The Age of Innocence (film)

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The Age of Innocence

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Directed by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Barbara De Fina,
Bruce S. Pustin
Written by Martin Scorsese,
Jay Cocks
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis
Michelle Pfeiffer
Winona Ryder
Joanne Woodward
Geraldine Chaplin
Richard E. Grant
Miriam Margolyes
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography Michael Ballhaus
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) 1993
Running time 139 min.
Language English
Budget $40,000,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

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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[edit] 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 May’s 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 while trying to convince 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?

[edit] Trivia

Martin Scorsese would again direct Daniel Day-Lewis as a character from 1860s/1870s New York City, but as a butcher instead of 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, NY. 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.

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[edit] Awards

[edit] Academy Awards

Award Person
Costume Design Gabriella Pescucci
Nominated:
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Winona Ryder
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Jay Cocks
Martin Scorsese
Best Original Score Elmer Bernstein
Art Direction Dante Ferretti
Robert J. Franco

[edit] Golden Globes

Award Person
Supporting Actress Winona Ryder
Nominated:
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama
Best Actress - Drama Michelle Pfeiffer
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture Martin Scorsese


Films directed by Martin Scorsese
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