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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Edith Wharton (novel)
Jay Cocks (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 October 1993 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In a world of tradition. In an age of innocence. They dared to break the rules.
Plot:
Tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations more
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(13 articles)
Scenes We Love: The Age of Innocence
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So many great comments more (118 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Daniel Day-Lewis ... Newland Archer

Michelle Pfeiffer ... Ellen Olenska

Winona Ryder ... May Welland

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
Siân Phillips ... Mrs. Archer

Jonathan Pryce ... Rivière
Michael Gough ... Henry van der Luyden

Joanne Woodward ... Narrator (voice)

Stuart Wilson ... Julius Beaufort
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements and some mild language.
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139 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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The film is dedicated to Charles Scorsese, father of director Martin Scorsese, who died just before the film was completed. He and his wife Catherine Scorsese (the director's mother) have a cameo appearance in the scene at the station. more
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Factual errors: During the baptism of Newland's and May's child, the family priest blesses the child with "the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit" instead of "the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost". The usage of this phrase only came about after the revision of the Episcopalian prayer book in the 1920s. more
Quotes:
Newland: Honest? Isn't that why you always admire Julius Beaufort? He was more honest than the rest of us, wasn't he, we've got no character, no color, no variety. I wonder why you just don't go back to Europe.
Ellen: I believe that's because of you.
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Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op 13 more

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72 out of 88 people found the following review useful.
So many great comments, 11 February 2001
9/10
Author: jessfink (jessfink@aol.com) from NYC

In a way I am disappointed after reading the comments because I thought I was alone in adoring this ravishing and masterful film, and I thought I would get to be the sole voice in the wind proudly proclaiming its brilliance.

Years ago, I ho-hummed my way through viewing it, and I was so unimpressed, I can't tell you today whether I saw it in a theater or rented it at home. It has been in rather heavy rotation on the movie channels for some reason of late, and I watched it again a few weeks ago.

It simply left me breathless. I must have watched it twelve times over the last few weeks, and am dying to buy the DVD if it ever comes out. Scorcese calls this his "most violent film", and after seeing it again, alone, watching intently, it struck me how completely right he was.

The comments before mine are mostly right on target...I am in awe of the filmmaking and can't say enough about the dramatic subtleties, the opulent production values and the overall magnificent way the entire project was handled. Even the normally atrocious Winona Ryder excelled in a role that was simply a tour-de-force for her...the vapid but yet not so vapid after all May Welland. A masterpiece. Please see it if you haven't already.

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