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« on: November 13, 2010, 03:32:20 PM »

                  I guess not for all tastes but this one blew me away. Burt Lancaster is a Playboy type dude who one day decides he is going to "swim home", that is he is going to swim the full length of all the pools from where he starts out, which is his friends house, down to his own house. There are like a half dozen pools or something. The people aren't quite swingers but they have that Mad Men, Viva, suburban set attitude and everyone in every scene is drinking and all the woman pretty much proposition the guy or vice versa. They are all either in swimsuits or what look like golf clothes. As the journey goes on it gets weirder and ends up being surprisingly deep, no pun intended, and not a little dark.


unique and impressive 5/5


check out the blonde at :30

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Joan Rivers has a cameo.

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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2010, 07:06:29 PM »

I haven't seen it but I have a feeling it's going to make my "weird" list.  Wink

It's based on John Cheever's most famous short story, by the way.
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2010, 03:32:55 PM »

Essentially a character study, with an unexpected ending.  Things are not what they seem at all.  BURT LANCASTER always does a good job. 
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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2010, 12:48:39 PM »

When I was in 7th or 8th grade one of my teachers said this was the worst movie he ever saw.  As soon as he said that I immediately wanted to see it because I had a feeling it was a good movie and my teacher just didn't like it because it wasn't mainstream.  I still haven't seen it though . . .
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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2010, 01:04:36 PM »

I dvred it off TCM from like May till I was finally  in the mod to watch it the other day. glad I did
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