Age of Innocence (1977 film)

Age of Innocence
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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 (1977-04-28)
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

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.

External links

• Age of Innocence at IMDb