Swimming Upstream is a 2003 English-language Biography Drama movie directed by Russell Mulcahy and produced by Howard Baldwin, Karen Elise Baldwin and Paul Pompian under the banner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family who found the inner strength to become a champion. Always overshadowed in his father's eyes by his brothers, it is only when Tony displays an extraordinary swimming talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart. Written by Crusader Entertainment. Swimming upstream features Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl, Deborah Kennedy, David Hoflin and Sonja Zanger. The screenplay is written by Tony Fingleton which is inspired from Swimming Upstream by Tony Fingleton Diane Fingleton. The music was composed by Reinhold Heil along with Johnny Klimek. Cinematography was done by Martin McGrath and editing by Marcus D'Arcy. The movie has a running time of 114 minutes. It was released on 27th February 2003. The movie made a box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by MGM Distribution Co.