An Oral History of ‘Swingers’
On the 18th anniversary of the cult favorite, the stars tell the tale.
On the 18th anniversary of the cult favorite, the stars tell the tale.
One terrific trailer, several famous Hollywood geniuses, and $163 million in wasted budget later, one of the most-anticipated movies of summer 2011 is a baffling dud.
“The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it’s a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it
doesn’t change — it hasn’t suddenly changed into another kind of movie.
“By the time the film… opens next July, the studio expects advertising and future promotions to have persuaded almost everyone that Mr. Favreau’s movie is a tough-minded adventure on the order of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven — with aliens.”It may sound like an action comedy, but Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens is actually supposed to be really scary.Now that you know, watch that trailer again:
As a tribute to Bruce Campbell, the star of Army of Darkness, some photos and videos:
First, some photos from his memoir, If Chins Could Kill: