Swimfan
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Directed by	John Polson
Produced by	Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr. John Penotti
Written by	Charles F. Bohl Phillip Schneider
Starring	Jesse Bradford Erika Christensen Shiri Appleby Clayne Crawford Jason Ritter Dan Hedaya
Music by	John Debney
Cinematography	Giles Nuttgens
Editing by	Sarah Flack
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	September 6, 2002
Running time	85 min.
Budget	$10,000,000
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Swimfan is a 2002 psychological thriller film directed by John Polson and written by Charles F. Bohl and Phillip Schneider. Considered a Fatal Attraction for a teenage audience, the film stars contemporary youth icons Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen and Shiri Appleby. Image File history File links This is a copyrighted poster. ... John Polson (born September 6, 1965) is an Australian actor, director and founder of Tropfest. ... Jesse Bradford. ... Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic (2000) and The Perfect Score (2004), among others. ... Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American actress. ... Clayne Crawford (b. ... Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, son of the late actor John Ritter and grandson of actors Tex Ritter and Dorothy Fay. ... Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya is a prolific character actor who was born on July 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York to a Sephardic Jewish family. ... John Debney (born Glendale, California, 18 August 1956) is a prolific American film composer who received an Oscar nomination for his score for Mel Gibson`s The Passion of the Christ. ... Giles Nuttgens is a British cinematographer and member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC). ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the wide-ranging thriller genre. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... John Polson (born September 6, 1965) is an Australian actor, director and founder of Tropfest. ... Fatal Attraction is a 1987 thriller about a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end and who becomes obsessed with him. ... Jesse Bradford. ... Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic (2000) and The Perfect Score (2004), among others. ... Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American actress. ...

Taglines

• Seduction. Betrayal. Murder. Speedos. Some girls have all the fun.
• His biggest fan just became his worst nightmare.
• Ben Cronin had the perfect life until he met the new girl.

Plot

Benjamin "Ben" Cronin (Jesse Bradford) is a high-school jock who once had a "drug problem" (not specified in the film). An aspiring Olympian, Ben is training to impress a visiting athletic scout from Stanford University. Ben is dating a girl named Amy Miller (Shiri Appleby) and works with his mother at the local hospital. After a girl named Madison Bell (Erika Christensen) transfers to his school, he is seduced by her in a one night stand in a pool by having sexual intercourse. Ben, after reflection, finally rejects her in favor of his girlfriend. Madison becomes obsessed with Ben and turns his life into a living hell as the possessive Madison keeps stalking him. She manages to become friendly with Amy, and Ben's mother. After Ben conclusively tells her that he wants nothing to do with her because he is with Amy, the "horror" truly begins as she has a violent streak and will never let him go - even in the face of death. Jesse Bradford. ... Stanford redirects here. ... Shiri Freda Appleby (born December 7, 1978) is an American actress. ... Erika Jane Christensen (born August 19, 1982) is an American actress whose film appearances include Traffic (2000) and The Perfect Score (2004), among others. ...

Cast

• Jesse Bradford - Ben Cronin
• Erika Christensen - Madison Bell
• Shiri Appleby - Amy Miller
• Kate Burton - Carla Cronin
• Clayne Crawford - Josh
• Jason Ritter - Randy
• Kia Goodwin - Rene
• Dan Hedaya - Coach Simkins
• Michael Higgins - Mr. Tillman
• Nick Sandow - Detective John Zabel
• Pamela Isaacs - Mrs. Egan
• James DeBello - Christopher Dante
• Phyllis Somerville - Aunt Gretchen Christopher
• Tom Cappadona - Janitor
• Malcolm Barrett - Jock
• Ken Triwush - Big Man
• Peter Hermann - ER Doctor
• John Knox - ER Guard
• Amy Mapother - Petite Nurse
• Patricia Rae - Jake's Nurse
• Ben Epps - Passenger Cop
• Dan Fountain - Police Officer
• Max Rosmarin - Music Nerd
• Chris Fischer - Parking Garage Cop
• Christopher Rivera - Party Guy
• Kevin Payne - Priest
• Monroe Mann - Jake Donnelly

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Reception

The film wasn't very well received by either critics or audiences. Much of the negative response focused on the 'poor characterisation' of the teenage protagonists, who were seen as just more in a long line of youth stereotypes, played by actors far too old for their roles.^{[citation needed]} It was also said that this was a rip-off of Fatal Attraction. The total box office gross was $28,303,771. It has gained a 4.6 rating on the IMDB. A 14% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... In modern usage, a stereotype is a simplified mental picture of an individual or group of people who share a certain characteristic (or stereotypical) qualities. ...

Trivia

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• Unlike "Madison," who cannot swim, actress Erika Christensen is a superb swimmer in real life. She scored the most points at her school swimming carnival when she was only 7.

• The winning time in the 200 yard freestyle event depicted in the film would have set a world record.

• Swimfan was filmed in an actual high school, Bayonne High School, located in Bayonne, New Jersey.

• In a promotion with AOL, AOL Instant Messenger users could talk with "swimfan4u" (actually a computer-generated phrase messenger), who would ask about the movie characters.

• The film's title and scene in some trailers was SwimFan85, but the 85 was later dropped.

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External links

• Twentieth Century - Swimfan
• Swimfan at the Internet Movie Database
• Swimfan at Rotten Tomatoes
• Swimfan at Box Office Mojo