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Swoon

United States

1992

82 Min
Black and White
1.66:1
English
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DIR Tom Kalin

EXEC James Schamus, Lauren Zalaznick

PROD Christine Vachon

SCR Hilton Als, Tom Kalin

DP Ellen Kuras

CAST Daniel Schlachet, Craig Chester, Ron Vawter, Michael Kirby, Michael Stumm, Todd Haynes

ED Tom Kalin

PROD DES Thérèse DePrez

MUSIC James Bennett

SOUND Susan Demskey

Sundance (Dramatic Competition): Cinematography Award, Berlinale (Forum): Caligari Film Award, Teddy: Best Feature, Toronto, Stockholm (Competition): FIPRESCI Prize, Berlinale (Forum Special Screenings)

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The true story of gay lovers, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s for kicks. The plot covers the months before the crime, the investigation, trial and final fate of the two men. –IMDb

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