The swimmer [videorecording (DVD)] / Columbia Pictures and Horizon Pictures present ; screenplay by Eleanor Perry ; produced by Frank Perry and Roger Lewis ; directed by Frank Perry.
Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Marge Champion, Nancy Cushman, Charles Drake, John Garfield, Jr., Bernie Hamilton, Kim Hunter, House Jameson, Richard McMurray, Diana Muldaur, Joan Rivers, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dolph Sweet, Louise Troy, Diana van der Vlis. Based on the story The swimmer by John Cheever. Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. Special features: Over 2 1/2 hours of documentary featurettes by Oscar winner Chris Innis (The Hurt Locker), featuring in-depth interviews with stars Janet Langard, 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; liner notes by director Stuart Gordon (Re-animator); rare production stills from the lost alternate scenes; extensive still galleries, trailers, and TV spots; isolated stereo music track.
Summary:
One summer morning a troubled suburbanite decides to "swim" home via the pools of his wealthy friends.
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