cover images for swing shift 1984. This is a sliceoflife movie, the kind that director jonathan melvin and howard demme is good at. After seeing a newsreel calling for female factory workers, she applies at a munitions. Released 1984, swing shift stars goldie hawn, kurt russell, christine lahti, fred ward the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of.
Girl gets husband, girl loses husband, girl gets job. Swing shift is a 1984 american romantic drama war film directed by jonathan demme and produced by and starring goldie hawn with kurt russell. It seems impossible that this film was made almost 32 years ago kurt russell and goldie hawn look almost unrecognizable in swing shift, from 1984, directed by jonathan demme and also starring christine lahti and ed harris. Brief synopsis after the outbreak of world war ii, a housewife joins the labor force in order to help the war effort while her husband is off fighting in the pacific my take on it this film is the perfect example of a great idea that just doesnt work in reality.
There she gains an inspirational buddy academy award, emmy and golden globewinner christine lahti tvs. Swing shift 1984 nude scenes free to close the website. Despite a contentious relationship between director and star, hawn here displays. Amazon photos unlimited photo storage free with prime. Goldie hawn stars in this nostalgic romantic comedy as a demure world war ii housewife whose life is enriched by her job at a homefront factory. Swing shift, a stop motion short film by mike jittlov swing shift soixante neuf, a song by nash the slash on his album children of the night. Lahti received a nomination for the academy award for best supporting actress but the film was a box office.
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