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The Swimmer (1968 film)

The Swimmer (1968) is Frank Perry's drama adapting John Cheever's New Yorker story, starring Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, who swims home pool by pool through suburban Connecticut; a troubled production and box-office flop later reappraised.

The Swimmer (short story)

"The Swimmer" is John Cheever's 1964 New Yorker short story in which Neddy Merrill swims home eight miles through suburban pools as seasons and his life collapse; collected in The Brigadier and the Golf Widow and adapted into the 1968 Burt Lancaster film.

The Swimmers (2022 film)

The Swimmers (السباحتان) is a 2022 Netflix biographical drama directed by Sally El Hosaini, starring Nathalie and Manal Issa as Syrian swimmer sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini, whose 2015 Aegean swim saved a refugee dinghy and led to Yusra's 2016 Refugee Olympic Team debut.

The Swiss Family Robinson

The Swiss Family Robinson (Der Schweizerische Robinson), 1812 novel by Johann David Wyss, edited by his son Johann Rudolf; shipwrecked Swiss family settles an island; most English editions follow Montolieu's 1824 expansion.

The Swissmakers

The Swissmakers is a 1978 Swiss satirical comedy directed by Rolf Lyssy, following two naturalization policemen investigating three citizenship applicants; it set a Swiss box office record.

The Switch (2010 film)

The Switch is a 2010 American romantic comedy directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, based on Jeffrey Eugenides's short story "The Baster".

The Sword

The Sword is an American heavy metal band formed in Austin, Texas, in 2003, also called Sword of Doom early on. Known for retro doom metal (Age of Winters, Gods of the Earth), the sci-fi concept album Warp Riders, and Apocryphon's #17 Billboard debut.

The Sword (名剑) (1980 film)

The Sword (名劍) is Patrick Tam's 1980 Golden Harvest wuxia debut starring Adam Cheng and Norman Chui, a Hong Kong New Wave landmark about swordsmen destroyed by their pursuit of famous blades, released 14 August 1980.

The Sword and the Brocade (锦心似玉)

The Sword and the Brocade (锦心似玉) is a 2021 Tencent Video costume drama, 45 episodes, adapted from Zhi Zhi's novel Shu Nu Gong Lue, starring Wallace Chung and Tan Songyun in a Ming dynasty arranged-marriage romance.

The Sword and the Rose

The Sword and the Rose (1953) is a Walt Disney live-action adventure romance directed by Ken Annakin, based on Charles Major's 1898 novel When Knighthood Was in Flower, starring Glynis Johns and Richard Todd as Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, shot in Technicolor at Pinewood Studios.

The Sword and the Sorcerer

The Sword and the Sorcerer is a 1982 American fantasy film directed by Albert Pyun, in which the mercenary Talon helps a princess overthrow a tyrant.

The Sword and the Spear

The Sword and the Spear (A Espada e a Azagaia) is a 2016 historical novel by Mia Couto about a romance in 1895 Mozambique, second in his Sands of the Emperor trilogy.

The Sword Identity

The Sword Identity (倭寇的踪迹, Wo Kou De Zong Ji) is Xu Haofeng's 2011 Chinese martial arts debut film, premiered at Venice Horizon, about a swordsman proving his Japanese-style blade is Chinese, starring Yu Chenghui and Song Yang.

The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)

The Sword in the Stone (1963) is Walt Disney's animated musical about young Arthur (Wart) and Merlin, based on T. H. White's 1938 novel, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, released December 25, 1963, with Sherman Brothers songs and an Oscar-nominated score.

The Sword in the Stoned

"The Sword in the Stoned" is the fifth episode of season 2 of the Peacock comedy series Ted, known for its AI deepfake of Bill Clinton.

The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠)

The Sword of Doom (大菩薩峠, Daibosatsu Toge) is Kihachi Okamoto's 1966 Toho samurai film, the fifth adaptation of Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished novel, starring Tatsuya Nakadai as the nihilistic swordsman Ryunosuke Tsukue, released 25 February 1966.

