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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Featuring: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Tom Bickley, Marge Champion, Kim Hunter, Joan Rivers
One of the few bona fide counter-cultural films to be produced by a major studio, The Swimmer is a sun-scorched and surreal suburban satire that boasts a fine performance from Burt Lancaster (Castle Keep, Buffalo Bill and the Indians) as Ned Merrill, the all-American man who one day determines to swim home to his Connecticut mansion via a series of pools in his neighbourhood.
Directed by Frank Perry (Diary of a Mad Housewife) imbues Eleanor Perry’s (David and Lisa, Ladybug Ladybug) adaptation of John Cheever’s short story with stunning expressionistic flourishes, creating a true masterpiece of cinema.
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Format: Blu-ray
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1.85:1
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English 1.0 PCM Mono
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English
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B
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1 Disc |
BD-50
Supplements
- Audio commentary with Frank Perry biographer Justin Bozung (2022)
- The original New Yorker short story read by author John Cheever
- Original theatrical trailer
- Illeana Douglas trailer commentary (2019)
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- Limited edition exclusive book with a new essay by Sophie Monks Kaufman, a profile of writer John Cheever, extracts from interviews with Frank Perry and Eleanor Perry on the making of the film, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- Limited edition exclusive poster
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