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The Swimmer (1968) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 9, 1968

Original Title:
The Swimmer

Alternate Titles:
더 스위머

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Horizon Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  FR: TP  GB: PG 

Runtime: 95

When you talk about "The Swimmer" will you talk about yourself?

Overview from TheMovieDB

Well-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly decides that he'd like to travel the eight miles back to his own home by simply swimming across every pool in town. Soon, Ned's journey becomes harrowing; at each house, he is somehow confronted with a reminder of his romantic, domestic and economic failures.

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Additional Photography:
Michael Nebbia

Art Direction:
Peter Dohanos

Assistant Director:
Michael Hertzberg

Colorist:
Andrew Drapkin

Conductor:
Jack Hayes

Dialogue Coach:
Thom Conroy

Director:
Frank Perry

Director of Photography:
David L. Quaid

Driver:
Lorenzo Porricelli

Editor:
Carl Lerner
Pat Somerset
Sidney Katz

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Joseph Manduke

Executive Producer:
Sam Spiegel

Gaffer:
Richard Falk

Hairstylist:
Ed Callaghan

Key Grip:
Alan Stetson

Makeup Artist:
Enrico A. Cortese
John Jiras
Clay Lambert

Orchestrator:
Jack Hayes
Leo Shuken

Original Music Composer:
Marvin Hamlisch

Producer:
Frank Perry
Roger H. Lewis

Production Assistant:
Florence Nerlinger

Property Master:
Thomas Wright

Scenic Artist:
Stanley Cappiello

Screenplay:
Eleanor Perry

Script Supervisor:
Barbara Robinson

Second Assistant Director:
Ted Zachary

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Felix Trimboli

Sound Editor:
Jack Fitzstephens

Sound Mixer:
Willard W. Goodman

Story:
John Cheever

Wardrobe Designer:
Anna Hill Johnstone

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