One of just a few of Clint Eastwood movies in the intrigue genre. The others being Absolute Power (1997), The Eiger Sanction (1975), and In the Line of Fire (1993).
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Sir Daniel Day-Lewis and Robert Sean Leonard play father and son at the end of the movie. In reality, Daniel is 11 years and 10 months older than Robert.
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The film is dedicated to Charles Scorsese, father of director Martin Scorsese, who died just before the film was completed. He and his wife Catherine Scorsese (the director's mother) have a cameo appearance in the scene at the station.
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Winona Ryder had written a book report in ninth grade on this very novel.
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Just past the middle of the movie, an exterior image of New York is shown. One of the buildings has "Schoonmaker's Painters Supply Store" painted on it. Thelma Schoonmaker has been Martin Scorsese's editor for years.
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The very large painting that Newland Archer is sitting in front of while in the Louvre is The Apotheosis of Henri IV by Peter Paul Rubens (completed in 1625).
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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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In one scene, Newland says to May that she's almost 22 years-old. At the time of filming and its initial release (early September 1993) Winona Ryder fit exactly this description as her 22nd birthday was on October 29.
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Robert Sean Leonard and Norman Lloyd previously appeared in Dead Poets Society (1989). However, they don't share scenes in the Scorsese movie.
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The first Martin Scorsese film to have Dante Ferretti as the production designer.
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Natasha Richardson was considered for the role of Ellen Olenska.
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Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder were reunited in The Crucible (1996).
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Miriam Margolyes has voiced her frustration with the fact that Winona Ryder was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 1994 Oscars for her lead performance, which Margolyes believes kept her from being nominated in the supporting category herself.
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2 months after the October 1993 opening of The Age of Innocence, Michelle Pfeiffer left Daniel Day-Lewis behind to tempt another married man: Homer Simpson. In the Season 5 episode "The Last Temptation of Homer" (which aired December 9, 1993), she played Homer's new coworker Mindy, who had the same effect on him that she had on Newland Archer.
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Daniel Day-Lewis, and Michelle Pfeiffer kiss in the carriage outside of the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the shot shows Certs brand fresh mints on Michelle's character, and it was a modern Certs breath mint and not made until the 1920's so it was impossible to have it in the movie at all.
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About 20 minutes into the film, Sillerton Jackson ('Alec McCowan') endures a mediocre meal at the Archer home. In Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) McCowan's character, Chief Inspector Oxford, suffers the same fate (twice) at the hands of his wife (Vivien Merchant).
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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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The paintings that Newland Archer encounters as he navigates the drawing rooms in the Beaufort mansion are, in order: The Duel After the Masquerade Ball by Jean-Leon Gerome (completed in 1857), The Return of Spring by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (completed in 1886), L'Ambitieuse (Political Woman) by James Tissot (completed in 1885).
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The three lead actors - Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder - were all Martin Scorsese's first choices for the parts.
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So far, this is the only movie Martin Scorsese has directed that was adapted from a novel that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature.
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Age of Innocence - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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