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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ellen Barkin | ... | Amanda Brooks | |
| Jimmy Smits | ... | Walter Stone | |
| JoBeth Williams | ... | Margo Brofman | |
| Lorraine Bracco | ... | Sheila Faxton | |
| Tony Roberts | ... | Arnold Freidkin | |
| Perry King | ... | Steve Brooks | |
| Bruce Payne | ... | The Devil (as Bruce Martyn Payne) | |
| Lysette Anthony | ... | Liz | |
| Victoria Mahoney | ... | Felicia | |
| Basil Hoffman | ... | Higgins | |
| Catherine Keener | ... | Steve's Secretary | |
| Kevin Kilner | ... | Dan Jones | |
| David Wohl | ... | Attorney Caldwell | |
| James Harper | ... | Lt. Laster | |
| John Lafayette | ... | Sgt. Phillips | |
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Steve Brooks is a sexist and the prototype macho. Unfortunately one day he is killed by one of his girlfriends. In heaven, though, there is no place for men like him and he is sent back to earth in the body of a woman so that he can see how women are treated by men like the one he once was. Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>
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blonde | cleavage | scantily clad female | removing nylon stocking | blonde woman |Taglines:
Steve and Walter used to have a preference for blondes. Then Steve was murdered... and came back as one. Will being a woman make him a better man?Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
10 May 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$14,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$3,770,991, 12 May 1991Gross USA:
$15,545,943Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$15,545,943Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Margo Brofman: Know how many rich animals I had to fuck to get this coat?
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The premise of this film, in which a womanizer is murdered and is quickly reincarnated as a female, is almost identical to an earlier film called "Goodbye Charlie." See more »Goofs
When Amanda punches Walter, the sound comes before the hit. See more »Quotes
Fur Protestor: Do you know how many poor animals they had to kill to make that coat?Margo Brofman: Know how many rich animals I had to fuck to get this coat?
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Switch is just one of those movies you just have to love.Touching on offensive subject matter and being socially inappropriate by today's censored standards it tells the story of a womanizer named Steve who is murdered by 3 of his ex lovers for being a male chauvinistic pig. He crosses over into a sort of limbo and being thats he's been so bad to the opposite sex is sent back to earth to find one female who truly loves him. He than can move on to heaven but if he can't will go straight to hell. The woman he becomes is played by a young Ellen Barkin in her sexual prime and comic glory.Creative laughs ensue as he deals with homosexuality, struggles of sexism in the workplace and world, repercussions of his past actions from women and advances from all kinds of men including his best friend played charmingly by the than hunky Jimmy Smits. The movie is smart funny and wholly original in its exploration of its premise and even raunchy and envelop pushing by todays standards. Although not a perfect film there are some pacing issues and questionable directorial approaches on how he approaches the material times. Switch is still a great movie as timely as ever showing us just how little we've progressed in the age old war between the sexes not to say their hasn't been a lot of progress but we still have a ways to go.