Movies About Swimming

RE: Movies About Swimming

Former Member — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:00:32 GMT

Also, in reference to "Pride", at the end when they swim the relay, I believe they referred to it was 4x50 meters. It was actually a 4x100 because I believe they were in a 50 meter long course pool.

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Former Member — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:30:06 GMT

I watched "Pride" last night because I could get it instantly on Amazon's OnDemand with my prime account. I've gotta say I never really watched a lot of TV until I got a Smart TV and I can watch everything on demand. It was ok. It was predictable and was basically the same story as those feel good sports movies. Just substitute swimming in for football or basketball. It held my attention though, which is good because most shows don't which is why I never watch TV. It didn't make sense that the team had like 6 swimmers and everyone they were competing against had like 25, yet somehow they won. I'm glad all of you are up on your Buffy the Vampire Slayer knowledge. I actually had to watch a presentation about Irish themes in BTVS by my classmates in an Irish-American elective (vampires apparently come from ireland originally). I couldn't stop laughing during the presentation. A. it was just ridiculous and B. statements like "when vampire and a mortal have a baby, it's a vampire, but if you vampires have a baby, its a moral" and "it's actually really hard for vampires to procreate" were hilarious because it was said as if it was scientific fact. C. Something about how the boy vampire is 300 years old but his soul is controlled by someone else and he somehow get it back. I almost got thrown out because I my laughing got other people laughing. Once I start I can't stop either.

RE: Movies About Swimming

tjrpatt — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:53:15 GMT

There was this one supernatural film with a good amount of swimming. I think that the one character used his powers to beat his competitors or something. It was set in a private school. SwimFan sucked because it is unrealistic for a swimmer to have a stalker. When was Erika Christensen's character when I was in high school. In high school, the soccer and football players only had stalkers. Pride was good movie. After seeing Jim Ellis at a meet 2 weeks ago, I just can't picture Terrance Howard playing him.

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orca1946 — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:33:39 GMT

On the "do not watch " list OPEN WATER !!!! :badday:

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Former Member — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:12:20 GMT

The Guardian Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher, it's about Coast Guard rescue swimmers. LOTS of swimming in it.

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Celestial — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:22:25 GMT

I have to agree with The Guardian. It is totally awesome - In fact I have a friend who based her last doctorate on that movie (motivating Coast Guard rescue swimmers) and now this is her job.

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tjrpatt — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:23:34 GMT

I think the name of the movie was The Covenant. Now, yep, that was the name. I was too lazy to search for it earlier.

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Former Member — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:50:33 GMT

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Go Fish"??? Xander goes undercover on the Sunnydale swim team after two members are seemingly eaten, leaving only their skins. Their coach has been giving them steroids combined with fish DNA, which turns them into sea monsters. Buffy confronts the coach, and he is killed by the swim-team sea monsters. They actually mentioned Gertrude Ederle in that episode. I really think there was a former swimmer on the Buffy production staff at that time because it seemed like the episode had a lot of shout outs and references to the East German doping abuses.

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Patrick W. Brundage — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:31:20 GMT

The Swimmer 1968 (Burt Lancaster) I'll second that. Though not a movie, I just read Lynn Scherr's Swim: Why We Love the Water (Amazon.com: Swim: Why We Love the Water (9781610390460): Lynn Sherr: Books), which has some nice history of swimming, including a list of movies where swimming favors prominently.

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Former Member — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 07:36:54 GMT

RE: Movies About Swimming

tjrpatt — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:45:08 GMT

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Go Fish"??? Xander goes undercover on the Sunnydale swim team after two members are seemingly eaten, leaving only their skins. Their coach has been giving them steroids combined with fish DNA, which turns them into sea monsters. Buffy confronts the coach, and he is killed by the swim-team sea monsters. I remember that Buffy episode. It was some movie that did pretty well at the box office but didn't have any stars. Whoever did the swimming had a good stroke. You have to add Dolphin Tale to a movie about swimming. There was a backstory with the main character's cousin who was a star swimming before going to war and getting some leg injury. I only watched the last hour of the film on cable.

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Rob Copeland — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:53:02 GMT

There was this one supernatural film with a good amount of swimming. I think that the one character used his powers to beat his competitors or something. It was set in a private school.Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Go Fish"??? Xander goes undercover on the Sunnydale swim team after two members are seemingly eaten, leaving only their skins. Their coach has been giving them steroids combined with fish DNA, which turns them into sea monsters. Buffy confronts the coach, and he is killed by the swim-team sea monsters.

RE: Movies About Swimming

knelson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:07:23 GMT

Swimming Upstream is really good. I second or third the recommendation.

RE: Movies About Swimming

Rob Copeland — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:29:49 GMT

Swimming Upstream 2005 The Swimmer 1968 (Burt Lancaster) Dangerous When Wet 1953 (Ester Williams)

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kfuss — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:28:11 GMT

This is a good one -Swimming Upstream. The movie is set in the 1950s/60s, and here is the review at Amazon.com: "As the target of his father Harold's (Geoffrey Rush) drunken abuse, young Tony Fingleton (Jesse Spencer) escapes to the underwater solitude of the local pool, where he aspires to win his father's love by becoming a national swimming champion. But when his cruel father pits Tony against his own brother in a competition to make the Olympic team, Tony must find the courage to swim his way to victory... and out of his father's emotionally crippling net."

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bassboneman — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:42:01 GMT

On A Clear Day is really good. It's about a guy who battles his inner demons by swimming the English Channel. It was discussed in this previous thread: Movie "On a Clear Day" Swimming English Channel as part of story line. - U.S. Masters Swimming Discussion Forums

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smontanaro — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:24:47 GMT

Anything with Esther Williams, though I'm not sure there was ever tons of drama, there was always tons of swimming. :D

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gobears — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:24:23 GMT

"Pride" was pretty good. I've never really seen a swimming movie that makes swimming look authentic but it's close.