The shocking story of Leopold and Loeb, two homosexuals who were charged in the 1924 kidnapping and murder of a young boy. Two other films were based on the famous incident, Hitchcock's "Rope" and "Compulsion" starring Orson Welles.

Two gay lovers, estranged from society, concoct a bizarre plot: the deliberate murder of an innocent. Ultimately the young men are arrested and tried for the killing.
Based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb murder trial, "Swoon" presents these lovers as victims -- like the small boy they slaughter, the two appear as sacrificial lambs.
This interesting study on the hate that hate breeds goes beyond the shocking crime and into the self-loathing in the killers' minds.

Shot in Alpha Cine b&w.

Shown at Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah January 23, 1992.

This the third film based on the notorious Loeb and Leopold murder trial, the others were Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" and Richard Fleischer's "Compulsion".

Additional cast members include: Isabela Araujo, Jill Buchanan, Trash, Trasharama, Nashom Wooden (Venus in Furs Divas); Peter Bowen (Industrial Area Workman); Ryan Landry (Ivory); Mona Foot (Mona Foot/Diva); Christopher Hoover (Elektra Luxe); Paul Connor (Bobby Franks); Brent Charleton (Irving Hartman); Christopher Cangelosi (Little Boy in park) and Dick Callaghan, Craig Paull, Carlos Rodriguez, Elion Sacker, Emmitt Thrower and Eric J. Wiggins III (Country Workmen).

Copyright 1992 Fine Line Features

DVD Features:

Region [unknown]
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary: Tom Kalin - Director, Christine Vachon - Producer, Craig Chester - Star
Text/Photo Galleries:
Original Theatrical Poster
Unused Poster Art
Stills/Photos:
1. Photo Gallery of Filmmakers and Film
2. Photo Gallery of the Leopold and Loeb Trial

Daniel Schlachet: Actor/"Swoon"
Craig Chester: Actor/"Swoon"
Michael Kirby: Actor/"Swoon"
Michael Stumm: Actor/"Swoon"
Ron Vawter: American Supporting Actor

Tom Kalin: Director/Screenwriter/"Swoon"

"...[This] haunting and visionary film is a stunning debut..."
"...Wildly audacious....Dazzlingly well realized..."
"...Inventive....As a dark poem of love and madness, SWOON has an eerie power..."
"...Well-crafted....Accomplished..."
"Shot in radiant black and white, the smoke-sexy atmosphere re-envelops the Leopold and Loeb thrill-killer tryst..."