Grindhouse Releasing will bring to Blu-ray director Frank Perry's
The Swimmer (1968), starring Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, and Tony Bickley. The release will be available for purchase in the United States on March 11th.
This much admired cult classic stars Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, who decides to swim across the country, using a chain of swimming pools in his friends' gardens. Along the way he meets a host of women from his past, faces humiliation, embarrassment and steamy encounters, before arriving home with a startling revelation. Studio bosses felt that the movie was too confused, and brought in director Sydney Pollack to tighten the narrative.
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
- And More...