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- The Swimmer, American film drama, released in 1968, that was an adaptation of John Cheever ’s allegorical short story of loss and disillusionment in suburban America. Burt Lancaster, wearing only a swimsuit throughout the movie, plays a middle-aged businessman who one day inexplicably decides to “swim home” via a trail of his neighbours’ pools.
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Cheever’s best-known story, ‘The Swimmer’ is about a middle-aged married man who decides to travel home from his friends’ house one summer afternoon, swimming in the various swimming pools he encounters on his route.
Roger Ebert July 02, 1968. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "The Swimmer" is the story of a man who begins at the dawn of a new day to swim in the backyard pool of some friends. The water is cool and fresh, and the day is beautiful. As he has a drink with his friends, it occurs to him that a string of other backyard pools reaches ...
Summary. Full Plot Summary. Previous. On a Sunday afternoon in midsummer, Neddy and Lucinda Merrill and Helen and Donald Westerhazy sit around the Westerhazys’ pool, complaining about their hangovers. They are all drinking. Neddy feels young, energetic, and happy. He decides to get home by swimming across all the pools in his county.
Summary. Analysis. It is “one of those midsummer Sundays” when everyone is sitting around saying “I drank too much last night.” Everyone from priests to birdwatchers to golfers moans about their hangovers, and the Westerhazys—sitting around their pool with Lucinda and Neddy Merrill —note that all of them drank too much wine the night before.
Summaries. A man spends a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town. Neddy Merrill has been away for most of the Summer. He reappears at a friend's pool. As they talk, someone notices that there are pools spanning the entire valley. He decided to jog from pool to pool to swim across the whole valley.
The story, originally conceived as a novel and pared down from over 150 pages of notes, is Cheever's most famous and frequently anthologized. As published, the story is highly praised for its blend of realism and surrealism ; the thematic exploration of suburban America, especially the relationship between wealth and happiness; and his use of ...
