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The song of Sway Lake / Grack Films presents ; Ari Gold, director ; Ari Gold, Elizabeth Bull, writers ; Michael Bederman, Zak Kilberg, Allison Rose Carter, Ari Gold, producers.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: SSL-10001-9 | The OrchardPublisher: [New York] : The Orchard, [2018]Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Eric Lin ; film editors, Todd Holmes, Gabriel Wrye ; music, Ethan Gold.
Cast: Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan, Isabelle McNally, Elizabeth Peña, Mary Beth Peil. Featuring the voice of Brian Dennehy ; vocal performances by John Grant, The Staves.Summary: "A story of the fading of the jazz-age American aristocracy, The Song of Sway Lake tells of the last remnants of the Sway family, in the golden light of late summer, on a lake that bears their name. In the early 1990s, orphaned Ollie (Rory Culkin) and his charismatic young Russian friend Nikolai (Robert Sheehan) try to steal a priceless 1940s record from the collection of Ollie's grandmother Charlie Sway (Mary Beth Peil). While Ollie falls in love with a class-conscious local girl (Isabelle McNally), Nikolai secretly woos the matriarch herself, and Charlie confronts the invisible burden of her fixation on the past. In The Song of Sway Lake, all those in the long shadow of the 'Greatest Generation' struggle to cast off the weight of an age of glamour they cannot recreate"-- swaylake.com website.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This musical drama from Ari Gold sees Ollie Sway (Rory Culkin) travel with his Russian drifter friend, Nikolai (Robert Sheehan), to Sway Lake. There, they plot to steal a 78 record from Ollie's own family property. They then meet a relative of Ollie's who has been keeping a secret from him. During their stay, Ollie discovers truths about him and his father. Also starring Anna Shields, Mary Beth Peil, and Zak Kilberg. ~ Kyle Lavigne, Rovi

Disc characteristic: DVD-R.

Closed captioned.

Rory Culkin, Robert Sheehan, Isabelle McNally, Elizabeth Peña, Mary Beth Peil. Featuring the voice of Brian Dennehy ; vocal performances by John Grant, The Staves.

Director of photography, Eric Lin ; film editors, Todd Holmes, Gabriel Wrye ; music, Ethan Gold.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Wide screen (1.85:1).

"A story of the fading of the jazz-age American aristocracy, The Song of Sway Lake tells of the last remnants of the Sway family, in the golden light of late summer, on a lake that bears their name. In the early 1990s, orphaned Ollie (Rory Culkin) and his charismatic young Russian friend Nikolai (Robert Sheehan) try to steal a priceless 1940s record from the collection of Ollie's grandmother Charlie Sway (Mary Beth Peil). While Ollie falls in love with a class-conscious local girl (Isabelle McNally), Nikolai secretly woos the matriarch herself, and Charlie confronts the invisible burden of her fixation on the past. In The Song of Sway Lake, all those in the long shadow of the 'Greatest Generation' struggle to cast off the weight of an age of glamour they cannot recreate"-- swaylake.com website.

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