Swing
Synopsis
Young Martin finds himself in prison, the fall guy for his brother. When Martin gets out, the guards hand him two years of unopened love letters and a warning: get a job or end up back in jail. Home is just as he left it - hopeless. Martin's only hope comes from the sage advice from his sax-playing cell mate, Jack, who taught him how to see his future and how to play it. Martin decides to start his own band.
He recruits bassist Buddy, a skirt chasing football star, drummer Oi, an ex-skinhead, and a brass section made up of bar flies who owe his dad a favour. But the one person who can transform the band from a dream to success is the beautiful singer Joan, the love of Martin's life. Joan, married to Martin's arresting officer, wonders if this is just another one of Martin's dead end dreams.
Martin convinces them all, most of all Joan, that their dream is worth fighting for. Despite a raid staged by Joan's jealous husband, the band's break-through gig is a smashing success and it lands them a recording contract, a happy ending! That is . . . until the police find that Martin's brother backed the band with stolen money and Martin ends up back in jail. But this time Martin walks out of jail with Jack and finds Joan and his band waiting and ready to swing!
Details
- Year
- 1999
- Type of project
- Features
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Nick Mead
- Producer
- Su Lim, Louise Rosner
- Director of Photography
- Ian Wilson BSc
- Principal cast
- Hugo Speer, Lisa Stansfield
- Screen Writers
- Robert L. Levy, Peter Abrams, J. P. Guerin, Peter Locke, Donald Kushner
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Tapestry Films & The Kushner-Locke Company c/o Kushner-Locke International 11601 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles CA 90025 Tel: 00 1 310 481 2000 Fax: 00 1 310 481 2100
Sales Company
Kushner-Locke International as Production Company
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