The Swimmer (Blu-ray / DVD, Cult Favorite, Reference Edition, Burt Lancaster)

Description: Seller's Note: The Swimmer Blu-ray comes close to perfection with top scores all around in video and audio making it one of the best Blu-rays ever. “The Swimmer” is the ultimate late-60s studio-produced cult film. 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. Special Features: 2 DISC SET - Deluxe dual layer Blu-ray Edition + DVD 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 vivid 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, A strange, stylized work, a brilliant and disturbing one - Roger Ebert Grindhouse Releasing | 1968 | 95 min | Rated PG | Mar 25, 2014 Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC (20.91 Mbps) Resolution: 1080p Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Audio English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono Music: Dolby Digital 2.0 Subtitles English, French, Spanish Discs Blu-ray Disc Two-disc set (1 BD-50, 1 DVD) DVD copy Packaging Inner print Playback Region free

Price: 68.95 USD

Location: Alamo, California

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