Swoon (film)

Swoon (film)

Infobox Film
name = Swoon


image_size =
caption =DVD cover
director = Tom Kalin
producer = Christine Vachon
writer = Tom Kalin
Hilton Als
narrator =
starring = Daniel Schlachet
Craig Chester
music = James Bennett
cinematography = Ellen Kuras
editing = Tom Kalin
distributor = Fine Line Features
released = flagicon|USA January 1992
flagicon|USA September 11 1992 (General release)
flagicon|Canada September 13 1992
flagicon|Australia November 26 1992
runtime = 82 mins
country = United States
language = English
budget = $250,000 (estimated)
gross = $340,147 (USA sub-total)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:48203
imdb_id = 0105508

"Swoon" is an independent film written and directed by Tom Kalin, released in 1992. It is an account of the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder case, focusing more on the homosexuality of the killers than other movies based on the case. It starred Daniel Schlachet as Loeb and Craig Chester as Leopold.

Along with the films of Todd Haynes, Gregg Araki and others, "Swoon" is identified as part of the New Queer Cinema.

Cast

* Daniel Schlachet as Richard Loeb
* Craig Chester as Nathan Leopold Jr.
* Ron Vawter as State's Attorney Crowe
* Michael Kirby as Detective Savage
* Michael Stumm as Doctor Bowman
* Valda Z. Drabla as Germaine Reinhardt
* Natalie Stanford as Susan Lurie

Awards

1992 Berlin International Film Festival - Caligari Film Award, Best Feature - Tom Kalin

1992 Sundance Film Festival - Cinematography Award (Dramatic) - Ellen Kuras, nominated for Grand Jury Prize

1993 Independent Spirit Awards - Nominated for Best Cinematography (Ellen Kuras), Best Director (Tom Kalin), Best First Feature, and Best Male Lead (Craig Chester)

1992 Gotham Awards - Open Palm Award - Tom Kalin

1992 Stockholm International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize for Best Feature, Audience Award

1993 Fantasporto - Directors' Week Award - Tom Kalin

ee also

* "Compulsion"
* "Rope

External links

* [http://www.leopoldandloeb.com LeopoldandLoeb.com]
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