Cast: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers
Studio: Grindhouse Releasing
Genre: Classics
Pre-Order Date:
01-21-2021
Release Date:
01-26-2021
Production Year:
1968
SRP:$44.95
Catalog #: BOS017
UPC: 797679001727
Format: Blu-ray, DVD, CD
Number of Discs:
3
Language:English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Picture Format:Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio Format:DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
Plot
Summary:
Grindhouse Releasing is proud to present the ultimate late-'60s studio-produced cult film, THE SWIMMER. In his finest performance, Burt Lancaster stars as Ned Merrill, a man who confronts his destiny by swimming home, pool by pool, through the suburban nightmare of upper-class East Coast society. Based on the acclaimed short story by John Cheever, and directed by Frank Perry (DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE, MOMMIE DEAREST), THE SWIMMER is a film like no other, a feature-length TWILIGHT ZONE episode by way of THE NEW YORKER.
- BONUS CD - original soundtrack album by Marvin
Hamlisch- newly remastered in stunning 24 bit/192khz sound from the
original master tapes. - 3 DISC SET - Deluxe dual
layer Blu-ray Edition + DVD + CD combo - Spectacular
new digital restoration created from 4K scans for optimal picture
quality - The Story of THE SWIMMER - brand new,
five-part, 2-1/2 hour documentary by Oscar-winner Chris Innis featuring
in-depth interviews with stars Janet Landgard, Joan Rivers and Marge
Champion, composer Marvin Hamlisch, film editor Sidney Katz, assistant
directors Michael Hertzberg and Ted Zachary, UCLA Olympic swim coach Bob
Horn, and Joanna Lancaster - The original NEW YORKER
short story read by author John Cheever - 12 page
booklet with liner notes by legendary director Stuart Gordon
(RE-ANIMATOR) - Rare production stills from the lost
alternate scenes - Extensive still galleries,
trailers and TV spots
Reviews:
"Burt Lancaster is superb in his finest performance. Four stars" -
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Totally engrossing, thanks to its very strangeness, and to the
superb performances and vivd location photography. Five stars" - Geoff
Andrew, Time Out New York
"Grim, disturbing and sometimes funny...the film has the shape of an
open-ended hallucination" - Vincent Canby, The New York Times
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