Swoon (film)

For other uses, see Swoon (disambiguation).

Swoon
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Directed by	Tom Kalin
Produced by	Christine Vachon
Written by	Tom Kalin Hilton Als
Starring	Daniel Schlachet Craig Chester
Music by	James Bennett
Cinematography	Ellen Kuras
Edited by	Tom Kalin
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release dates	January 1992 September 11, 1992 (General release) September 13, 1992 November 26, 1992
Running time	82 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$250,000 (estimated)
Box office	$340,147 (USA sub-total)

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
• Glenn Backes as James Day

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

See also

• Compulsion
• Rope

External links

• Swoon at IMDb
• Swoon at AllMovie