The Age Of Innocence
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The Age of Innocence is an Academy Award-winning film released in 1993 by Columbia Pictures, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder. It is a film adaptation of the book of the same name by Edith Wharton.
Tagline: In a world of tradition. In an age of innocence. They dared to break the rules.
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Synopsis
Newland Archer (Day-Lewis), an affluent lawyer in 1870s New York, is engaged to May Welland (Ryder), a beautiful but conventional socialite. Newland begins to question the life he has planned for himself after the arrival of Mays cousin, the exotic and sophisticated Countess Ellen Olenska (Pfeiffer). Ellen is seeking a divorce from her abusive husband, a Polish count, which has made her a social outcast and greatly displeases her family, who are afraid of scandal. As Newland grows to care more and more deeply for Ellen, having convinced her not to press for a divorce, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the society to which he belongs and the idea of entering into a passionless marriage with May. Will he follow society's dictates, or his heart?
Trivia
Martin Scorsese would again direct Daniel Day-Lewis as a character from 1860s/1870s New York City, but as a butcher rather than an aristocrat, in Gangs of New York.
Much of the film, particularly those scenes set in the home of Mrs. Manson Mingott (May's and Ellen's grandmother), was filmed in the Paine Mansion on 2nd Street in Troy, New York. The building, known locally as "The Castle", is the home of the Alpha Tau chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, chartered to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis: Newland Archer
- Michelle Pfeiffer: Countess Ellen Olenska
- Winona Ryder: May Welland
- Joanne Woodward: Narrator (voice)
- Alexis Smith: Louisa van der Luyden
- Geraldine Chaplin: Mrs. Welland
- Mary Beth Hurt: Regina Beaufort
- Alec McCowen: Sillerton Jackson
- Richard E. Grant: Larry Lefferts
- Miriam Margolyes: Mrs. Mingott
- Robert Sean Leonard: Ted Archer
- Siān Phillips: Mrs. Archer
- Jonathan Pryce: Rivičre
- Michael Gough: Henry van der Luyden
- Stuart Wilson: Julius Beaufort
Crew
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Producer: Barbara De Fina, Bruce S. Pustin
- Screenplay: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese
- Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus
Awards
Academy Awards
Golden Globes
Categories: 1993 films | American films | Drama films | English-language films | Films based on fiction books | Films directed by Martin Scorsese | Films whose director was nominated for Best Director Golden Globe | Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe winning performance | Romantic period films
