Carried Away (1996 film)

For the 2021 film also known as "Acts of Love", see Acts of Love (film).
Carried Away
DVD cover
Directed byBruno Barreto
Screenplay byEd Jones
Based onFarmer
by Jim Harrison
Produced byPaul Hertzberg
Amy Irving
Starring
CinematographyRuss Brandt
Declan Quinn
Edited byBruce Cannon
Music byBruce Broughton
Jack Fulton
Production
companies
Distributed byFine Line Features
Release date
  • March 29, 1996 (1996-03-29)
Running time
109 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$290,978[1]

Carried Away (also known as Acts of Love) is a 1996 American English language film directed by Brazilian Bruno Barreto. It is based on the novel Farmer by Jim Harrison.

The film stars Dennis Hopper, Amy Irving (Barreto's then wife), Gary Busey, and Amy Locane. The tagline reads "No love is safe from desire".

Plot

Joseph Svenden is a middle-aged schoolteacher who lives on a farm with his dying mother. In his simple life there is no excitement, even in his long-time relationship with a widow. However, when a beautiful 17-year-old girl enrolls in his class, life takes an unexpected turn. She boards her horse in his barn, and they flirt. They carry on a furtive relationship which leaves him torn between passion and knowing that he is doing something wrong. When their relationship becomes public, many different reactions ensue.

Cast

Karen Churchill

Production

Bruno Barreto directed his wife Amy Irving in a sex scene with Dennis Hopper, which was later edited. "You wouldn't believe what was cut," Irving said. "Sometimes I couldn't believe what he was asking me to do."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Carried Away". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ^ "People". www.upi.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.


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