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Swoon (DVD, 2009)

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Swoon DVD (2009) Daniel Schlachet, Kalin (DIR) cert 18 NEW Amazing ValueTitle: Swoon Leading Actor: Daniel Schlachet Region: Region 2 Duration: 93 mins Format: DVD / Normal Type: DVD No. The case served as the inspiration for two other films, Hitchcock's 'Rope' (1948) and Richard Fleischer's 'Compulsion' (1959).

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The shocking story of Leopold and Loeb, two young homosexual men who were charged in the 1924 kidnapping and murder of a young boy. Two other films were based on the famous incident, Hitchcock's ROPE (1948) and COMPULSION (1959) starring Orson Welles.

Product Identifiers

ProducerChristine Vachon, Denny Vachlioti

EAN5037899022009

eBay Product ID (ePID)74732736

Product Key Features

ActorMichael Kirby, Craig Chester, Valda Z. Drabla, Daniel Schlachet, Ron Vawter, Michael Stumm

Film/TV TitleSwoon

DirectorTom Kalin

Release Year2009

FormatDVD

LanguageEnglish

GenrePsychological, Thriller

Run Time93 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Number of Discs1

Additional InformationTom Kalin directed this black-and-white study of the infamous Leopold and Loeb case, a case told before in two previous films -- ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948) and COMPULSION (1959, starring Orson Welles). In 1924, in Chicago, Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, two 18-year-olds, kidnapped and murdered the 13-year-old Bobby Franks, immediately killing him and then stuffing his naked body up a culvert. The motive for the crime was simply that they wanted to prove to themselves that they were smart enough to get away with it. The previous film versions downplayed Leopold and Loeb's homosexuality, but Kalin's version explores their possible psychosexual motivations. Loeb (Daniel Schlachet) is calculating intellectual, while Leopold (Craig Chester), the amateur ornithologist, is emotional and weak. In love with Loeb, Leopold is willing to do anything for him, and when Leob uses the withholding of sex as a prompt, Leopold is even willing to commit murder to have his sexual desires satisfied by Loeb. SWOON is a chilling yet fascinating film.

ScreenwriterTom Kalin

CinematographerEllen Kuras

Sound sourceDolby Digital

EditorTom Kalin

Movie/TV TitleSwoon