Swimming Upstream Movie Review 2003

Dysfunctional family drama with a sports twist based on a true story. Screenwriter/exec producer Anthony Fingleton fictionalizes his own story of competitive swimming during the 50s and 60s in Brisbane, Australia. His career did not reach true heights due to an overbearing and increasingly violent alcoholic father. Perhaps this poorly executed film had a more cathartic effect on the creator than it does on an audience.

Distribution

MGM Home Entertainment, 2500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404-6061, Phone: (310)449-3000, Fax: (310)449-3100, URL: http://www.mgmhomevideo.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 113 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sports Dramas, Swimming, The Olympics, Period Piece: 1950s, Period Piece: 1960s, True Stories, Family Drama, Bad Dads

Screenplay

Anthony Fingleton

Cast

Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Deborah Kennedy, Mark Hembrow, Melissa Thomas, Tim Draxl, David Hoflin, Craig Horner, Brittany Byrnes, Mitchell Dellevergin, Thomas Davidson, Kain O'Keefe, Robert Quinn, Keeara Byrnes, Des Drury, Dawn Fraser, Remi Broadway, Murray Rose

Cinematography

Martin McGrath

Director

Russell Mulcahy

Music

Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek

Other

Andrew Plain, Greg Burgmann, Marcus D'Arcy, Laurie Faen, Angus Strathie, Roger Ford

Producer

Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin, Andrew Mason, Paul Pompian, Crusader Entertainment, Hoyts Distribution