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Whistle Stopper - Swing Kids
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List Price: $9.99
Our Price: $4.56
Your Save: $ 5.43 ( 54% )
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Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Starring: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey, Tushka Bergen
Directed By: Thomas Carter (II)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936188387
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-09-03
Running Time: 114
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1993-03-05
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: As good as I remember it, and slightly better now that I'm older and understand some of the references.
Comment: Swing Kids has always been a favorite movie of mine, since I first saw it in college. Seeing it again after having been in the music business for 8 years, many of the musical references and jokes are clearer to me now and made the movie that much better. Musician or not, I highly recommend renting/buying this flick.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Movie
Comment: I bought this movie because I like swing dancing. It was a really good movie I really enjoyed it.
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Summary: I'm not gonna lie... I LOVE this movie.
Comment: Yeah, the premise sounds weird. Nazi Germany + teens into swing music/culture = WTF? But, it's a tragic story of friends torn apart by an oppressive government. Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale are both wonderful.
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Summary: One of my favorites!
Comment: Excellent film with some history, some fun dancing and some serious tear jerking...The music and dancing is amazing in this film but the story is really powerful too!
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Summary: A Swinging Good Time
Comment: This movie is amazing. Robert Sean Leonard and Christian Bale give amazing performances. The storyline is really powerful with messages that go beyond the WWII era. I first watched this movie in a German class, but bought it really soon afterwards... it's extremely powerful.
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Editorial Reviews:
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This strange movie with a niche subject--jazz-loving, dance-loving German kids persecuted by Hitler's men--almost works, thanks to a good cast who seem devoted to the unusual story line. Director Thomas Carter doesn't bring the necessary stylistic oomph to the musical sequences, something that might have pushed the whole production to another, more interesting level of Hollywood dream. Kenneth Branagh makes a particularly effective, wolf-in-sheep's-clothing Nazi official. --Tom Keogh
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