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The Age of Innocence

Year:

1993

Duration:

139 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 19 wins & 18 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1993-10-01

Filming Locations: Albany, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $30,000,000

Gross: $32,000,000 (USA)AUD 4,055,968 (Australia)

Cast

Actor

Character

Richard E. Grant

The Age of Innocence

Cindy Katz

Daniel Day-Lewis

Newland Archer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Ellen Olenska

Winona Ryder

May Welland

Linda Faye Farkas

Female Opera Singer

Michael Rees Davis

Male Opera Singer

Terry Cook

Male Opera Singer

Jon Garrison

Male Opera Singer

Alec McCowen

Sillerton Jackson

Geraldine Chaplin

Mrs. Welland

Mary Beth Hurt

Regina Beaufort

Stuart Wilson

Julius Beaufort

Howard Erskine

Beaufort Guest

John McLoughlin

Party Guest

Christopher Nilsson

Party Guest

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Mingott

Siân Phillips

Mrs. Archer

Carolyn Farina

Janey Archer

Michael Gough

Henry van der Luyden

Alexis Smith

Louisa van der Luyden

Kevin Sanders

The Duke

W.B. Brydon

Mr. Urban Dagonet

Tracey Ellis

Gertrude Lefferts

Cristina Pronzati

Countess Olenska's Maid

Clement Fowler

Florist

Norman Lloyd

Mr. Letterblair

Thomas Gibson

Stage Actor

Zoe

Herself (as Zoë)

Jonathan Pryce

Rivière

June Squibb

Mingott Maid

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Katie Blenker

Mac Orange

Archer Maid

Brian Davies

Philip

Thomas Barbour

Archer Guest

Henry Fehren

Bishop

Patricia Dunnock

Mary Archer

Robert Sean Leonard

Ted Archer

Joanne Woodward

Narrator (voice)

Kevin Ash

Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

Claire Bloom

(uncredited)

Susan Lynn Bragg

Debutante (uncredited)

Pasquale Cajano

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Tamasin Day-Lewis

Lady admiring engagement ring (uncredited)

Catherine Scorsese

(uncredited)

Charles Scorsese

(uncredited)

Martin Scorsese

Photographer (uncredited)

Michael Trout

Man in Crowd / Gentleman with Lady (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In the novel, May Welland Archer is described as fair while Ellen Olenska has dark hair. Here in the film, it is switched since Winona Ryder as May is a brunette and Michelle Pfeiffer as Ellen is blonde.

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Winona Ryder had written a book report in ninth grade on this very novel.

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Director Martin Scorsese had said that this is the "most violent" film he's ever made, an obvious reference to the emotional versus physical states of being. Ironically, for a director who is well known for over-the-top violent fare like Taxi Driver (1976) and Goodfellas (1990), this film happens to be Scorsese's first to earn a "PG rating" since New York, New York (1977).

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Goofs

When Ellen declares her love to Newland, on the wall behind her can be seen the painting "The Art, the Caresses, the Sphynx" that was painted by Fernand Khnoppf in 1896. The movie is set in the 1870s.

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The opera which is supposedly performed in the opening scene is Gounod's "Faust", written in French. However, what is actually sung is a scene from Boito's version of the same story, "Mefistofele", written in Italian. At the end of the scene, as we see the carriages outside the opera house, the music has reverted to Gounod's "Faust", sung in French.

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When the grandmother tells Newland and May that a marble likeness of her hands was sculpted by a famous artist, you hear her say the name of the artist, but her lips look as though they've said something completely different.

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Quotes

Ted Archer: Annie made me swear to do three things in Paris: get her the score of the latest Debussy songs, go to the Grand Guignol, and see Madam Olenska.

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Ellen Olenska: I knew you'd come.

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Mrs. Mingott: I gave up arguing with young people 50 years ago.

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