Age of Innocence (1977 film)

Age of Innocence
Age of Innocence
	Poster
Directed by	Alan Bridges
Written by	Ratch Wallace
Produced by	Deanne Judson; George Willoughby
Starring	David Warner; Honor Blackman; Trudy Young; Lois Maxwell
Cinematography	Brian West
Edited by	Michael MacLaverty
Music by	Max Urban
Production; companies	Judson Pictures Incorporated; The Rank Organisation
Distributed by	J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors; Danton Films
Release date	28 April 1977;
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	Canada; United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	US$850,000

Age of Innocence, also known as Ragtime Summer,^[1] is a 1977 Canadian-British film directed by Alan Bridges and starring David Warner, Honor Blackman and Trudy Young. It is not based on the novel, The Age of Innocence.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

In 1921 Canada, a young British man, Henry Buchanan, is a teacher at a local boys' school but his pacifist views, and his record as a conscientious objector during World War I, stir up controversy.^[5]

Cast

David Warner as Henry Buchanan
Honor Blackman as Mrs. Boswell
Trudy Young as Clarissa
Lois Maxwell as Mrs. Hogarth^[6]
Cec Linder as Dr. Hogarth

Production

Filmed on 35 mm in July and August 1976. Filming locations included Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Burleigh Falls, Lakefield College School, and Lakefield, Ontario.^[7]

Reception

In Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion (2006), Robert Murphy said that the film explored romantic sensibility and sexual repression.^[8]

References

^ Lerner, Loren R. (January 1, 1997). Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802029881 – via Google Books.
^ Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah (January 8, 2001). Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower Press. ISBN 9781903364215 – via Google Books.
^ Roberts, Jerry (June 5, 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781 – via Google Books.
^ Walsh, Michael. "Bringing an era alive: Conscience in conflict with reputation". reelingback.com.
^ Walsh, Michael. "Bringing an era alive: Conscience in conflict with reputation". reelingback.com.
^ "Age of Innocence (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 11, 2017.
^ "1977 Ragtime Summer On DVD Signed By Trudy Young NEW ! | #439604981". Worthpoint.
^ Murphy, Robert (July 25, 2019). Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781838715335 – via Google Books.

External links

Age of Innocence at IMDb

[1] Lerner, Loren R. (January 1, 1997). Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802029881 – via Google Books.

[2] Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah (January 8, 2001). Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. Wallflower Press. ISBN 9781903364215 – via Google Books.

[3] Roberts, Jerry (June 5, 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781 – via Google Books.

[4] Walsh, Michael. "Bringing an era alive: Conscience in conflict with reputation". reelingback.com.

[5] Walsh, Michael. "Bringing an era alive: Conscience in conflict with reputation". reelingback.com.

[6] "Age of Innocence (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 11, 2017.

[7] "1977 Ragtime Summer On DVD Signed By Trudy Young NEW ! | #439604981". Worthpoint.

[8] Murphy, Robert (July 25, 2019). Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781838715335 – via Google Books.

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