Toronto’s historic Revue Cinema continues their ever-popular Book Revue program with the screening of Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence on Sunday, Feb. 19.
The film is an adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel about 19th century upper-class society in New York. The story revolves around Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) a young lawyer living a life of privilege and strict tradition while torn between two loves – his fiancée May (Winona Ryder) and her socially-outcast cousin (Michelle Pfeiffer).
While the novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921, the film earned five Academy Award nominations in 1994 including a screenwriting nod for director Scorsese. It won the Oscar for Best Costume Design.
Film adaptations warrant plenty of discussion as audience members draw their own comparisons between book and movie. Guest host Adam Nayman (critic for The Grid in Toronto and a contributing editor to Cinema Scope) will be on hand to introduce the screening and guide the subsequent conversation.
What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon? The show begins at 3:30 p.m. As always, there will be book giveaways as door prizes and free snacks during a short break after the film. Tickets: $10 for members and seniors; $12 for non-members.
For directions to the theatre, more information about this screening, upcoming Book Revue programs, and other Revue Cinema programs visit the theatre’s website.
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