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The Age of Innocence   1993         PG, 133 min. Genre: Drama / Romance Director: Martin Scorsese   Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Joanne Woodward, Alexis Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Mary Beth Hurt, Alec McCowen, Richard E. Grant, Miriam Margolyes, Robert Sean Leonard, Sian Phillips, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Gough   Close attention to detail of settings reflects the mood of this movie. The story is Edith Wharton's 1870s view of the New York elite. A crisis occurs in a love triangle involving Newland Archer, Countess Ellen Olenska, and May Welland (Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder). In the midst of social snobbery, Ellen arrives in New York, and sparks fly when she meets her cousin May's fiance Newland. Winona Ryder was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Cast Daniel Day-Lewis Newland Archer Michelle Pfeiffer Countess Ellen Olenska Winona Ryder May Welland Joanne Woodward Narrator (voice) Alexis Smith Louisa van der Luyden Geraldine Chaplin Mrs. Welland Mary Beth Hurt Regina Beaufort Alec McCowen Sillerton Jackson Richard E. Grant Larry Lefferts Miriam Margolyes Mrs. Mingott Robert Sean Leonard Ted Archer Sian Phillips Mrs. Archer Jonathan Pryce Riviere Michael Gough Henry van der Luyden