Swingers (1996)

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Movie
German title Swingers
Original title Swingers
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Doug Liman
script Jon Favreau
production Victor Simpkins , Jon Favreau
music Justin Reinhardt
camera Doug Liman
cut Stephen Mirrione
occupation

Swingers is an American comedy film directed by Doug Liman from 1996 .

action

Actor Mike, who moved to Los Angeles from New York six months earlier , still can't get over the breakup with his girlfriend, with whom he dated six years. His friend Trent tries to get him to change his mind by, among other things, persuading him to go on a short trip to Las Vegas and also urging him to make new women acquaintances.

Trent himself easily succeeds in making almost every attractive woman succumb to his charm and give him her phone number. Another good friend, the easily irritable Sue, who also cares for Mike, is almost as successful with women. Mike, on the other hand, who is a bit out of practice after the long relationship with his ex-girlfriend, regularly fails, among other things, he speaks countless messages to an attractive young woman who gave him her phone number on her answering machine that same evening until she, completely annoyed, forbids him ever to call her again.

These and other sobering failures while hooking up make his dejection and longing for his ex-girlfriend even higher.

Rob, an old friend from New York who is still brand new to town, also knows Mike's ex-girlfriend and has also had a long-term relationship and is therefore Mike's preferred conversation partner when he falls into the pain of separation. Rob agrees with Trent that meeting new women is still the best cure for the pain of separation, and that Mike should finally appreciate living in this city of beautiful women, where the sun is always shining.

Trent and Sue don't give up either and regularly drag him through the bars, clubs and parties of the city. After a while, Mike meets pretty Lorraine, who has also recently moved here. They both get along perfectly right away, so much so that when she later calls Mike even throws his ex-girlfriend off the line to speak to Lorraine, even though he had longingly hoped for a call from his ex for months.

The film ends with a scene in a diner in which Trent, who has so far been extremely successful with women, makes a fool of himself during a line-up, whereupon the now relaxed and satisfied Mike has to smile.

background

Actor Jon Favreau wrote the script for this film and starred with buddy Vince Vaughn . The low-budget film ($ 250,000) became a surprise hit and paved the way for the two actors and their director Doug Liman on their career paths in Hollywood.

The title "Swingers" refers to the partner change, but in the sense of partner search and not to what is known to us as swingers . Much of the music in the film is swing , including Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, which can also be seen in the film towards the end.

Reviews

"A semi-documentary filmed and autobiographically colored low-budget film that entertains in a charming way thanks to the likeable leading actor and, in addition to its view of American lifestyle, lives above all from its film quotes and (in the original) slang idioms."

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for swingers . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2012 (PDF; test number: 77 800 V).
  2. ↑ Swingers. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 17, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used