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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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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
B (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Audio Recording, Theatrical Trailer, Gallery, Booklet, Poster, Outtakes, TV Spot, Isolated Score or Effects, Interview
- Audio commentary with Frank Perry biographer Justin Bozung (2022)
- Marge Champion on ‘The Swimmer’ (2013, 18 mins): onstage interview with the actor, conducted by filmmaker Allison Anders at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, after a screening of The Swimmer
- Against the Tide (2022, 11 mins): actor, comedian and filmmaker Richard Ayoade discusses the unique genius of the Perrys’ film
- ‘The Swimmer’ Read by John Cheever (2004, 26 mins): the original New Yorker short story read by the author
- Title Sequence Outtakes
- Isolated Music Score
- Original theatrical trailer
- Illeana Douglas trailer commentary (2019, 6 mins)
- TV spots
- 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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