Swept Away (2002 film)
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| Directed by | Guy Ritchie |
| Produced by | Matthew Vaughn |
| Written by | Guy Ritchie |
| Starring | Madonna Bruce Greenwood Elizabeth Banks Michael Beattie Jeanne Tripplehorn |
| Music by | Michel Colombier |
| Cinematography | Alex Barber |
| Editing by | Eddie Hamilton |
| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Films |
| Release date(s) | October 11, 2002 |
| Running time | 89 min |
| Country | United Kingdom Italy |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $598,645 |
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Swept Away is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Madonna (Guy Ritchie's wife), Adriano Giannini, and Bruce Greenwood. The film is a remake of the 1974 Italian film Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto).
The movie was a commercial failure, and did so badly in the United States that it was not released in theatres in the United Kingdom but went straight to video. Incensed by the critics' reaction, Madonna has sworn to never act in a movie again. The film won five awards at the 2002 Golden Raspberry Awards:
- Worst Picture
- Worst Actress for Madonna
- Worst Screen Couple for Madonna and Adriano Giannini
- Worst Remake or Sequel
- Worst Director for Guy Ritchie
In addition, Adriano Giannini was nominated for, but did not win, "Worst Actor". The film itself was also nominated for Worst Screenplay (by Guy Ritchie), but did not win it either. It was the first film to win both "Worst Picture" and "Worst Remake or Sequel".
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[edit] Plot
Amber Leighton (Madonna) is a rich, spoiled, and arrogant woman, invited on a private cruise from Greece to Italy by her husband Tony (Bruce Greenwood). A storm leaves Amber on a desert island, together with the ship's first mate Giuseppe (Adriano Giannini), a communist sailor who she eventually falls in love with.
[edit] Reviews
- "If there is one thing worse than a Guy Ritchie movie, it's a Guy Ritchie movie with Madonna in it." (Rex Reed, The New York Observer)
- "No yacht was harmed during shooting. It's the movie that's the shipwreck." (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone).
[edit] Trivia
- Adriano Giannini reprised the role his father Giancarlo Giannini played in the original film.
- "Amber Leighton" is the maiden name of the mother of the director, Guy Ritchie.
- Madonna has only acted once since the movie was made, in a 2003 episode of Will and Grace . She also featured in a documentary of her 2004 Re-Invention Tour called I'm Going To Tell You A Secret, which was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video.
[edit] Box office
The movie was a box office failure, having a budget of $10 million but grossing around $600,000. The movie's theatrical run ended after just three weeks [1].
Due to the poor box office gross in the US, the movie went direct-to-video in the UK.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Swept Away at the Internet Movie Database
- Swept Away at Rotten Tomatoes
- Swept Away at Box Office Mojo
- Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto at the Internet Movie Database
The Hard Case (1995, short) • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) • Snatch (2000) • Swept Away (2002) • Revolver (2005)
