I was watching Desperate Housewives and they had a scene at Bree(Marcia Cross's)'s son high school swim meet. It was such a bad betrayal of swimming. There were no lane lines in the pool and no real timers. Plus, there were no bleachers, just chairs that you would see in a classroom. It would be nice if Hollywood got the accurate view of swimming.
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While it's not swimming, the movie about Steven Prefontaine (a familiar name in the running community) was extremely well done. Prefontaine was a promising US star who came to a tragically early death in his twenties. A couple of his records still stand as world records. His coach, Bill Bowerman, later went on to found Nike.
The movie is fabulous, and it's a good one for athletes everywhere. Don't know of any swimming movies, unfortunately, unless "Open Water" counts;) (Oh yes, Swim Fan was not good. And please...don't have sex in a pool...the rest of us have to swim in that!)
While it's not swimming, the movie about Steven Prefontaine (a familiar name in the running community) was extremely well done. Prefontaine was a promising US star who came to a tragically early death in his twenties. A couple of his records still stand as world records. His coach, Bill Bowerman, later went on to found Nike.
The movie is fabulous, and it's a good one for athletes everywhere. Don't know of any swimming movies, unfortunately, unless "Open Water" counts;) (Oh yes, Swim Fan was not good. And please...don't have sex in a pool...the rest of us have to swim in that!)
