Swoon (film)

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Swoon
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Tom Kalin
Written byTom Kalin
Produced by Christine Vachon
Starring
Cinematography Ellen Kuras
Edited byTom Kalin
Music byJames Bennett
Production
companies
Distributed by Fine Line Features
Release dates
  • January 23, 1992 (1992-01-23)(Sundance)
  • September 11, 1992 (1992-09-11)(United States)
Running time
93 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000 (estimated)

Swoon is a 1992 American crime drama film written, directed, and edited by Tom Kalin in his feature directorial debut. It stars Craig Chester and Daniel Schlachet, with Michael Kirby, Michael Stumm, and Ron Vawter in supporting roles. It recounts the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder case, focusing more on the homosexuality of the killers than other films based on the case. Swoon is considered an integral part of the New Queer Cinema movement.

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The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 1992, where it won Best Cinematography. [2] It was theatrically released in the United States on September 11, 1992, by Fine Line Features. It won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival and received four Independent Spirit Award nominations.

Plot

A dramatization of the infamous Leopold and Loeb murder of 1924. Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty crimes, until the calculating Nathan ups the ante by kidnapping, and murdering, a young boy. When the body is found, all evidence leads to Nathan and Richard, whose relationship makes the case one of the most talked-about trials of the 1920s.

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References

  1. ↑ Maslin, Janet (March 27, 1992). "Review/Film Festival; A New Vision of Leopold and Loeb". The New York Times . Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ "SWOON (1992)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . Retrieved March 28, 2023.


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