Carried Away

• 5.8 Drama
• 1996-01-26
• 109 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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) Joe Stevens (School Board Man)

Director:

Bruno Barreto

Writer:

Ed Jones