Swimming Upstream: Difference between revisions

{{short description|2003 film by Russell Mulcahy}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Swimming Upstream

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = [[Russell Mulcahy]]

| screenplay = [[Tony Fingleton]]

| cinematography = Martin McGrath

| editing = [[Marcus D'Arcy]]

| runtime = 114 minutes

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget =

}}

 

 

==Plot==

 

Tony was on good terms with most of his siblings, especially "number 3", John. But each of the five children did whatever they needed to do as self-preservation measures against Harold's abuse, sometimes at the expense of harmony with the others. As a refuge, the four youngest felt comfortable in the local pool. It was only when he found out that both Tony and John were good swimmers that Harold began to pay Tony any attention, and became their trainer. But nothing Tony did was ever good enough, Harold spurring on anyone else but Tony, and especially John. Initially the two swam different strokes, freestyle and backstroke, but Harold secretly shifted John to compete directly against his brother in state finals. After losing, Tony responded by training on his own, eventually placing second at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, without his father's support - who had by this time become withdrawn and continued to drink. John, meanwhile, abandoned competitive swimming after failing to qualify, and his relationship with Tony remained strained.

 

 

==Cast==

 

==Reception==

 

 

==See also==

{{Portal|Film|Australia}}

 

==References==

 

==External links==

 

{{Russell Mulcahy}}

 

[[Category:2003 films]]

[[Category:Australian biographical drama films]]

[[Category:Films about domestic violence]]

[[Category:Films based on biographies]]

[[Category:Films scored by Johnny Klimek]]