Lahti was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. Cocaine Bear has arrived in theaters and we have our full reviews here. In the end she takes nice guy Lucky away from Kay, just in the nick of time, as Jack returns from the war to resume his happy marriage.Īfter the re-writes, the film’s message of women finding friendship and professional gratification at the work-place is overshadowed by the wartime romance–which proves you can love more than one guy. Episode 108: Cocaine Bear (2023) / Swing Shift (1984) Episode 108: Cocaine Bear (2023) / Swing Shift (1984) Alright.I am not sure if it was highly anticipated by everyone but it sure was by us. Kay’s single singer cottage neighbor and co-worker on the swing shift, Hazel ( Christine Lahti ), pals around with both during these war years. Kay’s jazz trumpeter foreman, Lucky Lockhart (Kurt Russell), a 4-F because of a weak heart, keeps asking her out until she says yes. Hawn would have never thought that she would fall for co-worker Kurt Russell in this fine motion picture. His homemaker wife Kay (Goldie Hawn) gets a riveter job on the swing shift (midnight) at the McBride airplane factory, just outside the city. A quiet first-rate film that has Goldie Hawn at a factory to produce military goods during World War II while husband Ed Harris is off fighting the war. When Pearl Harbor is attacked, Santa Monica, California, married cottage resident Jack Walsh (Ed Harris) enlists in the Navy. The credited writer is Rob Morton, a pseudonym for Nancy Dowd. Back to being housewives and mothers as you promised to do when you came to work with us. And you girls and women, you'll be going home. The conventional period romantic drama has good details of the period and some fine dramatic moments, that at least kept it from being a bomb. Swing Shift Quotes 3 quotes more on this quote Each returning serviceman will get his job back when the war is won. Goldie, a big star at this time, clashed with director Jonathan Demme (“Silence of the Lambs”/”Swimming to Cambodia”/”Married to the Mob”) and forced upon him several script re-writes. The film gets over despite problems with the t wo stars (Goldie & Kurt, who fell in love during the filming and wanted the film to center on their illicit affair rather than on her friendship with her neighbor Lahti). Lyrics by Will Jennings Serenade in Blue Composed by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren Performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra I'll Be Seeing You Composed by Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain Performed by Jo Stafford Why Don't You Do Right Written by Joe McCoy American Patrol Written by F.W. “ The conventional period romantic drama has good details of the period and some fine dramatic moments, that at least kept it from being a bomb.” SWING SHIFT (director: Jonathan Demme screenwriter: Rob Morton cinematographer: Tak Fujimoto editor: Craig McKay music: Patrick Williams cast: Goldie Hawn ( Kay Walsh), Ed Harris ( Jack Walsh), Kurt Russell ( Lucky Lockhart), Christine Lahti (Hazel ), Holly Hunter ( Jeannie), Fred Ward (Biscuits), Charles Napier ( Moon Willens) Runtime: 105 MPAA Rating: PG producer: Jerry Bick Warner Brothers 1984)
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