The Swimmer (Columbia Pictures) (1968)

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Page 4 “LIKE ‘THE GRADUATE’ IT CONDEMNS ALL MIDDLE-AGED STATUS, SEX AND SCOTCH Janice Rule's incisive portrayal comes alive! She has obviously been stung by her affair with the ‘suburban stud.’ WILL NO DOUBT INTRIGUE THE UNDER-30 PROTEST ” SET! —Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News “Leaves the viewer staring at the screen me long after the picture ends!” —David Goldman, WCBS Radio “AS DO FEW MOVIES, ‘THE SWIMMER’ STAYS INTHE MEMORY LIKE AN ECHO THAT NEVER QUITE DISAPPEARS! | happen to like itvery much! I like the Perrys for having liked it, and | like | Burt Lancaster for having wanted to He DB) do it! —Vincent Canby, New York Times “YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TEAR YOUR EYES OFF THE SCREEN! Lancaster’s finest performance. ‘The Swimmer’ has the impact of a punch in the gut. | SUGGEST OTRONGLY THAT YOU SEE IT!” —Robert Salmaggi, WINS Radio “YOU SHOULD NOT MISS ‘THE SWIMMER’! Burt Lancaster’s portrayal is flawless! A wholly absorbing and deeply moving experience!” —Frances Taylor, Long Island Press “You may very well find a good deal of yourself in ‘The Swimmer’!” —Leo Mishkin, Morning Telegraph “CHILLING COMMENTARY ON THE HUNG-UP MAN OF OUR AFFLUENT SOCIETY! The triumph, to be shared in major part by Burt Lancaster, who gives perhaps the best performance weweess of his career!” —Judith Crist, New York Magazine COLUMBIA PICTURES and HORIZON PICTURES Present Burt Lancaster The Swimmer with JANET LANDGARD ™ JANICE RULE Screenplay by ELEANOR PERRY Based on a story by JOHN CHEEVER: Produced by FRANK PERRY and ROGER LEWIS: Directed by FRANK PERRY: TECHNICOLOR® [@] [este forunur tenes] EBD Ad No. 304—603 Lines—3 Cols. x 14!/, Inches