Marvin Hamlisch The Swimmer (Blu-ray + DVD + CD) PG

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  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Rated: PG
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: January 26, 2021
  • Originally Released: 1968
  • Label: Grindhouse Releasing

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Rating: 3.5/4 -- A woefully forgotten gem from the 1960s ... a penetrating piece of introspection that was clearly ahead of its time. Full Review
Creative Loafing
Apr 18, 2014
Rating: 4/5 -- As effectively as almost any movie ever made about American suburbia, The Swimmer gets the contentment that comes with material success[...] And it gets how the fantasy is hard to sustain. Full Review
The Dissolve
Apr 1, 2014
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Frequently silly but oddly memorable and unsettling. Full Review
TV Guide
Oct 30, 2007
A resounding commercial flop, this has since been recognized as a signature 60s film, prescient in its view of American self-deception. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Oct 30, 2007
Rating: 4/5 -- Ned Merrill is a tragic hero for the '60s, and it's one of Lancaster's most searing performances.
Filmcritic.com
Oct 11, 2005
A largely loony but oddly compulsive allegory. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
Rating: 3.5/5 -- As do few movies, The Swimmer stays in the memory like an echo that never quite disappears.
New York Times
May 9, 2005

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Burt Lancaster stars in this adaptation of John Cheever's dreamlike short story about one man's highly unusual attempt to find meaning in his life. On the morning after a booze-filled night, Ned Merrill wakes up in a haze, confronted by the sterility of his isolated, wealthy suburban existence. So he decides to traverse this upper-class world swimming pool by swimming pool: he goes to each neighbor's house, swims through the chlorinated waters of the requisite backyard pool, and chats with the owner. Among the people he sees are his longtime mistress, a sexy babysitter and a couple of politically-liberal (or so they believe) nudists. This interesting, overlooked film, is a visually captivating look at the essential emptiness of the "American Dream."

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  • Sales Rank: 108,764
  • UPC: 797679001826
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