Swing Shift

1984 film by Jonathan Demme
Movie film Q923009
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Summary

Swing Shift is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,532 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jonathan Demme[3]
  • Screenwriter: Nancy Dowd[4], Bo Goldman[5], Ron Nyswaner[6]
  • Composer: Peter Allen[7], Patrick Williams[8], Bruce Langhorne[9]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[10], comedy drama[11], drama film[12]
  • Cast member: Goldie Hawn[13], Kurt Russell[14], Christine Lahti[15], Fred Ward[16], Ed Harris[17], Belita Moreno[18], Holly Hunter[19], Belinda Carlisle[20], Charles Napier[21], Eugene Jackson[22], Penny Johnson Jerald[23], Roger Corman[24], Stephen Tobolowsky[25], Joey Aresco[26]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[27], Warner Bros. Pictures[28]
  • Director of photography: Tak Fujimoto[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 7.1/10[32], 87%[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: United States[35]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1984[36], April 13, 1984[37]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[38], Netflix[39]
  • Narrative location: Hawaii[40]
  • Filming location: California[41]
  • Main subject: World War II[42], home front during World War II[43]
  • Film editor: Craig McKay[44]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[45], Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture[46]
  • Title: Swing Shift[47]
  • MPA film rating: PG[48]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 0[49]
  • Duration: 100 minutes[50]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 1.85:1[51]
  • Capital cost: 15,000,000 US dollars[52]

Why It Matters

Swing Shift has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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