Swept Away (2002)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Guy Ritchie

Writer:

Guy Ritchie (screenplay)
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Release Date:

11 October 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

A snooty socialite is stranded on a Mediterranean island with a communist sailor.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Vacation | Sailor | Stranded | Storm

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Bruce Greenwood	...	Tony
Madonna	...	Amber
Elizabeth Banks	...	Debi
Michael Beattie	...	Todd
Jeanne Tripplehorn	...	Marina
David Thornton	...	Michael
Yorgo Voyagis	...	Captain
Ricardo Perna	...	Crew Member
Adriano Giannini	...	Giuseppe
George Yiasoumi	...	Chef
Beatrice Luzzi	...	Rich Lady
Lorenzo Ciompi	...	Rich Man
Patrizio Rispo	...	Burly Captain
Francis Pardeilhan	...	Tony's Assistant
Rosa Pianeta	...	Receptionist
Andrea Ragatzu	...	Bell Boy

Directed by
Guy Ritchie

Writing credits
Guy Ritchie		screenplay &
Lina Wertmüller		1974 screenplay Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto (uncredited)

Produced by
Adam Bohling	....	co-producer
David Reid	....	co-producer
Matthew Vaughn	....	producer

Original Music by
Michel Colombier

Cinematography by
Alex Barber		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Eddie Hamilton

Casting by
Kerry Barden		(as Barden)
Mark Bennett		(as Bennett)
Billy Hopkins		(as Hopkins)
Suzanne Smith		(as Smith)
Lucinda Syson

Production Design by
Russell De Rozario		(as Russell de Rozario)

Art Direction by
Damon Earnshaw

Costume Design by
Arianne Phillips

Makeup Department
Jackie Grima	....	makeup artist: dailies
Fae Hammond	....	chief hair stylist
Fae Hammond	....	chief makeup artist
Fiona Horne	....	makeup artist: Madonna
Rita Marmor	....	hair stylist: Madonna
Debbie Scicluna	....	hair & makeup: Malta (as Deborah Scicluna)

Production Management
Andrea Costantini	....	production manager: Sardinia
Clare Maclean	....	post-production supervisor
Erik Paoletti	....	unit manager: Sardinia (as Erik Pauletti)
Malcolm Scerri-Ferrante	....	production manager: Malta
Sandra Shuttleworth	....	production manager
Jeremy Crane	....	production manager: reshoots (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Elliott	....	first assistant director (as Mike Elliott)
Toby Hosking	....	second assistant director
Anthony Wilcox	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Patrick Aguis	....	painter: Malta
Alfie Burgess	....	stand-by props
Alfred Caruana	....	prop buyer: Malta
Angelo Delia	....	head carpenter: Malta
Billy Edwards	....	stand-by props
Stefan Kopec	....	stand-by rigger
Jenny Lawrence-Smith	....	prop buyer (as Jenny Lawrence Smith)
Marcus Love-McGuirk	....	assistant designer
Dave Paley	....	construction manager
John Roberts	....	head scenic painter
Joseph Scibberas	....	stand-by carpenter: Malta
Natalie Sinclair	....	art department production manager: Malta
Terry Woods	....	prop master

Sound Department
Helen Brown	....	foley artist
Chris Burdon	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Collinge	....	sound designer
Matthew Collinge	....	sound effects editor
Arthur Fenn	....	boom operator (as Arthur Turner)
Jamie Gambell	....	cable person
Tony Gibson	....	assistant sound editor
Simon Hayes	....	sound mixer
Lee Herrick	....	foley editor
Paul Huntingford	....	foley artist
Danny Sheehan	....	dialogue editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Sven Taits	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Steve Hancock	....	studio sound technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Chas Cash	....	3D animator: Cinesite Europe
Simon Cross	....	fire editor: Cinesite Europe
Paul Ensby	....	colorist: Cinesite Europe
Andrew Francis	....	datacine operator: Cinesite Europe
Stuart Fyvie	....	datacine operator: Cinesite Europe
Katja Hollmann	....	scanning and recording operator: Cinesite
Dag Iversay	....	Inferno operator: Cinesite Europe (as Dag Ivarsoy)
Jack James	....	editorial assistant: Cinesite Europe
Lorraine Johnson	....	film recording: Cinesite Europe
Simon Johnson	....	film recording: Cinesite Europe
Paul Lambert	....	Inferno operator: Cinesite Europe
Christopher Learmonth	....	data operator: Cinesite Europe
Phillip Leonhardt	....	rotoscope artist: Cinesite Europe
Stuart McAra	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite Europe
Claire McGrane	....	producer: Cinesite Europe
Donal Nolan	....	rotoscope artist: Cinesite Europe
Antoinette Perez	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite Europe
Alex Smith	....	2D compositor: Cinesite Europe
Andy Taylor	....	production assistant: Cinesite Europe
Courtney Vanderslice	....	executive producer: Cinesite Europe (as Courtney Vanderslice-Law)
Aviv Yaron	....	2D technical director: Cinesite
Dan Ashton	....	scanning and recording (uncredited)
Christopher Grandel	....	trailer digital effects, Howard Anderson Company (uncredited)

