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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Miramax Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 3532
Released: September 24, 2002 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A lovesick guy, out to get rid of his relationship rut, meets a fast talker who's willing to do whatever it takes to show him a good time.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 24-SEP-2002
Media Type: DVD
Description of Swingers (Miramax Collector's Series):
For anyone who wants to catch a glimpse of the Los Angeles "lounge" scene that was in vogue during the early and mid-1990s, here's the movie that virtually defined that brief but colorful nightlife milieu. As an added bonus, it just happens to be a very funny, observant story about love, loss, and male bonding among a group of friends who struggle to find decent jobs by day, and lurk through Hollywood's hottest nightclubs by night. A sort of latter-day Rat Pack, they include Mike (writer-actor Jon Favreau) and his closest buddy, Trent (Vince Vaughn), who are waiting for the big show-biz break that seems to be eluding them. Mike's twisted up about the girlfriend he left back East to pursue his going-nowhere standup comedy career, and Trent uses the word "money" as an adjective ("Man, we look totally money tonight") with such frequency that you may find yourself slipping into lounge-lizard mode after watching the movie. One of the most noteworthy indie-film success stories of the '90s, this time-capsule comedy seized its moment in the spotlight, launched several promising careers, and continues to maintain its lasting appeal. --Jeff Shannon
Swingers (Miramax Collector's Series) Reviews:
You're So Money, and You Don't Even Know It! 
2008-06-14 - Trent Walker (Vince Vaughn), Sue (Patrick Van Horn), Rob (Ron Livingston), Charles (Alex Désert), and Mike Peters (Jon Favreau) are all struggling actors. Their social scene and lifestyle is totally retro, based on the days when Frank, Sammy, and Dean ruled Vegas. They have their own style of dress, lingo, and attitude--but all recycled from the days of Frank, Sammy, and Dean-O. Their scene, The Cocktail Nation, flourished for a while in the mid 90's. The script was written by Jon Favreau, who plays Mikey, and it was based on their own struggles in Hollywood. Some of Vince Vaughn's best lines were things he said verbatim in real life that were transcribed by Jon Favreau, who wrote the script. Like, there is a great scene where Trent Walker regales some Vegas waitresses with tales of his auditions. It is a bravura performance, where he describes a casting call where he tried out for the part of the 11-year old big brother in an after school special. Though he had everyone in tears with his dramatic reading, they rejected him because of his age. This was something Vince Vaughn came up with spontaneously, a story of his own trials and tribulations, but Jon Favreau had the good sense to write it all down, and somehow they were able to get the script shot with themselves in it. How money is that?
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Trent: All I do is stare at their mouths and wrinkle my nose, and I turn out to be a sweetheart.
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Trent Walker is a very smooth talker, and he plays the part of Frankie Baby for their erstwhile Rat Pack to a T. Mikey is broken hearted about the girl he left back in New York. They went out for 6 years, but when Mikey went to California, they broke up. Six months ago, and he is still waiting for her to call. If Trent/Vince is Frankie Baby, then Mike/Jon is definitely Dean-O. Because, did you know that in spite of his image of constant inebriation, Dean Martin was a real square who never wanted to paint the town after their shows. While Frank wanted to party all night, Dean just wanted to go back to his hotel room and sleep. One time Dean Martin was eating a bowl of spaghetti in his room and Frank Sinatra tried to get him to go out. He wouldn't budge, they got into a fight, and Dean-O wound up wearing the bowl as a fedora, with all the sauce and pasta dripping down. In [Swingers] Trent is also always trying to drag a reluctant Mike out to parties, out to Las Vegas. Anything to get his mind off the girl he left behind. In his own way, Trent cares about his pal, Mike.
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Trent: Um... a malt Glen Garry for me and my friend here. And if you tell that bartender to go extra easy on the water, this 50 cent piece has your name on it.
[Waitress smiles and goes off to get their drinks]
Trent: Baby, that was money! Tell me that wasn't money.
Mike: That was so demeaning.
Trent: She smiled, baby.
Mike: I can't believe what an $$$$$$$ you are.
Trent: Did she, or did she not smile.
Mike: She was smiling at what an $$$$$$$ you are.
Trent: She was smiling at how money I am, baby.
