| Carried Away | |
| Director: | Bruno Barreto |
| Producer: | Paul Hertzberg Amy Irving |
| Screenplay: | Ed Jones |
| Music: | Bruce Broughton Jack Fulton |
| Cinematography: | Russ Brandt Declan Quinn |
| Editing: | Bruce Cannon |
| Production Companies: | New Line Cinema CineTel Films |
| Distributor: | Fine Line Features |
| Runtime: | 109 min. |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $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".
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.
Karen Churchill
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]