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The age of innocence [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 52637 | Columbia TriStar Home VideoLanguage: English, French Summary language: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, c2001.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 138 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cmISBN:
  • 0767848942
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Narrator, Joanne Woodward ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; screenplay by Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese.
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder withGeraldine Chaplin, Michael Gough, Richard E. Grant and Mary Beth Hurt.Summary: "Martin Scorsese, one of the great directors of our time, directs Oscar�-winner Daniel Day-Lewis (1989 Best Actor, My Left Foot), Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder in a brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 18702. At the center of the film is Newland Archer (Day-Lewis), an upstanding attorney who secretly longs for a more passionate life. Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite Mary Welland (Ryder), Newland resigns himself to a life of quit complacency. But when May's unconventional cousin returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Newland risks everything for a chance at true love. The Age Of Innocence is a spellbinding portrait of hidden romance and regret."--Container.
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Based on the novel by Edith Wharton.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.

Special features: Theatrical trailers ; filmographies ; animated menus ; production notes ; scene selections.

Widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.35:1).

Narrator, Joanne Woodward ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; screenplay by Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese ; produced by Barbara De Fina ; directed by Martin Scorsese.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder withGeraldine Chaplin, Michael Gough, Richard E. Grant and Mary Beth Hurt.

"Martin Scorsese, one of the great directors of our time, directs Oscar�-winner Daniel Day-Lewis (1989 Best Actor, My Left Foot), Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder in a brilliant adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A ravishing romance about three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle, the ironically-titled story chronicles the grandeur and hypocrisy of high society in the 18702. At the center of the film is Newland Archer (Day-Lewis), an upstanding attorney who secretly longs for a more passionate life. Engaged to the lovely but ordinary socialite Mary Welland (Ryder), Newland resigns himself to a life of quit complacency. But when May's unconventional cousin returns to New York amid social and sexual scandal, Newland risks everything for a chance at true love. The Age Of Innocence is a spellbinding portrait of hidden romance and regret."--Container.

Home use only.

Includes English (5.1 Dolby digital and 2-Channel Dolby Surround) and French language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English, French, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Spanish or Portugese.

Closed-captioned.

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