{"id":95712,"date":"2024-04-13T23:02:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T06:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95712"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:34:38","slug":"swimmer-the-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95712","title":{"rendered":"Swimmer, The (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s a great pool you&#8217;ve got here.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-95713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Poster.png 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA middle-aged man (Burt Lancaster) decides to swim back to his own home through the pools of neighbors and friends.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burt Lancaster Films <\/li>\n<li>Downward Spiral<\/li>\n<li>Frank Perry Films<\/li>\n<li>Janice Rule Films<\/li>\n<li>Kim Hunter Films<\/li>\n<li>Mid-Life Crisis<\/li>\n<li>Road Trip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nHusband-wife team Frank and Eleanor Perry collaborated on this adaptation of a (seemingly unfilmable) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Swimmer_(short_story)\">13-page short story by John Cheever<\/a>, telling a uniquely haunting road trip about a man hoping to literally swim his way back home again. What will he find once he gets there? We&#8217;re slowly given clues throughout Lancaster&#8217;s journey, as the people he encounters at various pools gradually humor him less and less; we know something is up with his past (and that he&#8217;s not quite in touch with reality), but specifics aren&#8217;t clear. At his first pool after emerging from the woods, Lancaster maps out his trek: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-01-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-01-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-01-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-01-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-01-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-01-492x270.png 492w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-01.png 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; heading next to a new pool just put in by Kim Hunter and her husband (Charles Drake). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-02-Hunter2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-02-Hunter2-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-02-Hunter2-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-02-Hunter2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-02-Hunter2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-02-Hunter2-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-02-Hunter2-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-02-Hunter2.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After this, he arrives at a pool where he&#8217;s chastised by a woman (Cornelia Otis Skinner) upset at him for not visiting her sick son in the hospital &#8212; and we see here that all is not as fine and chummy with Lancaster across his social set as he&#8217;d like us to believe. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-03-You-Never-Came-to-See-Him.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-03-You-Never-Came-to-See-Him-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-03-You-Never-Came-to-See-Him-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-03-You-Never-Came-to-See-Him-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-03-You-Never-Came-to-See-Him-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-03-You-Never-Came-to-See-Him-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-03-You-Never-Came-to-See-Him-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-03-You-Never-Came-to-See-Him.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Lancaster is given an extended idyllic reprieve at his next stop, where he encounters his kids&#8217; now-grown babysitter (Janice Landgard), who agrees to go on part of his swimming adventure with him. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-04-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-04-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-04-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-04-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-04-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-04-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-04.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They stop at a rollicking, drink-filled pool party: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Drink.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Drink-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Drink-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Drink-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Drink-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Drink-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Drink-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Drink.png 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but after slo-mo reminiscing and frolicking: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Fun.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Fun-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Fun-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Fun-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Fun-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Fun-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Fun-503x270.png 503w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Fun.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; his bubble of reality is burst once again. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Janice.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Janice-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Janice-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Janice-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Janice-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Janice-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Janice-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Janice.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He sprints off to a pool owned by a pair of prissy nudists (Richard McMurray and Marge Champion): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-06-Nudists.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-06-Nudists-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-06-Nudists-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-06-Nudists-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-06-Nudists-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-06-Nudists-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-06-Nudists-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-06-Nudists.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[SPOILER ALERT FROM ABOUT HERE ON OUT]<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; who make it crystal clear that Lancaster is no longer the wealthy man he seems to think he still is. From there, he visits with a poor little rich boy (Michael Kearney) left home alone with a maid and an empty pool: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-07-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-07-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-07-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-07-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-07-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-07-504x270.png 504w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-07.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and after leaving this boy with visions of fantasy (&#8220;You see, if you make believe hard enough that something is true, then it is true, for you!&#8221;), his own decline becomes even more pronounced. He next visits an over-the-top pool party with plenty of former friends ready to put him down:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08.png 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and becomes especially agitated when he spots a hot dog cart that he formerly used with his own kids. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-Cart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-Cart-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-Cart-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-Cart-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-Cart-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-Cart-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-Cart-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-08-Cart.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He can&#8217;t understand how or why it left his family&#8217;s possession, and things nearly turn violent. His next stop is with a former lover (Janice Rule) who is beyond exasperated with him; while she eventually shows some sympathy, she ultimately wants nothing more to do with him. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-09-Rule.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-09-Rule-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-09-Rule-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-09-Rule-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-09-Rule-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-09-Rule-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-09-Rule-499x270.png 499w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-09-Rule.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lancaster&#8217;s final stop is a crowded municipal pool that he is barely allowed into, given he doesn&#8217;t have 50 cents to pay and his feet are dirty from crossing a highway; however, he eventually crawls his way across:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-10-Municipal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-10-Municipal-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-10-Municipal-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-10-Municipal-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-10-Municipal-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-10-Municipal-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-10-Municipal-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Pool-10-Municipal.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and arrives at his ultimate destination, only to find the shock of his life waiting back at his home. By this point we realize the film has been unfolding like a Twilight Zone episode &#8212; and we really don&#8217;t know how things will end. It&#8217;s an unnerving but intriguing journey to follow along on, well worth a one-time look (though a repeated viewing will unveil new layers about what&#8217;s come before). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for Joan Rivers in a memorable bit part (her screen debut), as someone nervously flirting with Lancaster before she&#8217;s clued in about how troubled he is. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Rivers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Rivers-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Rivers-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Rivers-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Rivers-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Rivers-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Rivers-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Rivers.png 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burt Lancaster as Ned<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Lancaster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Lancaster-1024x551.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Lancaster-1024x551.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Lancaster-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Lancaster-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Lancaster-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Lancaster-502x270.png 502w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Lancaster.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>David L. Quaid&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Cinematography-Reflection.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Cinematography-Reflection-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Cinematography-Reflection-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Cinematography-Reflection-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Cinematography-Reflection-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Cinematography-Reflection-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Cinematography-Reflection-498x270.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Swimmer-Cinematography-Reflection.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a uniquely told cinematic story. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0063663\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MucIADRq0Ys\">The Swimmer: The American Nightmare (Video Analysis) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/12842\/the-swimmer#articles-reviews?articleId=35385\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4443swim.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a great pool you&#8217;ve got here.&#8221; Synopsis: A middle-aged man (Burt Lancaster) decides to swim back to his own home through the pools of neighbors and friends. 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