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Overview

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Director:
Writer:
Nancy Dowd (written by)
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Release Date:
13 April 1984 (USA) more
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Tagline:
When America marched off to war the women marched into the factory. From then on...nothing was the same.
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
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If there was a boogie woogie bugle boy, there had to be a female equivalent. more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Goldie Hawn ... Kay Walsh

Kurt Russell ... Mike 'Lucky' Lockhart

Christine Lahti ... Hazel

Fred Ward ... Archibald 'Biscuits' Touie

Ed Harris ... Jack Walsh
Sudie Bond ... Annie

Holly Hunter ... Jeannie
Patty Maloney ... Laverne

Lisa Pelikan ... Violet
Susan Peretz ... Edith

Joey Aresco ... Johnny Bonnaro
Morris 'Tex' Biggs ... Clarence
Reid Cruickshanks ... Spike
Danny Darst ... Deacon (as Daniel Dean Darst)
Dennis Fimple ... Rupert George
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100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
During filming, media reports stated that Goldie Hawn and director Demme argued constantly. more
Quotes:
[final lines]
Kay Walsh: Hazel... we showed 'um didn't we.
Hazel: Boy, did we ever.
[both hug and cry]
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Soundtrack:
Why Don't You Do Right? more

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If there was a boogie woogie bugle boy, there had to be a female equivalent., 7 June 2006
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Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

An easy-to-watch look at the Rosie the Riveter culture during WWII, "Swing Shift" is nothing special but passes. Goldie Hawn is her usual self as housewife Kay Walsh, who goes to work in the factories after her husband Jack (Ed Harris) goes off to fight in the war. If anything weakens the movie, it's something that we only recognize in the 21st century: the fact that Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell met on the set (Russell plays her new love interest). Since then, stories of movie stars meeting on movie sets - and possible breaking up marriages - have become so commonplace that it makes our eyes roll.

But the movie itself is pretty interesting. Maybe it's not any kind of masterpiece, but it's fun to watch. Also starring Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Holly Hunter. Jonathan Demme was certainly demonstrating the talent that he would later bring to "Silence of the Lambs", "Philadelphia" and "Beloved".

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