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Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Surround Sound, French, Dubbed
Hip and hilarious--critics and audiences alike are raving about the must-see comedy hit Swingers! It's the laugh-out-loud look at a fun group of friends who spend their days looking for work and their nights in and out of Hollywood's coolest after-hours hangouts! When the lovesick Mike (Jon Favreau, Rudy) can't seem to shake a relationship rut, his smooth, fast-talking buddy Trent (Vince Vaughn, The Lost World, Jurassic Park 2) decides he'll do whatever it takes to show Mike a good time! Whether laughing over martinis in smokey cocktail lounges or searching for beautiful babes on an outrageous road trip to Vegas, these young swingers are determined to rewrite the rules of dating in the '90s!
"The movie is sweet, funny, observant and goofy..." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"The year's most winning comedy!" Boston Globe
"Two thumbs up!" Siskel & Ebert
Editor's Note
Hauling his sentimental friend out of his postbreakup funk, a club-hopping swinger takes him on a hilarious odyssey through the dating game of the 1990s, hitting the Vegas strip, fashionable martini lounges, and other modern hunting grounds of the opposite sex.
Plot Summary
SWINGERS follows insecure Mike and smooth-talking Trent, two retro-hip showbiz wanna-bes, as they make the scene at various clubs in Hollywood and Vegas. During their martini-fueled odyssey, the duo and their buddies explore an altogether new vernacular while struggling with images of machismo, self-esteem, relationships, and, of course, sex. Lead actor Jon Favreau based the script on his and his friends' real-life Tinseltown adventures.
| Features | "Swingblade" Short Film | | Illustrated Action Commentary With Jon Favreau And Vince Vaughn | | "Making It In Hollywood"--Original Documentary: Art Imitates Life: Writing The Story; Life Creates Art: Getting "Swingers" Made; Life Imitates Art: "Swingers" Culture; Art Creates Life: Life After "Swingers" | | The Cutting Room Floor: Director's Introduction; Golfing; The Kiss; Drunken Diners; Outtakes Reel | | Scene Selection | | Languages: English, French | | Filmakers' Audio Commentary With Director Doug Liman And Editor Stephen Mirrione | | Theatrical Trailer | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Interactive Menus | | Widescreen Version |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 9/24/2002 |
| Running Time: 96 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1996 | | Catalog ID: 2790403 | | UPC: 00786936197679 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (1997) |  | Doug Liman, Winner, Best New Filmmaker |
| Memorable Quotes| "You're money."----phrase bandied about among the friends |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Writing, directing and acting are all pitch-perfect in a party movie that keeps spinning funny, sexy and touching surprises..." 10/31/1996 p.78Entertainment Weekly
"...Terrific....[Liman scores] from Favreau's exuberantly witty script....[Vaughn is] a scene-stealer..." -- Rating: A 11/01/1996 p.46 Variety
"...Sweet and funny....SWINGERS is a winningly confident snapshot of the nightlives of a bunch of young showbiz wannabes....Engaging, refreshingly human in its humor and becomingly modest in its aspirations..." 09/09/1996 Los Angeles Times
"...A guy film that gives you something to latch onto....Ruefully funny and unpretentious, with an air of relaxed and confident hipness, SWINGERS is helped along by a clever script and the not surprising fondness it feels for its characters..." 10/18/1996 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie is sweet, funny, observant and goofy..." 10/25/1996 p.39 Uncut
"Favreau's script crackles with sharply amusing, endlessly quotable dialogue..." 07/01/2005 p.137 Sight and Sound
"Liman's very quotable debut offsets its outer hipness with a compassion for its characters' vulnerabilities." 07/01/2005 p.86 Los Angeles Times 8 of 10
....a guy film that gives you something to latch onto, that makes male bonding both believable and appealing. Ruefully funny and unpretentious, with an air of relaxed and confident hipness, Swingers is helped along by a clever script and the not surprising fondness it feels for its characters. - Kenneth Turan
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