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The Swimmer
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Format: Blu-ray
Description
(Frank Perry, 1968)
Release date: 12 September 2022 (OOP date: 30 October 2023)
Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK Blu-ray premiere)
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.
Special Features
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- 2014 restoration from a 4K scan of the original negative
- Original mono audio
- 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 & effects track
- Original theatrical trailer
- Illeana Douglas trailer commentary (2019, 6 mins)
- TV spots
- Image galleries: storyboards, deleted scenes, promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page 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
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units for the UK
Special Offer
Buy 2 or more titles and get 5% off using code: BUNDLE
Excludes boxsets
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