Swing Shift Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Demme
Genres: Comedy Drama, Romance
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Director Jonathan_Demme made one of his more conventional movies with Swing Shift, an examination of life on the American home front during WWII. Goldie_Hawn, who also served as the film's producer, stars as Kay, a woman who takes a job on the line at a plant producing war planes after her husband goes off to fight in Europe. One of her coworkers is her best friend Hazel, played by Christine_Lahti, whose performance earned an Oscar nomination and a New York Film Critics award. Kay falls in love with another coworker, Lucky (Kurt_Russell), who couldn't enlist because of a weak heart. Kay's husband Jack (Ed_Harris) comes home on leave and finds out that his wife has betrayed him. Lucky then decides to pursue Hazel, driving a wedge between the two best friends. Michael Betzold, Rovi
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