Question: Years and years ago I saw a movie about an aristocratic family who get stranded on a desert island with their servants and at some point the blue bloods have to acknowledge that the butler and other servants are more inventive, ingenious, resourceful and street-smart than they are. So the servants take charge, until — if my memory serves me correctly — they're rescued, brought back to England and everybody goes back to his or her original position in the pecking order. I saw it as a kid — I'm 43 now — and think it was an older movie already. But every time I think about this adventure/psychological drama, it seems to me that it would be a nice story to remake. Answer: The story is definitely The Admirable Crichton, which started life as a play by James M. Barrie — yes, the man who wrote Peter Pan. It's been filmed three times already, first by Cecil B. DeMille
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For the first time since her highly publicized riding accident in August, Madonna got back up on a horse Thursday during an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. Before beginning a slow gallop down 53rd Street in Manhattan (during rush hour!), Madge confessed, "I have a bit of excitement tainted with fear." Ironic — that's exactly how I felt before watching Swept Away.
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