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Burt Lancaster Learns To Swim For The Swimmer
Burt Lancaster, famed for physical roles, learned to swim for The Swimmer. He trained three months with coach Robert Horn to master backstroke butterfly and diving while filming. The actor shed 15 pounds and wore only nylon trunks as he prepared for the John Cheever inspired Horizon Pictures project.
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Burt Lancaster
Lancaster
Horizon Pictures
John Cheever
New Yorker
New York City
DeWitt Clinton
New York University
Nick Cravat
Robert Horn
University of California
Horn
Columbia