Stunts
Giovanna Lecis	....	stunts
Riccardo Mioni	....	stunt coordinator (as Ricardo Mioni)
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	stunt coordinator (as Stefano Mioni)
Alessandro Novelli	....	stunts
Franco Maria Salamon	....	stunt coordinator (as Franco Salamon)

Camera and Electrical Department
Marc Booth	....	video playback operator
Chris Connatty	....	clapper loader
Sara Deane	....	camera assistant
Lawrence Duffy	....	electrician
Robert Gavigan	....	electrician (as Rob Gavigan)
Jess Hall	....	director of photography: second unit, Sardinia (as Jesse Hall)
Alex Howe	....	first assistant camera: additional photography
Phil Mullally	....	focus puller
Richard Oxley	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Kevin Robertson	....	chief lighting technician
Daniel Smith	....	still photographer
Greg Thomas	....	electrician
Karl Watkins	....	director of photography: second unit, Malta
Peter Wignall	....	camera operator
Terry Williams	....	key grip
Saviour Zammit	....	electrician: Malta

Casting Department
Jefferson Clode	....	casting assistant
Makis Gazis	....	casting: Greece
Berenice Percival	....	casting assistant
Alex Pisani	....	extras casting: Malta
Shaila Rubin	....	casting: Italy
Jeremy Zimmerman	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annabel Fleri-Soler	....	costume assistant: Malta (as Annabelle Fleri Soler)
Marcus Love-McGuirk	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Marcus Love)
Marina Marit	....	costumer: Madonna
Janet Tebrooke	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Tomomi Kitamura	....	assistant editor
Jason Wheeler	....	negative cutter (uncredited)

Music Department
Steve Durkee	....	score recordist
Geoff Foster	....	score engineer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Jake Jackson	....	assistant score engineer
Ian Neil	....	music supervisor
Danny Sheehan	....	music editor
Tom Kramer	....	music editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Andrea Alunni	....	assistant location manager: Sardinia
Simon Atherton	....	armorer
Winston Azzopardi	....	location scout
Lamberto Balintffy	....	production assistant: Sardinia
Mark Beaumont	....	production accountant
Angela Becker	....	assistant: Madonna
Giuseppe Beoddu	....	production assistant: Sardinia
Adrian Borg Ghigo	....	production assistant
Martella Bugeja	....	production assistant: Malta (as Mariella Bugeja)
Dan Cadan	....	epk director
Mark Caruana	....	tank supervisor: Malta (as Mark A. Caruana)
Lawrence Chisholm	....	production assistant: Malta
Alfredo Colangeli	....	production assistant: Sardinia
Jeremy Crane	....	production assistant
Maria Vittoria Filippone	....	accountant: Sardinia (as Mary Filippone)
Mavis Formosa	....	production secretary
Joseph Formosa Randon	....	assistant: Mr. Scerri-Ferrante, Malta
Todd A. Fox	....	assistant: Mr. Ritchie (as Todd Fox)
Marco Giacalone	....	location manager: Sardinia
Ian Vassallo Grant	....	production assistant
Helen Gregory	....	production coordinator
Mary Haddow	....	script supervisor
Caroline Lovelace	....	assistant: Mr. Vaughn
Norma Marie Mascia	....	production coordinator: Sardinia
Nick Moss	....	assistant: Mr. Ritchie
Gianni Basile Neiddu	....	production assistant: Sardinia
Tarquin Pack	....	assistant: Mr. Bohling & Mr. Reid
Bill Ridealgh	....	unit nurse
Katryna Samut-Tagliaferro	....	production coordinator (as Katryna Samut Tagliaferro)
Patric Scott	....	unit publicist
Robert Spiteri	....	production assistant: Malta
Eddie Standish	....	location manager
Charles Vella	....	marine coordinator: Malta
Sarah-Jane Wilson	....	assistant accountant
Galea Yolanda	....	assistant accountant (as Yolande Pavia)
Adrian Borg Ghigo	....	production runner: Malta (uncredited)
Nick Komornicki	....	armorer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Screen Gems (presents)
• SKA Films (in association with) (as Ska Films)
• Codi S.p.a. (in association with) (as CODI SpA)

