Swingers (1996 film)

Swingers
Swingers
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Doug Liman
Written by	Jon Favreau
Produced by	Victor Simpkins
Starring	Jon Favreau; Vince Vaughn; Ron Livingston; Patrick Van Horn; Alex Désert; Heather Graham;
Cinematography	Doug Liman
Edited by	Stephen Mirrione
Music by	Justin Reinhardt
Production; companies	Independent Pictures; Alfred Shay Productions
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date	October 18, 1996;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200,000
Box office	$4.6 million

Swingers is a 1996 American buddy comedy film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the 'eastside' of Hollywood, California, during the 1990s swing revival. Written by Jon Favreau and directed by Doug Liman, the film starred Favreau alongside Vince Vaughn, featuring performances by Ron Livingston and Heather Graham.

A critical and commercial hit, the film helped propel Favreau, Vaughn, Graham, and Livingston to stardom, while also launching Liman's directing career as he won the award for Best New Filmmaker at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards.

This film was rated #58 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". The film was honored on the 2007 Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards. In 2011, Empire magazine listed the film as #49 on its "50 Greatest American Independent Films" list.^[3]

^ "SWINGERS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. February 18, 1997. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
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^ Toy, Sam; Carty, Stephen; Jolin, Dan; White, James; O'Hara, Helen; Plumb, Ali; De Semlyen, Philip (June 30, 2011). "The 50 Greatest American Independent Movies". Empire. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

[1] "SWINGERS (15)". British Board of Film Classification. February 18, 1997. Retrieved September 13, 2015.

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[3] Toy, Sam; Carty, Stephen; Jolin, Dan; White, James; O'Hara, Helen; Plumb, Ali; De Semlyen, Philip (June 30, 2011). "The 50 Greatest American Independent Movies". Empire. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

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