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7 May 1999 (UK)
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Getting this dream off the ground takes some pretty fancy footwork!
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An optimistic guy is arrested and thrown in jail, while there he learns the saxophone from a fellow inmate...
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Swing is the Thing
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Hugo Speer | ... | Martin 'Marty' Luxford |
 | Lisa Stansfield | ... | Joan Woodcock |
 | Paul Usher | ... | Liam Luxford |
| Tom Bell | ... | Sid Luxford |
| Rita Tushingham | ... | Mags Luxford |
| Danny McCall | ... | Andy |
| Alexei Sayle | ... | Mighty Mac |
| Clarence Clemons | ... | Jack |
 | Scot Williams | ... | Buddy |
| James Hicks | ... | Oi |
| Nerys Hughes | ... | Maria |
| Tom Georgeson | ... | Uncle Matty |
| Jimmy Nail | ... | Arthur |
| Gavin Watson | ... | Orangeman / Piano |
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| Jon Huyton | ... | Assistant Hotel Manager |
| Dermot Keaney | ... | Arnold |
| Eddie Webber | ... | Cockney Wanker #1 |
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Rated R for language.
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Netherlands:97 min
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T'Aint What You Do
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Just another "uplifting" flick in which the good guys win? Nope...not in my humble estimation. Sure the storyline is "feel good" and the likable characters ARE likable. But the real story is THE MUSIC! I mean, who listens to authentic "swing" music in this day and age? Really...certainly not many of the under sixteen group (too caught up in the pulse of Hip Hop); maybe the 20-30 crowd. NO-more likely some form of ROCK or HEAVY METAL! How about the 30-50 sort who still find themselves dipping into 70's disco...just because it was probably pretty good stuff back in the 70's. Even this writer has an appetite for that. But SWING? Wow, just as the movie suggests...this is real music meant to last.And it surely does in this well produced film. Even if I had not grown up with this music (1946-53) I wouldn't be remotely able to withstand its captivating beat and insightful lyrics. This is the music that got most of the civilized world past a devastating economic depression and a war that snuffed out the lives of millions. Somehow, this is the music which seems to have an irrepressible draw...even today. It won't ever die because it has no innate flaws. It's the perfect music for the downtrodden, the well-heeled, the sick of body and the sick of spirit and everyone in between. This movie was an homage to SWING! Long may it fill our anxious ears with its lively beat and heartfelt lyrics.