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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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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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If there was a boogie woogie bugle boy, there had to be a female equivalent.
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(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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During filming, media reports stated that Goldie Hawn and director Demme argued constantly.
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Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of Jonathan Demme (#2.27)" (????)
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Why Don't You Do Right?
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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".