The Sword of Many Loves (飞狐外传)

The Sword of Many Loves (飞狐外传) is the 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film of Jin Yong's novel, directed by Vernon Poon, starring Leon Lai, Sharla Cheung, and Michele Reis, distinct from the 1980 Chang Cheh Shaw film Legend of the Fox.

The Sword of Shannara

The Sword of Shannara is Terry Brooks's 1977 debut epic fantasy novel, the first Del Rey Books title and the first fantasy novel on the NYT bestseller list; it launched the 20+-book Shannara saga.

The Sword of Shannara Trilogy

The Sword of Shannara Trilogy is Terry Brooks' original Shannara series: The Sword of Shannara (1977), The Elfstones of Shannara (1982), and The Wishsong of Shannara (1985), the first Del Rey Books title and a landmark of commercial epic fantasy.

The Sword of Truth

The Sword of Truth is Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy series (17 volumes, from Wizard's First Rule, 1994) about Seeker Richard Cypher, Confessor Kahlan Amnell, and wizard Zedd; adapted as Legend of the Seeker (2008–2010).

The Sword: Rebirth of the Red Wolf

The Sword: Rebirth of the Red Wolf (칼: 고두막한의 검, Kal: Godumakhanui Geom) is a 2027 South Korean historical action film by Kim Han-min, starring Park Bo-gum as amnesiac slave-gladiator Chil-seong in 668 AD Goguryeo, set for summer 2027 release by Redice Entertainment.

The Sworn Book of Honorius

The Sworn Book of Honorius (Liber Juratus) is a medieval Latin grimoire of ritual magic and spirit conjuration, attributed to the legendary Honorius of Thebes.

The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH), founded 1831 as the Sydney Herald, is Australia's oldest continuously published newspaper, now Nine Entertainment-owned, with a Left-Center rating, high factual reporting, and Australia's largest weekly news audience.

The Sylvers

The Sylvers: American R&B and disco family vocal group of Memphis-born siblings, once the Little Angels, active into the 1980s; best known for "Boogie Fever," number one on the Hot 100 and R&B chart on May 15, 1976, and "Hot Line."

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer is Viet Thanh Nguyen's 2015 Grove Press debut novel, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, told as the confession of a nameless half-Vietnamese, half-French communist double agent, adapted as a 2024 HBO miniseries.

The Sympathizer (miniseries)

The Sympathizer (Cảm tình viên) is a 2024 seven-episode HBO/A24 limited series adapted from Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer-winning 2015 novel, co-created by Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, starring Hoa Xuande as a half-French Vietnamese spy and Robert Downey Jr. in four roles, premiering April 14, 2024.

The Syndicate

The Syndicate is a BBC One drama by Kay Mellor (2012-2021, 4 seasons, 23 episodes) about lottery-winning work syndicates; also a marketing agency, a Lloyd's research firm, and a termination-analysis framework.

The System (1964 film)

The System (The Girl-Getters) is a 1964 British drama directed by Michael Winner, starring Oliver Reed as a seaside photographer who seduces tourists until he falls for Jane Merrow's model; shot in Devon by Nicolas Roeg.

The System Has Failed

The System Has Failed is Megadeth's tenth studio album, released September 14, 2004 on Sanctuary Records. Conceived as a Dave Mustaine solo album after his 2002 arm injury, it became the band's comeback with Chris Poland, Jimmie Lee Sloas, and Vinnie Colaiuta.

The system of Italian-style condominio theatres of the 18th and 19th centuries in Central Italy

Serial UNESCO World Heritage property (inscribed 2026, criterion iii) of ten 18th-19th century Italian-style condominio theatres in Emilia-Romagna, Marche, and Umbria, jointly owned by municipalities and private citizens' società condominiali; Italy's 62nd World Heritage site, dossier 1762.