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List Price: $19.94 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 15 May, 1968 DVD Release : 29 April, 2003 |
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The Swimmer description Burt Lancaster gives one of his most daringly complex performances in The Swimmer, a fascinating adaptation of John Cheever's celebrated short story. At first it seems that middle-aged businessman Ned Merrill (Lancaster) is merely enjoying a spontaneous adventure, swimming from pool to pool among the well-tended estates of his affluent Connecticut neighborhood. But as Ned encounters a variety of neighbors, we see from their reactions that Ned's on an entirely different kind of journey--that he is balanced on the edge of some mysterious psychosis that we can't fully understand until the film's final, devastating image. A compelling portrait of loss, refracted memories, and deep-rooted emotional denial, The Swimmer sprung from the same late-'60s soil that yielded similarly ground-breaking literary films like The Graduate and Goodbye, Columbus. It's an egotistical showcase for the physical prowess of its 55-year-old star, but Lancaster turns it into something deeper, more disturbing, and completely unforgettable. --Jeff Shannon |
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| I saw this movie as a young teenager in the mid 70's. I only saw it once, and it has stuck with me for 30+ years. The ending left me scratching my head - but it conveyed the meaning quite clearly. Nothing was as it seemed - much time had passed - and the world as Burt Lancaster's character - was no more. See it for yourself in order to understand why the majority of people that have reviewed this film think so highly of it! I rate this movie - 5 stars! Kudos to Mr. Lancaster!! | |
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