Carried Away

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Joey H. @Joeyhubb1989 Oct 4 Released on March 29th, 1996 from Fine Line Features, a subsidiary of New Line Cinema; directed and exec produced by Bruno Barreto, with a screenplay by Ed Jones and based on the novella Farmer by Jim Harrison, and a score composed by Bruce Broughton; this film tells the story of a middle aged man named Joseph Svenden and the love triangle he finds himself caught up in between his long time sweetheart Rosealee Henson who happens to be the widow of his best friend, and the temptation of lust he feels when a beautiful young senior student named Catherine Wheeler enrolls in the school he teaches at. Set in the 1970s Midwest, Joseph Svenden is a 40 something full time farmer and high school teacher. Due to an accident he had as a child, he is forced to walk with a cane because he permanently messed up one of his legs. When he’s not tending his farm or teaching at school, he spends the rest of his time taking care of his elderly mother or spending time with Rosealee. The two have been engaged for six years but have not agreed on a wedding date. Later on in the film, Joseph and Rosalee learn that the town council plans to close down their small school permanently and force all of their students to travel a great distance to the next nearest school, which will leave both of them without jobs. Aside from that, Joseph’s life is dull and has no excitement. But all of that changes when on the first day of school, a senior student named Catherine Wheeler ends up enrolling in his class. She and her father Nathan, a former army major and her alcoholic mother have just moved to town from a big city. The Major and Catherine offer to pay Joseph for allowing him to house Catherine’s pet horse as the house they moved to has no barn for him. That one act sets in motion a chain of events that Joseph is not prepared for. It isn’t too long before Joseph realizes that Catherine isn’t as innocent as he thinks and she soon starts flirting with and offering herself to him. At first Joseph wants to refuse, but soon becomes tempted by the thought of having something exciting in his life for a change. As the two begin a passionate but torrid affair, Joseph soon realizes he wants more out of his otherwise dull life, especially with Rosealee. The cast in this film is headlined by the late two time Oscar nominee Dennis Hopper as Joseph Svenden; Amy Irving as Rosealee Henson who also served as an exec producer; Amy Locane as Catherine Wheeler; Gary Busey as Major Nathan Wheeler and Best Supporting Actor Nominee Hal Holbrook as Dr. Evans. This film may have flown under the radar when it was first released due to it being an independent film, but for anyone who may have seen it at least once, I think most people might enjoy this gem of a movie. I know I certainly enjoyed it the first time I watched it. I give this film a solid 10 out of 10. See more jon c 03/29/2021 We all experience first loves and last chances. Director Bruno Baretto adapts the book The Farmer starring Dennis Hopper, Amy Irving, Gary Busey, and Amy Locane. Taking place in the 1970s Midwest it stars farmer Joseph Svenden and his girlfriend Rosalee. Her husband is dead and she has a son that isn't warming up to Joseph being with her. Joseph suffered an accident while riding a tractor so he carries a cane. He teaches at the local high school. Suddenly he gains attention of a young female student of his named Catherine. From there they engage in a forbidden affair which has Joseph reassess everything in his life. Catherine is also kinda messed up being that her mother is an alcoholic and her father spends his time hunting. This is her first time being in love being it's an older man with her teacher but Joseph may see that this may be his last chance to get married to Rosalee. He doesn't want them both to wait too long to start something together. Many of us like him get carried away doing certain things. But when it comes to being in love we all want to be 'carried away' towards some form of happiness and stability. Hopper is exceptional and Locane too. Irving does her best being a woman that's been too afraid to move forward without disappointment. With Joseph is he able to get his life together without resorting to play antics with a teenager? Maybe it just takes one tiny error in judgement to know where he truly wants to be. Great music, touching performances, and a believable scenario with great emotional tangles that will have us open our eyes. Even adult characters can be just as confused and conflicted. It's refreshing to have a fresh perspective on the choices we make in our middle-aged lives. See more victor o @RT45890256 07/14/2020 If it were not for the cast and the wonderful direction, I would call this movie soft-core porn. Joseph, a middle-aged teacher/farmer gets the midlife crisis of any man's dreams when he has an affair with a seventeen-year-old student. This all happens while he is having trouble with the way his life has been since his teenage years when an accident crippled him. Since then he has been feeling like an old man for the past several decades of his life. He hates living and working on the farm while taking care of his sick mother and hates having to fight for a teaching post he is no longer qualified to work. He is engaged to Rosalee, the widow of a dead friend but there is no real passion. Catherine seems to be perfect as the daughter of a retired military officer whose wife is an alcoholic. Years of city life have made her attractive and wise beyond her years so it is understandable that Joseph would have a fling with the willing young woman to ignite the passion that has been absent from his life. But of course, this cannot go unnoticed, especially in a small town. Things come to a head when Rosalee and the girl's father find out, but the consequences are resolved a bit quickly and while it ends satisfactorily it made me want more. As mentioned, this movie could have easily been pornographic if not for the great acting from Dennis Hopper and Amy Irving. The fact that Amy Locane is amazingly gorgeous showing several full-frontal scenes, but it is not just her and Hopper but also Hopper and Irving. It felt pornographic. I also felt that the movie glossed over the fact that Catherine was still a girl, but it is not regarded as pedophilia because she was seventeen. Perhaps if she was younger maybe. Because what matters here is the old man with a midlife crisis ruining his life. Perhaps if the movie ended with him being forced to marry her as a punishment for his dalliance may have been fitting. Still, this was a good movie to watch. See more 05/24/2017 Small town teacher gets involved with 17 year old student See more 04/24/2012 Its a poetic movie, those who love poems and art, watch this movie. It'll blow your brains out... See more 01/31/2009 A sensitive piece anchored by Hopper, fulfilled by the supporting cast, but let down by somewhat sterile direction. See more Read all reviews

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