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TCM Spotlight: Met on Set: ‘Modern Hollywood Couples’
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Tonight, Turner Classic Movies concludes its monthlong “Met on Set” spotlight with films showcasing couples from modern Hollywood. The night begins with the 1984 drama Swing Shift, starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. The two movie legends first met in 1966, but it was during production of this film that the couple became involved, and they’ve been together ever
since. Next is the 1972 thriller The Getaway, starring Steve Mcqueen and Ali Macgraw, who had an instant connection on set and started an affair during production. They would eventually marry and were together for five years before splitting up. The 1971 drama The Last Picture Show (pictured) follows, starring Cybill Shepherd and directed by Peter Bogdanovich, who met on set when Bogdanovich cast the 21-year-old Shepherd after seeing her on the cover of a magazine. They started an affair that led to Bogdanovich’s first divorce and were together for eight years. After that is the 1984 crime drama Blood Simple, starring Frances Mcdormand and directed by Joel Coen. It was Mcdormand’s film debut. The couple was already married prior to production and have been together ever since, with Mcdormand appearing in a total of eight Coen brothers films. The evening concludes with the 1971 crime thriller Klute, starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. Their affair started prior to shooting, and after production ended they went on to create a documentary together about the war in Vietnam as part of the F.T.A. troupe. They broke up in Tokyo in 1971.