The Age of Innocence (Blu-ray)

In a world of tradition. In an age of innocence. They dared to break the rules.

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Blu-ray Disc Features:

Rated: PG
Run Time: 2 hours, 18 minutes
Video: Color
Encoding: Region A
Released: March 13, 2018
Originally Released: 1993
Label: Criterion Collection
Note: New interviews with Scorsese, coscreenwriter Jay Cocks, production designer Dante Ferretti, and costume designer Gabriella Pescucci

Innocence and Experience, a 1993 documentary on the making of the film
Trailer

Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 2.39
Audio:

Dolby Digital 5.1
DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles - English

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer & Winona Ryder
Performer:		Richard E. Grant, Geraldine Chaplin, Stuart Wilson, Miriam Margolyes & Robert Sean Leonard
Directed by		Martin Scorsese
Edited by		Thelma Schoonmaker
Screenplay by		Martin Scorsese & Jay Cocks
Original story by		Edith Wharton
Composition by		Elmer Bernstein
Produced by		Barbara De Fina
Director of Photography:		Michael Ballhaus

Memorable Quotes and Dialog:

"People are going to be expecting a funeral, and now they'll have to be entertained."

- Mrs. Mingott (Miriam Margolyes), annoyed to discover that the entire family has been told she was dying when she had suffered only a mild stroke.

"You gave me my first glimpse of a real life and then asked me to lead a false one!"

- Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) to Countess Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), the cousin of his wife and his lover in spirit but not deed

Entertainment Reviews:

Variety

Sep 22, 2008

CineVue

Apr 23, 2018

Sight and Sound

Feb 1, 2994

Variety

Sep 13, 1993

Chicago Reader

Feb 1, 2010

The Look

Aug 22, 2019

Trebuchet

Feb 28, 2019

Product Description:

Set in 1870s New York, Martin Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE examines the tyranny of tradition and family heritage--and the tragic consequences of breaking society's unspoken rules. Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), an upstanding gentleman and partner in a lucrative and conservative law firm, is engaged to the perfect society woman, the pretty and polished May Welland (Winona Ryder). They are hoping to push forward their wedding date when Newland meets Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), May's beautiful, cosmopolitan, and scandal-ridden cousin. Ellen, who has resided in Europe and cultivated a more permissive continental sensibility, believes she's found a kindred spirit in Newland. Slowly the two fall in love, and Ellen entices Newland with the vision of a life not ruled by the rigid guidelines of New York's stuffy upper crust. But May represents all the temptations and benefits of wealth, position, and propriety. Newland must make the painful choice between a passionate life with Ellen and a placid, safe life with May--the life he was born and raised to lead. In adapting the classic novel by Edith Wharton, Scorsese meticulously reconstructs the elegant world of mid-19th-century Manhattan, using an onslaught of materialistic vices--including an endless barrage of sumptuous foods--to capture the elite world even more fastidiously.

Plot Synopsis:

Set in New York during the 1870s, a high-society lawyer resigns himself to a passionless marriage. When a ravishing family acquaintance arrives amid the scent of sexual scandal, he contemplates acting on his awakened desires, threatening his stable, established life in the process. Based on Edith Wharton's 1920 novel, Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated drama is a visual feast, featuring stellar performances by Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder.

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Production Notes:

Theatrical release: September 17, 1993. (It was originally scheduled to be released the previous autumn but was delayed in order to allow Scorsese to edit the film to his satisfaction.)
Most of the film was shot on location in New York City; Troy, New York; the Academy of Music in Philadelphia; and the Musée de Louvre in Paris. Filming began March 26, 1992, in Troy, New York, and was completed in Paris that June.
Estimated budget $30-$40 million.
Scorsese dedicated this film to his father, Luciano Charles Scorsese, who died at the age of 80 on August 23, 1993. A former garment worker with an eye for period details, Charles often acted as adviser on his son's movies. He also appeared in brief parts in GOODFELLAS, THE KING OF COMEDY, THE COLOR OF MONEY, CAPE FEAR, and Brian De Palma's WISE GUYS. In 1974, Martin produced the documentary ITALIANAMERICAN about his parents, Charles and Catherine, married for 60 years. They briefly appear in the train station sequence featured in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.
When the film screened at the 1993 Venice Film Festival, it received largely unflattering criticism. One notable exception was the Italian communist daily Il Manifesto, which hailed the film as an indictment of capitalist bourgeois sensibilities.