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- Swimming Upstream tells the compelling and inspirational true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man form a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion swimmer.
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Feb 27, 2003 · Edit. The true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion. Always overshadowed in his father's eyes by his brothers, it is only when Tony displays an extraordinary swimming talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Russell Mulcahy
- 2003-02-27
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This is the true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion. Set in 1950s Brisbane, Australia, the family drama centers on Tony, a young man who beats the odds to become a champion swimmer in spite of his overbearing, alcoholic father and long-suffering, but quietly heroic mother.
- Russell Mulcahy
- Tim Draxl
Based on a true story of one of Australia's many championship athletes, this story is not merely another biopic (although it was autobiographically written by Anthony Fingleton, the subject of the film): this is a story about large families of poverty, about the tragedies that befall families husbanded by an alcoholic abusive father, and about ...
The true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion. Always overshadowed in his father's eyes by his brothers, it is only when Tony displays an extraordinary swimming talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart.
The latter figure looms large in this true story of an Australian swimming champion during the 1950s. The film is directed by Russell Mulcahy from a screenplay by Anthony Fingleton based on a book by Anthony Fingleton and Diane Fingleton.
A true story, Swimming Upstream is a terribly painful journey to a triumphant ending. Geoffrey Rush magically brings the monster, Harold Fingleton, a drunk and violent father of five children in 50s and 60s Australia, to vivid life.
Feb 4, 2005 · Swimming Upstream tells the compelling and inspirational true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man form a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion swimmer. (MGM)
