Age of Innocence (1977 film)

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]

Age of Innocence
Poster
Directed byAlan Bridges
Produced byDeanne Judson
George Willoughby
Written byRatch Wallace
StarringDavid Warner
Honor Blackman
Trudy Young
Lois Maxwell
Music byMax Urban
CinematographyBrian West
Edited byMichael MacLaverty
Production
company
Judson Pictures Incorporated
The Rank Organisation
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Danton Films
Release date
28 April 1977
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$850,000

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.[5]

Plot

In 1919 Canada, a pacifist schoolteacher becomes a conscientious objector.[6]

Cast

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 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 via Google Books.
  3. Roberts, Jerry (June 5, 2009). "Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors". Scarecrow Press via Google Books.
  4. Walsh, Michael. "Bringing an era alive: Conscience in conflict with reputation". reelingback.com.
  5. "1977 Ragtime Summer On DVD Signed By Trudy Young NEW ! | #439604981". Worthpoint.
  6. Paietta, Ann C. (November 18, 2014). "Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present". McFarland via Google Books.
  7. "Age of Innocence (1977)". BFI.
  8. Murphy, Robert (July 25, 2019). "Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion". Bloomsbury Publishing via Google Books.
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