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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 |
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Running time
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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.