Over Demme's objections, an additional 30 minutes' worth of new scenes were written and shot to emphasize Hawn's onscreen love triangle, pushing back the intended release date from Christmas 1983 and inflating the budget. Swing Shift has become a case study in star/producer/director conflict. So Kay sends Lucky a farewell letter, Jack comes back to her, and Hazel marries the club owner. The airplane factory lets the women go once the Japanese surrender, the servicemen come home. In the morning, he tells he's going on tour with a band. However, the three go out together and a very drunk Kay and Hazel trade insults and Lucky takes Kay home. Later, Hazel comes over to Kay's and they seem to have made peace. Kay shows up in a taxi, but upon seeing Hazel she returns home. Afterwards, he takes her home and they sleep together. Meanwhile, at the end of their shift at the factory, Lucky invites Hazel to the club. The next morning Jack returns early to his ship. Over dinner he bluntly confronts her, as he's realized what has occurred. Kay explains she was promoted at the factory. Looking through the closet for his clothes, Jack sees the Leadman work shirt and assumes it's some man's. Finding them at Hazel's, Jack collects Kay to their house. The three of them enjoy their time together until Kay's husband comes home by surprise in the summer of 1944 on a 48h secret leave. This time she lets him take her home, finally falling for his charms. At the jamboree Kay finally sees Lucky play the trumpet. Kay and Hazel eventually convince each other to go. She tells Lucky she can't as she's married, and goes home alone.Ī short time later, the factory throws a party on the weekend to celebrate their success. Soon after arriving on their date, Kay spots her landlords, ducking out before they can spot her. Months pass with Lucky, another factory worker and musician, hitting on her weekly until finally she agrees to go out with him after five months. Through the factory, the lonely and vulnerable Kay finally befriends her neighbor Hazel, a club singer. His wife Kay signs up to work in an armaments factory in California while he is overseas in naval service. Naval Seaman shortly after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, at the start of US involvement in World War II. Lahti earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $6.6 million against its $15 million budget. It also features Christine Lahti, Fred Ward, Ed Harris and Holly Hunter, in one of her earlier movie roles. Swing Shift is a 1984 American romantic drama directed by Jonathan Demme, and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn, with Kurt Russell.
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