| Swimming
Upstream
Available on DVD Now
The pride of a nation. The heart of a champion. This is the true story of Tony Fingleton.
Director:
Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Geoffrey
Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer
Screenplay:
Anthony Fingleton
Based upon:
Anthony Fingleton’s book of the same name
Website: http://www.mgm.com/swimmingupstream/
Starring Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush and Academy Award Nominee
Judy Davis, Swimming Upstream tells the true story of Tony Fingleton,
a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to
become a champion. Based on a true story and set in 1950s Brisbane,
Australia, Swimming Upstream stars Jesse Spencer (from television's House)
as Tony, a young man who beats the odds to become a champion swimmer
in spite of his overbearing, alcoholic father (Rush) and long-suffering
but quietly heroic mother (Davis). Overshadowed in his father's eyes by
his brothers, it's only when Tony displays an extraordinary swimming
talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart -
and maybe even Olympic gold
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