A tale of nineteenth-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.A tale of nineteenth-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.A tale of nineteenth-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.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 15 wins & 33 nominations total
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- TriviaJay Cocks first gave his friend Martin Scorsese a copy of Edith Wharton's novel in 1980. At the time, he told Scorsese, "When you do that romantic piece, this one is you." It took Scorsese seven years to finally get around to reading the book.
- GoofsDuring 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.
- Crazy creditsThe Columbia logo turns sepia to look like a 19th-century photograph.
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A pleasure for the eyes
I really liked this movie because it was so rich in every aspect: from the acting, to the setting and the costumes, the cinematography and the score, everything was beautifully crafted. The movie seems to start slowly and the story is only relatively important. More than anything it is an occasion for Scorsese to talk about the NY upper society of the late 1800, and it's rigid way, sometimes desperate (see Ryder's character), often cruel to maintain an identity (paradoxically built on the European upper class mold) despite the changes that were happening. I was very impressed by the use of the objects, the clothes of the time to describe the feeling of the scene or of the characters involved.
The actors are all very good, but Michelle Pfeiffer really delivers and excellent performance. Also Winona Ryder's character is well portrayed and towards the end of the movie, the actress is able to convincingly show how her character is much more layered than what it seems to be in the beginning of the story.
In my opinion this movie deserves 8
The actors are all very good, but Michelle Pfeiffer really delivers and excellent performance. Also Winona Ryder's character is well portrayed and towards the end of the movie, the actress is able to convincingly show how her character is much more layered than what it seems to be in the beginning of the story.
In my opinion this movie deserves 8
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- La edad de la inocencia
- Filming locations
- Troy, New York, USA(19th century Manhattan)
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Box office
- Budget
- $34,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,255,440
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,317,289
- Sep 19, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $32,255,953
- Runtime2 hours 19 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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