- Swoon (film)
Infobox Film
name = Swoon
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caption =DVD cover
director =Tom Kalin
producer =Christine Vachon
writer = Tom KalinHilton Als
narrator =
starring =Daniel Schlachet Craig Chester
music =James Bennett
cinematography =Ellen Kuras
editing = Tom Kalin
distributor =Fine Line Features
released = flagicon|USA January1992
flagicon|USASeptember 11 1992 (General release)
flagicon|CanadaSeptember 13 1992
flagicon|AustraliaNovember 26 1992
runtime = 82 mins
country =United States
language = English
budget = $250,000 (estimated)
gross = $340,147 (USA sub-total)
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amg_id = 1:48203
imdb_id = 0105508"Swoon" is an
independent film written and directed byTom Kalin , released in 1992. It is an account of the 1924Leopold and Loeb murder case, focusing more on thehomosexuality of the killers than other movies based on the case. It starredDaniel Schlachet as Loeb andCraig Chester as Leopold.Along with the films of
Todd Haynes ,Gregg Araki and others, "Swoon" is identified as part of theNew Queer Cinema .Cast
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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 LurieAwards
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"
* "RopeExternal links
* [http://www.leopoldandloeb.com LeopoldandLoeb.com]
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