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Mike's problem is he won't stop talking about his ex girlfriend. Whenever Trent sets him up with a beautiful baby who should be ready to party, Mike squelches the dealy-O by talking about his ex girlfriend. Though the girls are vastly sympathetic, and like him--actually more like pity to be honest--he doesn't stir their libidos. In fact, just the opposite. But Trent and the boys don't give up on him. They keep offering what they think is helpful advice:
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Mike: So how long do I wait to call?
Trent: A day.
Mike: Tomorrow.
Sue: Tomorrow, then a day.
Trent: Yeah.
Mike: So two days?
Trent: Yeah, I guess you could call it that, two days.
Sue: Definitely, two days is like industry standard.
Trent: You know I used to wait two days to call anybody, but now it's like everyone in town waits two days. So I think three days is kind of money. What do you think?
Sue: Yeah, but two's enough not to look anxious.
Trent: Yeah, two's enough not to look anxious. But I think three days is kind of money. You know because you...
Mike: Yeah, but you know what; maybe I'll wait 3 weeks. How's that? And tell her I was cleaning out my wallet and I just happened to run into her number.
Charles: Then ask her where you met her.
Mike: Yeah, I'll ask her where I met her. I don't remember. What does she look like? And then I'll ask if we $$$$$$. Is that... would that be... T, would that be the money?
Trent: You know what. Ha ha ha Mike, laugh all you want but if you call too soon you might scare off a nice baby who's ready to party.
Mike: Well how long are you guys gonna wait to call your babies?
Trent, Sue: Six days.
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It was at this point that my brother called me. Can you spell synchronicity? Of the many brothers and sisters of my huge family, he is the only one that I can really open up to. I told him that I had a crush on a girl who was on MySpace, who was semi-famous, and she had written me a personal response to my email. He warned me not to act like the guy in [Swingers]. It was uncanny, because I was watching a video of [Swingers] right then, and had paused it to talk to him, at that precise spot. My little brother Kevin is so money. He was telling me to hold back a little, not answer right away. Don't frighten the quarry. He referred to [Swingers] like it was the Code of Conduct for guys. And this is how much this little independent film has entered the fabric and zeitgeist of our culture. Then he offered this final bit of caution, warning me of what was to come for the hapless Mikey who didn't heed the advice of the Rat Pack. Careful, 'cause you know what happens next? I won't spoil it for you by telling what happens next, but suffice it to say that Mikey should have heeded the advice of Trent and Sue.
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Trent: You're so money and you don't even know it!
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Anywhat, though in this story, it's boy loses girl, it's never boy gets girl back. It switches to a different narrative in midstream. If this is a Rite of Passage story, then the young acolyte never really learns his lesson--or perhaps the lesson is that sensei is not as wise as he thinks he is. Instead of learning the lesson proposed by the sagely master, he learns a different lesson. He even regains his sense of humor. Well, perhaps humor is not his bag, he shouldn't quit his day job for a career in stand-up, but at least he can laugh a wistful chuckle at himself,
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Mike: Hi.
Lorraine: Hi.
Mike: I'm Mike.
Lorraine: Hi Mike, I'm Lorraine.
Mike: Like the quiche.
Lorraine: Like the quiche? That's a really original joke.
Mike: I like quiche.
Lorraine: I thought real men didn't like quiche?
Mike: Well, it seems my reputation had preceded me here.
Lorraine: You not a real man?
Mike: Not lately.
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If this is the story of struggling young actors in Hollywood, they never get their big break. The movie doesn't end with them making it big in Hollywood, living in big mansions and sipping champagne. Unless you count [Swingers] itself, the movie you are watching, and the movie they ARE in. If you look at it that way, and their career trajectories after [Swingers] came out, perhaps, like a Thai massage, the movie really does have a happy ending...
ESSENTIAL RAT PACKIAN CINEMA:
Trent, Mikey, Sue, Rob, and Charles represent the five members of the original Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and 'Sammy Davis Jr' .
The Rat Pack Ultimate Collectors Edition (Oceans 11 / Robin and the 7 Hoods / 4 for Texas / Sergeants 3): (1960) Frank Sinatra made this film as an excuse to get his "Rat Pack" friends to Las Vegas to party and hang out with him. The Rat Pack is Frank, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford. George Clooney copied the whole concept and remade the film, and had so much fun that they made two sequels--so far.
