Carried Away (1996)

Director:

Bruno Barreto

Writers (WGA):

Jim Harrison (novel)
Ed Jones (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

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 are no excitements...

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Female Nudity | Lolita | Hunting | Footsie Under The Table

Cast

Dennis Hopper	...	Joseph Svenden
Amy Irving	...	Rosealee Henson
Amy Locane	...	Catherine Wheeler
Julie Harris	...	Joseph's Mother
Gary Busey	...	Major Nathan Wheeler
Hal Holbrook	...	Doctor Evans
Christopher Pettiet	...	Robert Henson
Priscilla Pointer	...	Lily Henson
Gail Cronauer	...	Beverly
Alissa Alban	...	School Board Superintendent
E.J. Morris	...	School Board Woman
Joe Stevens	...	School Board Man
Connie Cooper	...	Charlotte
Eleese Lester	...	Marie
Doug Jackson	...	Frank

Also Known As:

Acts of Love (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity, strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Alphacine)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Mexico:B | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Texas, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Goofs:

Continuity: When Catherine's parents come to Joseph's house, the hall clock reads 8:35. When Catherine shows up just after her parents leave, the same clock now reads 7:35.

Quotes:

Joseph Svenden: What can I say. I'm a bad man. But sometimes it is fun to be bad.

Soundtrack:

TOUCH ME

One of the most beautiful films I have ever seen

Carried Away is nothing short of a masterpiece. Every single scene and piece of dialog in this film has a solid purpose. The camera work is the so gentle and subtle it crosses over from camera work to camera art. Every actor on screen is perfectly cast. The story of a Midwest farmer in the early 1960's whose life is jolted out of a monotony of safe boredom and into a dangerous moral dilemma. Not the kind of danger we see these days like CGI robots from the future, but the real danger of your entire life as you know it crumbling in front of you and your helpless to stop it, or yourself. The story unfolds before you like the slow blooming of a flower and in the first ten minutes I was so gripped by the subtle nuances, I felt like I was transported to the small town of Howardsville. I simply cannot say enough about this film. Watch it and you'll understand.