Schlock-Wire: New Street Date For Grindhouse Releasing's Special Edition Of THE SWIMMER
Here's a quick update from the good people at Grindhouse Releasing: their blu-ray/DVD special edition of The Swimmer will now be making its debut on March 25th. The press release reprinted below is worth reading to anyone interested to this set as it offers more details on the set's special features, which include an epic new documentary on the film entitled The Story Of The Swimmer. If you read through to the end, you'll also see some info on upcoming Grindhouse releases for 2014. Read on for all the new details...
Grindhouse Releasing Presents THE SWIMMER - New Street Date March 25
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Grindhouse Releasing is proud to present Burt Lancaster in THE SWIMMER, based on the famed story by John Cheever, arriving March 25, 2014 on Blu-ray and DVD in a spectacular new collector's edition.
THE SWIMMER is available for pre-order now at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Swimmer-Blu-ray-DVD-Combo/dp/B00HRISNPM
Lancaster stars in THE SWIMMER as Ned Merrill, a man who confronts his destiny by swimming home, pool by pool, through the suburban nightmare of upper-class East Coast society. Roger Ebert hailed THE SWIMMER as "brilliant and disturbing", and Lancaster "superb in the finest performance of his career."
THE SWIMMER trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIYniOVZIYA&list=UUh6i5XK8_DoaC73S7RJNCbA
The film was directed by Frank Perry (DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE, PLAY IT AS IT LAYS, MOMMIE DEAREST) from a script by Eleanor Perry.
The new Blu-ray/DVD set boasts a wealth of bonus features including the brand-new 2 1/2 hour documentary "The Story of THE SWIMMER" by Oscar winner Chris Innis.
"The Story of THE SWIMMER" includes 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 new Blu-ray/DVD set features a vintage audio recording of John Cheever reading his famous story "The Swimmer", which first appeared in The New Yorker in 1964.
THE SWIMMER Blu-ray/DVD also offers a 12-page booklet with liner notes by director Stuart Gordon (RE-ANIMATOR), rare production stills from the lost alternate scenes, extensive still galleries, trailers, TV spots, and more. The cover art for the disc is a new painting by renowned Stephen King cover artist Glen Orbik (JOYLAND, THE COLORADO KID).
Releasing THE SWIMMER is a coup for Grindhouse Releasing, the company founded by the late Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski and known for its restorations of Italian cult-horror classics such as Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND and Ruggero Deodato's CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST.
"We are thrilled to be bringing THE SWIMMER to Blu-ray and DVD in one of our most comprehensive releases to date," says Grindhouse Releasing president and co-founder Bob Murawski. "THE SWIMMER is one of those offbeat late-60s studio films that really defies explanation. It is ultimately as bleak and emotionally disturbing as anything by Deodato or Gaspar Noe. We are extremely proud to have the opportunity to present this almost-forgotten classic, and, as usual, have spared no effort or expense in giving it the best release possible."
THE SWIMMER follows Grindhouse Releasing's acclaimed Blu-ray collector's editions of Sergio Sollima's THE BIG GUNDOWN, starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian, Robert Hartford-Davis' CORRUPTION, starring Peter Cushing, and Amos Sefer's AN AMERICAN HIPPIE IN ISRAEL, starring Asher Tzarfati and Shmuel Wolf.
Grindhouse Releasing has also issued Sage Stallone's award-winning acclaimed short film VIC, starring Clu Gulager (THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE KILLERS). DVD Talk calls VIC "truly unforgettable - a must-see, must-own short film" and Cinema Retro hails VIC as "an extraordinary film that packs an emotional wallop".
THE BIG GUNDOWN, a massive 4-disc set of the celebrated spaghetti Western that includes Blu-ray, DVD, and the original soundtrack by Ennio Morricone on CD, was hailed as the "the Blu-ray release of the year...absolutely stunning" (DVD Verdict), "a must-see" (Blu-ray.com). "superb on every level" (Cinema Retro) and "first-rate...one of the best home entertainment packages of the year" (The Film Corner).
CORRUPTION, the first U.S. home video release of the gory Peter Cushing shocker, earned applause from horror connoisseurs around the world. CORRUPTION was named Blu-ray of the Year (The Splatter Times) and called "the answer to many a horror fan's prayers…easily one of the most significant British horror releases in the Blu-ray era...definitely one for the ages and, in its own bloody and twisted way, a little miracle most fans never expected to happen." (Mondo Digital)
Among the next Blu-ray titles from Grindhouse Releasing are Ruggero Deodato's CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and Lucio Fulci's THE BEYOND, for which Murawski and Innis recently shot a new featurette on location in New Orleans.
Grindhouse Releasing will also issue Fulci's CAT IN THE BRAIN, Duke Mitchell's GONE WITH THE POPE and MASSACRE MAFIA STYLE, Juan Piquer Simon's PIECES, in a new 4K transfer, and S.F. Brownrigg's SCUM OF THE EARTH.
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THE SWIMMER DELUXE EDITION
(Blu-ray/DVD combo) (1968)
Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers. Director: Frank Perry. Rated: PG.
Color - 1.85:1 - 1968 - 95 minutes - Region 0
Release Date: March 25, 2014
"Burt Lancaster is superb in his finest performance. Four stars. "
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Totally engrossing, thanks to its very strangeness, and to the superb performances and vivd location photography. Five stars."
- Geoff Andrew, Time Out New York
"Grim, disturbing and sometimes funny...the film has the shape of an open-ended hallucination."
- Vincent Canby, The New York Times
" A strange, stylized work, a brilliant and disturbing one."
- Roger Ebert
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