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Trent: Vegas, baby. Vegas.
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Sergeants Three: (1962) This is definitely a Rat Pack movie, with all of the charter members present. Unfortunately, it might be unavailable on DVD or Video even.
4 for Texas: (1963) This is kind of a Rat Pack movie, but with just Frank and Dean and it isn't really up to the high standards of the rest. Notice that all Rat Pack movies have numbers in their titles.
Robin and the Seven Hoods: (1964) This movie features Frank, Sammy and Dean, but no Bishop, and Peter Lawford was banished by this time because of his relation to Kennedy. Frank helped elect JFK but then was snubbed afterwards due to his rumored Mafia connections. Therefore, Peter Lawford was out. Bing Crosby replaced Lawford.
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[on the way to Las Vegas]
Trent: They're gonna give daddy the Rainman suite, you dig that?
Mike: Do you think we'll get there by midnight?
Trent: Baby, we're going to be up five hundy by midnight!
Mike: Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!
Trent: Vegas baby! Vegas!
Mike: Vegas!
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TWO MAIN FOCAL POINTS OF [SWINGERS], OF WHICH IT IS SOMEWHAT DERIVATIVE:
GoodFellas: (1990) Martin Scorsese directed this classic gangster film. [Swingers] pays it homage, by copying a scene where a Steadicam pans continuously while they enter a restaurant. They discuss the shot at length during a poker game, and later, they mimic it when they are forced to sneak into a nightclub through the kitchen, calling all the cooks, waiters, waitresses, and janitors by name. The scene is so money. The sequence where Trent, Mike, and Sue enter the club through a side entrance closely resembles the way Henry and Karen enters a club in Goodfellas (1990), which the group refers to earlier in the film, calling it one of the best shots ever. The now-legendary Steadicam trip through the nightclub kitchen was serendipity - Scorsese had been denied permission to go in the front way and had to improvise an alternative.
Reservoir Dogs: (1992) Quentin Tarantino is totally derivative of Scorsese but then again, Swingers is derivative of both Tarantino and Scorsese, not to mention the whole Cocktail Nation lifestyle is derivative of Ocean's Eleven and Robin and the Seven Hoods. A [Reservoir Dogs] poster can also be seen in one of the scenes. The shot of the 'dogs' all waking purposefully is mimicked in another [Swingers] scene. There is a reference to Reservoir Dogs (1992) while the actors are playing poker. They refer to the scene in the beginning when they walk in slow motion as "a great scene". As the characters in Swingers leave the poker game to go to a party, they are shown walking in slow motion in a similar fashion to the scene in Reservoir Dogs.
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Trent: Everybody steals from everybody, that's Hollywood.
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CAREER TRAJECTORY PRE-[SWINGERS]:
Seinfeld: (1994) Jon Favreau played Erik the Clown, who is working at a kiddy birthday party where George panics about a fire, pushing kids out of his way to escape.
The Larry Sanders Show: (1995) Favreau has a part on this Gary Shandling vehicle.
THE MAIN EVENT:
Swingers: (1996) Note that while the [Swingers] cast are not exactly neophytes--TV shows here and there, the occasional after school special for Vaughn--their careers really careened Post-[Swingers]. Favreau as director is the biggest surprise since Opey and Meathead (Ron Howard and Rob Reiner. respectively). When Trent Walker lies to the waitresses they've picked up in Vegas, telling them that he is a producer, who would dream that even that would come to pass?
POST [SWINGERS] CAREER TRAJECTORY:
Friends: (1997) Favreau played Pete Becker, a software millionaire who dates Rachael Green (Jennifer Aniston) and then later wants to become an Ultimate Fighter. Bada-bing, bada-boom, only one year after Swingers and Favreau is making out with Aniston. Mackin' on Aniston. The guy is money.
The Lost World - Jurassic Park (Widescreen Collector's Edition): (1997) Director Steven Spielberg saw Vince when they played him a scene from Swingers so they could get clearance for using the Jaws music. He liked what he saw and asked Vince to play the part of Nick Van Owen, Bada-bing, bada-boom, only one year after Swingers and Vince Vaughn is working for Spielberg. THAT is so money!
Psycho: (1998) Vaughn is Norman Bates in this remake of the Hitchcock classic.
