Swing Shift (film)

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Swing Shift
Swing Shift theatrical poster
Directed by	Jonathan Demme
Produced by	Jerry Bick
Written by	Nancy Dowd Bo Goldman Ron Nyswaner
Starring	Goldie Hawn Kurt Russell Christine Lahti Fred Ward Ed Harris
Music by	Peter Allen Bruce Langhorne Patrick Williams
Cinematography	Tak Fujimoto
Editing by	Gib Jaffe Craig McKay
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	April 13, 1984
Running time	100 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Swing Shift is a 1984 feature film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell. It also starred Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Ed Harris. Lahti earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, losing to Peggy Ashcroft for A Passage to India.

Set during the Second World War, Hawn plays a woman who has been assigned to an armaments factory while her husband is overseas in military service. During the course of the film Hawn falls for the charms of another man played by Russell.

Swing Shift has become a case study for a star/producer interfering. Hawn and Russell saw the film as a lighthearted vehicle while the director Demme attempted to create a more serious film.^{[citation needed]} Hawn requested a recut and partially re-shooting in order to enhance her role. Demme's director's cut exists on bootleg VHS only. Both cuts run 100 minutes.