Swimming Upstream (2002)
It's not easy being seventeen.
105 min
This is a heart-wrenching story about a happy-go-lucky 17 year-old boy with a passion for life and love. Under his free spirit are problems that he must deal with. His mother died, his alcoholic father is unapproachable, and ...the biggest problem of all... he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. The only support he receives is from a sister who also lives a fractured life, his immature best friend, and his girlfriend. "Swimming Upstream" is a moving and honest look at life's painful realities and how this teen deals with them.
- Release date
- January 1, 2002
- Country of origin
- Not yet available · likely United States (estimated from cast and crew)
Cast
- Matt Czuchry as Morris Bird III
- Elisabeth Harnois as Julie Sutton
- Michael Moriarty as Morris Bird II
- Kelly Rutherford as Sandra Bird
- Ben Savage as Teddy Benevides
- Barbara Orson as Minnie Goldfarb
- Ron Dean as Coach Cramer
- Edwin W. Thurston as Mr. Barron
- Justin Ordman as Gavin Richards
- Nigel Gore as Hospital Orderly
Crew
- Robert J. Emery · Director
- Don Robertson · Writer
- Robert J. Emery · Writer
- Thomas J. Busch · Producer
- Robert J. Emery · Producer
- Steven P. Wolf · Composer
- Steven Douglas Smith · Cinematographer
- Kevin Kelly · Editor
- Victoria Burrows · Casting director
- Karen E. Weber · Production designer