The age of innocence / Columbia Pictures presents ; a Cappa/De Fina production ; a Martin Scorsese picture ; screenplay by Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Michelle Pfeiffer, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Gough, Richard E. Grant, Mary Beth Hurt, Robert Sean Leonard, Norman Lloyd, Miriam Margolyes, Alec McCowen. Title from sell sheet. Based on the novel by Edith Wharton. Originally released as a motion picture in 1993. Wide screen (2.40:1). Special features: New interview with Scorsese, co-screenwriter Jay Cocks, production designer Dante Ferretti, and costume designer Gabriella Pescucci; Innocence and experience, a 1993 documentary on the making of film; trailer; An essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien.
Summary:
Tells the story of Newland Archer, whose engagement to an innocent socialite binds him to the codes and rituals of his upbringing. When her cousin arrives in town on a wave of scandal after separating from her husband, she ignites passions in Newland he never knew existed. Swelling with exquisite period detail, this film is an alternately heartbreaking and satirical look at the brutality of old-world America.
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