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The Swimmer

1968 · 95 min

A sunlit suburban odyssey slowly curdles into a haunting, disoriented portrait of a man's unraveling.

Directed by: Frank Perry
Genres: Drama
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule

Tagline: When you talk about "The Swimmer" will you talk about yourself?
Overview: A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

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Directed by: Frank Perry
Genres: Drama
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
memory
class
madness
Places: suburbs
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Frank Perry
Written by: Eleanor Perry
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Tony Bickley, Marge Champion, Nancy Cushman, Bill Fiore, Rose Gregorio
Music: Marvin Hamlisch
Cinematography: David L. Quaid
Runtime: 95 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English

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