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Carried Away (1996)
Directed by Bruno Barreto
Overview
Based on Jim Harrison’s book, “Farmer”. 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend’s widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into his town. Meanwhile, he is seduced by 17-year-old Catherine, a new student in his class. His affair with Catherine and losing his teaching job forces Joseph to take a look at his previously dull life and to decide how he wants to live the rest of it.
Rated R | Length 109 minutes
Actors
Dennis Hopper | Amy Irving | Amy Locane | Julie Harris | Gary Busey | Hal Holbrook | Christopher Pettiet | Priscilla Pointer | Gail Cronauer | Joe Stevens | Connie Cooper | Eleese Lester | Doug Jackson | Todd Duffey