The Age of Innocence (Criterion Collection)

Martin Scorsese directs this lavish filming of Edith Wharton's classic novel set against the backdrop of New York society of the 1870s. Aristocratic lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) questions his wedding plans when he falls for fiancée May Welland’s (Winona Ryder) cousin--the beautiful Countess Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer)--an American fleeing her disastrous marriage to a European nobleman. With Miriam Margolyes, Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Gough, Richard E. Grant. 138 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.