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After serving in World War II, the 32-year-old Lancaster landed a role in a Broadway play and drew the attention of a Hollywood agent. His breakthrough role was the film noir The Killers in 1946 alongside Ava Gardner. A critical success, it launched both of their careers.
YearFilmProduction CompanyDistribution Company1948Norma Productions / Harold Hecht ...Universal - International Pictures1950Norma Productions / Frank Ross ...1951Norma Productions / Halburt Productions1952Norma Productions / Halburt ProductionsHe appeared in 85 movies with genre breakdown as: drama (51); romance (23); westerns (15); comedy (14); action/adv (14) and war (10). He appeared in film during five decades with the majority of his movies (60%) being released in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in films and television series.
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In a woodland, strewn with dead autumn leaves, a figure is moving through the trees. It borders a well-off suburb in Connecticut. Out of the forest a fit and tanned middle-aged man emerges wearing only a bathing suit and no shoes. It is Ned Merrill and he drops by a pool party being held by old friends. They offer him a cocktail while nursing hango...
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1. After working on several television series, Janet Landgard's first featured cinematic role was in this film. 2. The Swimmer was comedian Joan Rivers's film debut as an actress. She had appeared as herself three years earlier in Hootenanny a Go Go, also released as Once Upon a Coffeehouse. In The Swimmer, her short scene took an unexpectedly long time to film, which she blamed on Lancaster. She later wrote in her autobiography; "he redirected every line...Frank (Perry) wanted a happy girl w...
The Swimmer was produced by Sam Spiegel, a three-time Academy Award for Best Picturewinner, who ultimately removed his name from the film (but the logo of his company, Horizon Pictures, remains). It was filmed largely on location in Westport, Connecticut, hometown of director Frank Perry. Although he was a trained athlete, star Burt Lancaster had a...
The score was composed by a first-time film composer, 24-year-old Marvin Hamlisch, and was orchestrated by Leo Shuken and Jack Hayes. The music has dramatic passages for a small orchestra along with a mid-1960s pop sound. Hamlisch got the job after Spiegel hired him to play the piano at one of his parties. The soundtrack album was originally releas...
The initial box office response to the film was "lackluster." Film critic Roger Ebert called The Swimmer "a strange, stylized work, a brilliant and disturbing one." Vincent Canby in The New York Times wrote: "although literal in style, the film has the shape of an open-ended hallucination. It is a grim, disturbing and sometimes funny view of a very...
The Swimmer was originally released on DVD in 2003.The 2003 release was considered a "ho-hum looking widescreen transfer ... (with) a number of imperfections (including grain and dirt aplenty)", the image suffering from "a true lack of detail and bleeding colors" and was criticized for having few special features. Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office (i...
The Swimmer at the American Film Institute CatalogThe Swimmer at IMDbThe Swimmer at the TCM Movie DatabaseThe Swimmer at AllMovieHis production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, produced such films as Paddy Chayefsky 's Marty (1955) (Oscar winner 1955) and The Catered Affair (1956). In the 1980s he appeared as a supporting player in a number of movies, such as Local Hero (1983) and Field of Dreams (1989).
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Handsome, athletic, confident, and wildly talented, Burt Lancaster acted in some of the finest films and created many indelible characters over his 45 year film career. Lancaster transitioned from leading man to mature character actor, to senior roles flawlessly and always with excellence and style.
Aug 16, 2023 · From Sorry, Wrong Number to From Here to Eternity, these 10 Burt Lancaster movies are his best.
