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5.8Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty crimes, until the calculating Nathan ups the ante by kidnapping, and murdering, a young boy.
Released: 1992-09-1193 minDir: Tom KalinDramaBudget: $250,000Box office: $340,147
Cast
- Daniel Schlachet as Richard Loeb
- Craig Chester as Nathan Leopold Jr.
- Ron Vawter as State's Attorney Crowe
- Michael Stumm as Doctor Bowman
- Valda Z. Drabla as Germaine Reinhardt
- Paul Connor as Bobby Franks
Themes
- homophobia
- male homosexuality
- black and white
- true crime
- real life
- 1920s
- gay theme
- queer cinema
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
1,956 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
- Year
- 1992
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 6 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Teddy Award
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Creator
- Tom Kalin
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Tom Kalin
- Screenwriter
- Tom Kalin
- Cast member
- Todd Haynes
- Composer
- Jimmy Bennett
- Producer
- Christine Vachon
- Production company
- Killer Films
- Cinematographer
- Ellen Kuras
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 369956
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1992-01-01
- title
- Swoon
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Tom Kalin
- review score
- 6.7/10
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