Becker: (1998-2004) Jake Malinak, the blind friend of Ted Danson's Dr Becker, is portrayed by Alex Désert. He was Charles in Swingers. If the characters in Swingers are The Rat Pack, then Charles would have to be Sammy Davis Jr. Prior to Swingers and Becker, he was a regular on Boy Meets World.
Clay Pigeons: (1998) Vaughn is Lester Long, a serial killer.
Office Space - Special Edition with Flair (Widescreen Edition): (1999) Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston co star in this comedy about revenge in the workplace. If you are wondering how Jennifer Aniston ended up with Vince Vaughn after her break up with Brad Pitt, it looks like she had been steadily working her way through "the rat pack" for quite some time. Ron Livingston's character, Rob, is the rat pack equivalent of Peter Lawford. Besides listening to Mike Peters moan about his break up, Rob's running gag is that he's up for the "part" of Goofy at Disneyland, but he doesn't get it. While playing golf, Mike asks him if he wants to go out in the evening, but he demurs.
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Mike Peters: What? D'ya got Pluto coming over later?
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Ron/Rob struggles to come to grips with the fact that he has sunk so low, to have to accept a job in a theme-park, but when he doesn't get the part, he's devastated:
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[Why he was turned down for the part of Goofy]
Rob: They went with someone who had more theme-park experience.
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The Cell: (2000) Vaughn plays Peter Novak in this sci fi thriller that also features J. Lo.
Made: (2001) Favreau and Vaughn together again, this time as inept gangsters. Favreau wrote and directed this, and it is rumored to be funny. Goodfellas wannabes.
The Family Guy: (2002) Favreau is the voice of someone in this satirical cartoon. His acting career is soaring. He is so money.
Daredevil: (2003) Favreau plays Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, colleague and friend of Matt Murdock, blind attorney by day, crime fighting (Ben Affleck) Daredevil by night. The experience here was no doubt helpful when Favreau directed Iron Man.
The Big Empty: (2003) Jon Favreau plays an actor in this one, but it kind of melts in your mind, not in your head. Favreau also produced this, for what it's worth.
Old School: (2003) Vaughn fits right in with the Will Ferrell crew.
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Trent: Guys like you and me gotta kick it here, old school.
Mike: Oh this is definitely 'old school'. This place is dead.
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Something's Gotta Give (2003): Favreau plays Leo in this Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton romance.
Elf (Infinifilm Edition): (2003) Favreau directed Will Ferrell in this quirky instant Christmas Classic. This is kind of a directing breakthrough for Favreau. Will Ferrell was totally committed to his character, showing up in costume and staying in Elf character throughout. His dedication rivaled Andy Kaufman's when playing Tony Clifton. He focused on being an Elf, but he left the directing up to Jon Favreau, who was more than up to the task.
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Trent: Excuse me darling. I'm sorry. Wow. I want you to remember this face here, OK, this is the guy behind the guy behind the guy.
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Anchorman: (2004) More of the Ferrell brand of madcap humor, with Vince Vaughn playing a small but pivotal role of rival newsman.
Dodgeball: (2004) If you want either a psycho killer or a cynical but funny guy, Vaughn is your man.
King of Queens: (2004) Jon Favreau plays Doug's arch enemy from high school who resurfaces to torment him anew.
Wedding Crashers - Unrated (Widescreen New Line Platinum Series): (2005) Both Vince and Owen Wilson are hilarious as the titular crashers.
The Break-Up (Widescreen Edition): (2006) Vaughn and then-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston play the titular couple. Favreau plays his pal, of course. A reference is made to going to Weiner Circle after a baseball game, and this is a hot dog stand that is famous for insulting and cursing the customers. If you don't respond in kind, then no hot dogs for you.
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[Trent talks a girl into meeting them later and bringing a friend]
Mike: That was so... money. That was like the Jedi mind-$$$$.
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Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland: (2006) Vince Vaughn took a bunch of stand up comics on a tour that went through Bakersfield and played at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace, among other venues.
My Name is Earl: (2006) Favreau plays a fast food restaurant manager who thrives in spite of the fact that he is a total jerk in [O, Karma, Where Art Thou?]
Monk: (2006) Favreau has a part on this show about an obsessive compulsive detective.
