Swept Away (2002 film)

Swept Away
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Guy Ritchie
Produced by	Matthew Vaughn
Written by	Guy Ritchie
Based on	Swept Away by Lina Wertmüller
Starring	Madonna Adriano Giannini Bruce Greenwood Jeanne Tripplehorn Elizabeth Banks
Music by	Michel Colombier
Cinematography	Alex Barber
Edited by	Eddie Hamilton
Production companies	CODI SpA Ska Films
Distributed by	Columbia TriStar Films (UK) Medusa Distribuzione (Italy) Screen Gems (US)
Release date	11 October 2002 (2002-10-11) (United States) 12 May 2003 (2003-05-12) (United Kingdom) 23 May 2003 (2003-05-23) (Italy)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States United Kingdom Italy
Language	English Greek Italian
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$1 million

Swept Away is a 2002 romantic comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. The film is a remake of Lina Wertmüller's 1974 Italian film of the same name. The film stars Ritchie's then-wife Madonna and Adriano Giannini (the son of Giancarlo Giannini, the actor who played the role in the original film) with a supporting cast featuring Bruce Greenwood, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Elizabeth Banks.

Produced by Matthew Vaughn and released theatrically by Screen Gems, the film received extremely negative reviews and was a box office bomb.

Amber Leighton is 40: beautiful, rich, spoiled, foul-mouthed, and arrogant beyond measure. Nothing makes this woman happy, including her wealthy but passive husband, Tony, a pharmaceutical kingpin.

When Tony takes her on a private cruise from Greece to Italy with two other couples, Amber is unimpressed by this impromptu no-frills vacation and takes out her anger on the ship's first mate, Giuseppe Esposito. When a storm leaves the two shipwrecked on a deserted island, however, the tables suddenly turn, with Giuseppe gaining the upper hand, followed by the two falling in love.

The film's working title was Love, Sex, Drugs and Money and was filmed in Sardinia and Malta from 1 October 2001 until 9 November 2001 with security increased due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Madonna had only finished her 2001 Drowned World Tour two weeks prior to filming. Giancarlo Giannini's son Adriano Giannini plays his original film role.