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John Cheever's misery in suburbia short stories, brief and to the point, have always proven excellent TV fodder. Director Frank Perry's The Swimmer, adapted for the screen by Perry's wife Eleanor, is a rare, and for the most part successful, attempt at offering a Cheever story in feature-length form. Dressed only in swimming .. Read more
| Starring | Burt Lancaster, Janice Rule, Diana Muldaur, Kim Hunter |
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| Director | Frank Perry |
| Genres | Drama |
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A largely loony but oddly compulsive allegory, taken from a John Cheever story, in which Lancaster, clad only in... read more on Time Out
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Not Waving but Drowning ...
A middle aged man, bronzed and fit and clad only in swimming trunks appears at a poolside on a sunny summer afternoon. He is warmly greeted by the family ... read more »
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Watch the Levi's Ad instead
A bizarre and very stilted period piece. The acting is very self-conscious and the narrative feels like what it is - an interesting short story stretched out ... read more »
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A very underrated film that critiques middle-class suburban life
The Swimmer is a 1960s drama set in the picturesque hills of upstate New York and Connecticut. Starring Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, a man going through a ... read more »
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the deep end
This is one of those great films from the end of the 60's that could never be made now, it's just too strange, but strangely great. Burt Lancaster in ... read more »
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The swimmer
As the film begins, it is only a few minutes before you realize that you have a met a man who appears to have everything. His body language, his facial ... read more »
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That's Acting
Fantastically played and the writing is genius. Moving. Worrying, even. And remark, o moderns, the space given to the character: nothing here is extraneous, ... read more »
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Strangely memorable
No preconceptions about this film, not even sure now why it was on my list. It felt like a mainstream film trying to be challenging - a sort of tame ... read more »
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Weird
Interesting film illustrating the grotesque and shallow lives of these wealthy Americans. Odd film, but haunting.
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A total one-off.....
...hypnotic,gorgeously filmed,utterly 1960's & quite unlike anything else you will ever see. Whether you will like it or not is almost besides the point... read more »
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swimming to perdition
First of all it has to be said that Burt Lancaster, who is never off the screen, looks wonderfully fit and trim in his swimming shorts. That is his body does... read more »
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The Swimmer
Very dated and disappointing adaptation of the short story.