Swing

Swing (1999)

Getting this dream off the ground is going to require some very fancy footwork!!

When Martin Luxford leaves jail, he decides to form a swing band, having been taught to play the saxophone by his cellmate Jack. Returning to his native Liverpool, Martin pulls together a backing band of misfits and loners, and recruits his ex-girlfriend Joan as a singer. Things are complicated somewhat by the fact that Joan is now married to the policeman who arrested Martin, and when the band's first gig - at a heavy metal pub - goes badly, it seems as though the road to musical success may be a rocky one.

Date of release
1999-06-18
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Music, Romance
Director
Nick Mead

Casting

Interesting facts

Swing is a 1999 musical comedy romance film directed by Nick Mead and starring Hugo Speer and Lisa Stansfield. This was Stansfield's film debut and she also recorded the soundtrack, Swing. Jimmy Nail was originally cast, but does not feature in the film. The film was produced by Su Lim and Louise Rosner, with Donald Kushner, Peter Locke, Robert L. Levy, Peter Abrams and Jean-Pierre Guérin as executive producers.

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