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13 April 1984 (USA)
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When America marched off to war the women marched into the factory. From then on...nothing was the same.
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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
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Nominated for Oscar.
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(2 articles)
Twilight’s Catherine Hardwicke and Speed Racer’s Emile Hirsch Teaming Up For Modern Day American Hamlet
(From Slash Film. 3 June 2009, 9:24 AM, PDT)
Hawn: "I Will Never Marry Russell"
(From WENN. 16 May 2005)
(From Slash Film. 3 June 2009, 9:24 AM, PDT)
Hawn: "I Will Never Marry Russell"
(From WENN. 16 May 2005)
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the towel!
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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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The scene taking place on the pier, as Goldie Hawn's character meets her husband returning from the war, was filmed with real sailors as extras from the USS Lang and the USS Gray, both fast frigates and built during the Vietnam War.
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Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of Jonathan Demme (#2.27)" (????)
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Serenade in Blue
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I just watched a video copy of Swing Shift. I wasn't aware of the infamous towel scene with Ed Harris, so when he sat down with his beer and certain parts of his male anatomy were revealed, I couldn't believe my eyes! In fact, I immediately re-wound and played that scene three more times in order to make sure I wasn't seeing things! It's amazing that Ed's "parts" were flashed because 22 years later, male frontal nudity is still rare in films. I assume Goldie and Demme left this quick little scene in the movie to be funny. The rest of the film is nudity-free. Even the bedroom scene with Kurt and Goldie doesn't show them nude.