Title from disc surface. Originally broadcast in 2022 on HBO as individual episodes of a television program. Wide screen. Special features: "Inside the episodes" featurettes; The Russell House set tour featuring Carrie Coon; The gilded age: the Black elite of New York; Designing The gilded age; Old Money vs. new: the heart of the matter; All that glitters: creating The gilded age; Invitation to the set; "Character" featurettes. Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Harry Richardson, Blake Ritson, Thomas Cocquerel, Simon Jones, Jack Gilpin, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski.
Contents:
Disc 1: Special features. Money isn't everything -- Face the music -- Special features; Disc 2: A long ladder -- Charity has two functions -- Heads have rolled for less -- Special features; Disc 3: Irresistible change -- Tucked up in Newport -- Let the tournament begin -- Special features.
Summary:
A period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new. A wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family, Marian, embarks on a mission to infiltrate the wealthy neighboring clan or her aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook, dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish son, Larry, and his ambitious wife, Bertha. In this exciting new world that is on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?
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