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The Swimmer(Movie, 1968)

1h 35min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 100 votes)

The Swimmer is a 1968 American surrealist-drama film starring Burt Lancaster. The film was written and directed by Academy Award-nominated husband-and-wife team of Eleanor Perry (screenplay adaptation) and Frank Perry (director). The story is based on the 1964 short story "The Swimmer" by John Cheever, which appeared in the July 18, 1964, issue of The New Yorker. The 95-minute movie adds new characters and scenes consistent with those in the original 12-page short story. ()

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About The Swimmer

Well-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly decides that he'd like to travel the eight miles back to his own home by simply swimming across every pool in town. Soon, Ned's journey becomes harrowing; at each house, he is somehow confronted with a reminder of his romantic, domestic and economic failures.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Connecticut, Long Island (New York)

Plays in: Connecticut

Made by: Horizon Pictures (II)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 20 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/15/1968 (World premiere: 08/09/1968)

Cast: Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule, Kim Hunter, David Garfield, Bernie Hamilton, Michael Kearney, Jan Miner, Diana Muldaur, Joan Rivers, John Cheever, Lisa Daniels, Charles Drake, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dolph Sweet, Marge Champion, Rose Gregorio

Director: Frank Perry, Sydney Pollack

Producer: Frank Perry

Screenwriter: Eleanor Perry, John Cheever

Film Editor: Sidney Katz

Director of Photography: David L. Quaid

Composer: Marvin Hamlisch

Performer: Marvin Hamlisch

Keywords: swimming pool, neighbor, based on short story, connecticut, pool party, swimmer

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