Distributors

• Screen Gems (2002) (USA) (theatrical) (a Sony Pictures Entertainment company)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2003) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL8)

Special Effects

• Cinesite (visual effects by) (as Cinesite [Europe] Ltd.)

Other Companies

• AFM Lighting  lighting equipment supplied by
• ARRI Media  camera and grip equipment
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  original music recorded at (as Air Lyndhurst Studios, London)
• Air Malta  special thanks to
• Alfred Dunhill Limited  special thanks to (as dunhill)
• Carlos V Hotel  special thanks to
• Cartier  special thanks to
• Celebrity Protection  security
• Chanel  special thanks to
• Cineroma Productions  production services: Italy
• Cinesite  digital film master (as Cinesite [Europe] Ltd.)
• Comune di Dorgali (NU)  special thanks to
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  sound re-recorded at (as De Lane Lea, London)
• Film Finance  completion guarantor (as Film Finances)
• FilmFlow  transport facilities
• Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano (FAI)  special thanks to (for Villa del Balbianello, Lenno [Italy])
• Frameline Productions Ltd.  end titles
• Global Music Service  music copyist
• Government and People of Malta  special thanks to
• Gucci  special thanks to
• Hopkins, Smith & Barden  casting (as Hopkins, Smith, Barden & Bennett)
• Jason Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• Malta Film Commission  special thanks to
• Media Insurance Brokers  insurance services
• Mediterranean Film Studios Ltd.  filmed in part at
• Missoni  special thanks to
• Olswang  production legal services
• Personal Security Services  security provided by: Malta
• Phaze UK  sound editing by (as phaze:uk)
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• SNO Yachts  special thanks to
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Versace  special thanks to

Also Known As:

Love, Sex, Drugs & Money (USA) (working title)
Travolti dal destino (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK | Italy

Language:

English | Greek | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:18 | Brazil:12 | Argentina:16 | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | Netherlands:6 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Alghero, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

When asked why Madonna, his then-wife was cast in this movie, Guy Ritchie reportedly replied: "Because she was cheap and available."

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: There is a camera and pier visible in close-ups of Amber and Giuseppe stranded in the dingy.

Quotes:

Amber: What have you done to me?
Guiseppe: What you needed doing to you. Don't you like it?
Amber: It's okay.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ray Liotta/The Donnas (#28.10)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Lovely Head

You can't judge a book by it's cover.

I was a little apprehensive of watching this DVD, obviously if the press and critics were to be believed it would be the worst film i'd ever see.

That title goes to 'From Hell', the worst east end accents i've ever heard, a film I could only watch for ten minutes.

I was expecting the worst and was pleasantly surprised with Swept Away. The actors are very good and very believable, the movie obviously totally different to anything Guy Ritchie has done before, but it was fascinating how he handled the change from gangster violence to the violence portrayed in this movie. At the same time it was interesting to see the relationship between the two leads devolop. As others have commented the ending was very emotional, and it would have been better if more time was given to the characters to explore their relationship.

But after watching the movie from beginning to end I found no moments that made me uncomfortable or even boring, I would highly recommend this movie.

If you don't want to take my word for it, watch it and judge for yourself...