Release Date: March 26th, 2000
DVD Release Date: April 29th, 2003
PG|1 hr 34 min
Plot Summary
Well-off ad man Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly decides that he'd like to travel the eight miles back to his own home by simply swimming across every pool in town. Soon, Ned's journey becomes harrowing; at each house, he is somehow confronted with a reminder of his romantic, domestic and economic failures, until a final visit with an old flame (Janice Rule) leaves him devastated.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Tony Bickley, Marge Champion, Bill Fiore, Kim Hunter, Joan Rivers
Director: Frank Perry, Sydney Pollack
Genres: Drama
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Distributors: Columbia Pictures