Fred Claus: (2007) Vaughn plays the ne'er do well brother of Santa Claus, Fred Claus. He is also the producer. Shades of [Swingers], when they meet some girls in Vegas and they ask Trent what he does. He replies: "I'm a producer.
Iron Man: (2008) Favreau scores his biggest triumph yet as director. Gwyneth Paltrow plays Pepper Potts, and Favreau has a small part in front of the camera as "Happy" Hogan. Hmmm. Fans of the comic know that eventually Pepper will make Hogan very happy by marrying him. Paltrow is already under contract for two sequels. Was this whole Iron Man extravaganza just a clever plot so Favreau could make out with Gwyneth? THAT is more money than anything.
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Trent: To the ladies?
[raises glass]
Mike: To the ladies.
[clink glasses]
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amazing movie
2008-06-11 - this is an amazing movie seen it a dozen times finally had to buy it
I'll get you Favreau, if it's the last thing I do!!!!!!!!
2008-05-29 - Jon Favreau (the writer and director of Swingers, Iron Man, Elf, etc.), is basically me. He's semi-geeky, witty, and likes to place himself in the false reality of thinking he's more of a ladies man than he truly is. It's all over his films, and Swingers is no exception.
In Swingers, we have a group of late-twenties friends, led by their alpha-male chieftain Trent (played by Vince Vaughn in perhaps his greatest role to date), who is in the process of trying to get "Mikey" (played by Favreau) back in the game relationally after a bad breakup with his girlfriend six months before. Mikey is resistant at first, and drops the ball multiple times in some of the funniest attempted land-a-date sequences I've ever witnessed, but eventually and predictably for the silver-lining Favreau, comes around with in the finale of the film.
But my bone to pick lies here, as it did with Favreau's role in 'Love and Sex', is that he has almost delcared himself the "lovable underdog" type. We get it, Jon-boy, you're the sweetest little tool in town and the woman, once they get to know you, adore you. I mean, look at women he ends up with in the two romantic comedies he's done...
Heather Graham * Swingers
Famke Janssen * Love and Sex
I'll just come right out and say it: his films, while they are hilariously witty, leave me depressed during those aftertaste portions a few hours after the credits roll on. Why you ask? Simple: because guys like me and Favreau DO NOT end up with Heather Grahams or Famke Janssens. We end up with the nut jobs of the world, sociopath women like Juliette Lewis and overbearing motherly-types like Katie Couric. Favreau, I think, should somehow incorporate those two in his next film. Until that day, I'm not buying it, Jon-Jon, I'm not buying your little "I'm the lovable loser who ends up with the hottie" routine.
That doesn't mean I won't stop watching or laughing.
A guy's movie for everyone 
2008-05-02 - Although this movie is often described as a guy's movie, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a relationship movie from a guys perspective like one of my other indie favorites, Time and Tide. Both of the main characters are great and keep it interesting throughout. I highly recommend this film!
One of the great guy movies
2008-04-27 - Yeah, the guys in this movie act pretty shallow. They're pretty much interested in going to random parties and picking up girls while all of their careers are in the fritz. While not exactly a primer on how to live one's life, the comradery between the characters is something to really shows depth.
The opening song "You're nobody until somebody loves you", sets the theme. The story revolves around Mikey, who left for Los Angeles leaving his girlfriend of five years behind. His friends are trying to get him out of his funk, and teach him how to live again, without her. This leads to an attempt at seduction that leads to him crying about his ex, an hilarious pep talk at a bar "you're a f&*^ing bear man!", and a disturbing string of phone calls that will leave anyone cringing.
There's definately a been there, done that feeling to the movie. At some point or another most of us felt like Mikey, trying to reclaim who they are after someone leaves out lives. It deals with being confident for being who you are, and taking the pain and becoming better. It's essentially summed up with the following dialogue.
Rob: Sometimes it still hurts. You know how it is, man. It's like, you wake up every day and it hurts a little bit less, and then you wake up one day and it doesn't hurt at all. And the funny thing is, is that, this is kinda wierd, but it's like, it's like you almost miss that pain.
Mike: You miss the pain?
Rob: Yeah, for the same reason that you missed her... because you lived with it for so long.
The ending is typical, but it works, and some of the scenes miss, but the rapid fire rate of production makes certain it doesn't get tiresome. Recommended.
