"Swingtown" (2008) TV series

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Creator:

Mike Kelley

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

As America celebrates its 200th birthday, two generations of friends and neighbors in a Chicago suburb explore new freedoms and seek connections with each other in the midst of the socio/sexual revolution.

Plot Keywords:

Neighbor | Market Trader | Partner Swapping | Chicago Illinois | Airline Pilot

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Molly Parker	...	Susan Miller (13 episodes, 2008)
Jack Davenport	...	Bruce Miller (13 episodes, 2008)
Grant Show	...	Tom Decker (13 episodes, 2008)
Lana Parrilla	...	Trina Decker (13 episodes, 2008)
Josh Hopkins	...	Roger Thompson (13 episodes, 2008)
Miriam Shor	...	Janet Thompson (13 episodes, 2008)
Shanna Collins	...	Laurie Miller (13 episodes, 2008)
Aaron Christian Howles	...	B. J. Miller / ... (13 episodes, 2008)
Brittany Robertson	...	Samantha Saxton (13 episodes, 2008)
Michael Rady	...	Doug Stephens (13 episodes, 2008)
Nick Benson	...	Rick Thompson (9 episodes, 2008)
Kate Norby	...	Gail Saxton (6 episodes, 2008)

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Movie Connections:

References "Charlie's Angels" (1976)

Soundtrack:

That Lovin' Feeling Again

Dreamweaver

I was there and this is the way a lot of people lived, from the details in the props and costumes to the ambivalence toward the women's movement and open marriage.

In the Seventies, rehab was where repeat offender felons went. We were playing it by ear. I gasped when the new neighbor popped a Quaalude; it was possible to O.D. on two, if mixed with alcohol. Easyrider magazine ran a special editorial, warning its readers NOT to use this counterfeited prescription drug.

Swingtime shows both sides; the remorseful housewife who returns to church, family in tow, after her fling with the neighbors, the young girl disgusted with her mother's addiction and promiscuity, the kitschy hor-d'oerves and party games at the house-warming--can't wait to see if they get the best friend from the old neighborhood to give a Tupperware party! If you don't 'grok', you weren't there! Go back to your Xbox or Wi. The rest of us have a new guilty pleasure.

Thanks, CBS!