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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 Swimmer: Directed by Frank Perry, Sydney Pollack. With Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Tony Bickley. A man spends a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town.
David L. Quaid. "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.
May 8, 2018 · The Swimmer is a decidedly quirky film, with a Twilight Zone-esque storytelling style that depicts a day in the life of Ned Merrill (Lancaster), an aging yet remarkably athletic “suburban stud.”
Well-off ad man Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) 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...
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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.
Sep 13, 2016 · We analyse 1968 film The Swimmer, a surreal step into the life of a man who has fallen from riches; a subversion of the American Dream.
Swimmer, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Race Middle-aged suburbanite Ned (Burt Lancaster), first with subjective camera, then in a footrace with what looks like a thoroughbred, traversing the Connecticut countryside in The Swimmer, 1968, from a John Cheever story.
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.
The Swimmer. It's a summer day in suburban Connecticut, and successful advertising executive Ned Merrill , clad only in swim trunks, finds himself several miles from home. Rather than walk straight back to his house, he decides to swim home, touring the pools of all his friends and neighbors.
