The important thing about the very low budget Swingers is that it involved people who went on to become Hollywood titans. It was directed by Doug Liman (his second film) written by and stars Jon Favreau and features a star making role from Vince Vaughn.
Both Favreau and Vaughn are noticeably younger and leaner. I guess Favreau wrote a film that in some ways is autobiographical.
It is a nod to films like Diner and Marty. A film about unemployed showbiz types looking for that break in the career ladder which at the moment consists of rejection. They hang out together in clubs and bars, they act out like they are a low rent rat pack going to Vegas and dancing in retro swing clubs.
Mike (Favreau) is a comic who has come to Hollywood from New York and struggling to find work and get over his hang up with his girlfriend who has broken up with him. His best buddy is energetic, motor mouthed Trent (Vince Vaughn) who wants to cheer up Mike and get him laid. Trent is a shark when it comes to women, he has no problems chatting them up and then devouring them.
Together with two other hipster buddies they go to Vegas to cruise and make out. Mike hooks up with a girl but makes a mess of leaving a message in an answer phone.
The film has attitude, laughs and an edginess. It is a Generation X tribute to the ensemble guys comedy, in some ways inspired by Woody Allen with its nervy humour and makes good use of Los Angeles and Las Vegas locations, which looks familiar to me as I visited both cities around the time the film was released.
Both Favreau and Vaughn are noticeably younger and leaner. I guess Favreau wrote a film that in some ways is autobiographical.
It is a nod to films like Diner and Marty. A film about unemployed showbiz types looking for that break in the career ladder which at the moment consists of rejection. They hang out together in clubs and bars, they act out like they are a low rent rat pack going to Vegas and dancing in retro swing clubs.
Mike (Favreau) is a comic who has come to Hollywood from New York and struggling to find work and get over his hang up with his girlfriend who has broken up with him. His best buddy is energetic, motor mouthed Trent (Vince Vaughn) who wants to cheer up Mike and get him laid. Trent is a shark when it comes to women, he has no problems chatting them up and then devouring them.
Together with two other hipster buddies they go to Vegas to cruise and make out. Mike hooks up with a girl but makes a mess of leaving a message in an answer phone.
The film has attitude, laughs and an edginess. It is a Generation X tribute to the ensemble guys comedy, in some ways inspired by Woody Allen with its nervy humour and makes good use of Los Angeles and Las Vegas locations, which looks familiar to me as I visited both cities around the time the film was released.