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.