The Swimmer (1968) Widescreen DVD Burt Lancaster tour de force

The Swimmer DVD 1968 (Region 1 - Playable in North America - the US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) Widescreen. Color. Optional subtitles: English, French, Korean, Japanese. Theatrical Trailers. New, reduced price. Starring: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Tony Bickley, Marge Champion, Kim Hunter, Charles Drake, Bernie Hamilton, Jan Miner, Diana Muldaur. Written by Eleanor Perry from a story by John Cheever. Directer by Frank Perry and Sydney Pollack.Burt Lancaster gives one of his most daringly complex performances in "The Swimmer", a fascinating adaptation of John Cheever's celebrated short story. At first it seems that middle-aged businessman Ned Merrill (Lancaster) is merely enjoying a spontaneous adventure, swimming from pool to pool among the well-tended estates of his affluent Connecticut neighborhood. But as Ned encounters a variety of neighbors, we see from their reactions that he's on an entirely different kind of journey, balanced on the edge of some mysterious psychosis