The Age of Innocence
Scorsese's period romance from Edith Wharton's novel of Gilded Age New York.
The Age of Innocence is a 1993 historical romantic drama directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Scorsese and Jay Cocks from Edith Wharton's 1920 novel. Daniel Day-Lewis plays Newland Archer, a wealthy New York society lawyer torn between the conventional May Welland (Winona Ryder) and the unconventional Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer); Miriam Margolyes also stars.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Producer
- Barbara De Fina
- Screenplay
- Jay Cocks; Martin Scorsese
- Based on
- The Age of Innocence; 1920 novel, Edith Wharton
- Starring
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Winona Ryder
- Cinematography
- Michael Ballhaus
- Editing
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Music
- Elmer Bernstein
Facts from the source article.
Background
Columbia released it on 17 September 1993. It won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated in four more categories, including Best Supporting Actress for Ryder, and Margolyes won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. It grossed $68 million on a $34 million budget. Scorsese dedicated the film to his father, Luciano Charles Scorsese, who died the month before its release; Luciano and Catherine Scorsese both make cameo appearances.
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