Cathy+Todd discuss Swingers, a funny, heartfelt, and effortlessly cool 90’s comedy classic staring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau.
Swingers is a 1996 American comedy-drama film about the lives of single, unemployed actors living on the ‘eastside’ of Hollywood, California during the 1990s swing revival. Written by Jon Favreau and directed by Doug Liman, the film starred Favreau and Vince Vaughn, and also featured performances by Ron Livingston and Heather Graham.
A critical and commercial hit, the film helped propel Favreau, Vaughn, Graham, and Livingston to stardom, while also launching Liman’s directing career as he won the award for Best New Filmmaker at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards.
This film was rated #58 on Bravo‘s “100 Funniest Movies”. The film was honored on the 2007 Spike TV Guys’ Choice Awards.