Swept Away Unleashed

With the film in the can months ago and only three days before its appearance in American cinemas, Madonna's new movie Swept Away has succeeded in dodging a last-minute lawsuit which threatened its very release. An alleged producer of the movie had brought a lawsuit against Madge and her hubbie, Guy Ritchie, claiming that he had come up with the idea of remaking the Italian original Swept Away with Madonna in the lead way back in 1996. Having sent a letter to the singer outlining his strategy and heard nothing, Vincent D'Onofrio was, he claimed, more than slightly surprised to hear that she had nabbed the rights in 2001. Three days before its release in America, therefore, D'Onofrio