The innocents

DVD 2014

Deborah Kerr stars as an emotionally fragile governess who comes to suspect that there is something very, very wrong with her precocious new charges. A psychosexually intensified adaptation of Henry James's classic The Turn of the Screw, co-written by Truman Capote (In Cold Blood) and directed by Jack Clayton (Room at the Top).

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Governesses Drama

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Turn of the screw Film adaptations

Orphans Drama

Supernatural Drama

More in this Genre:

Feature films Ghost films Haunted house films Horror films

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 727. DVD Criterion collection ; 727

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ISBN:

9781604659009
1604659009

Edition:

DVD special ed

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 100 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

Innocents (Motion picture : 1961) DVD

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961
Based on the story "The turn of the screw" by Henry James
Special features: Christopher Frayling introduction (by cultural historian); Commentary (features film scholar Christopher Frayling); John Bailey on Freddie Francis (new interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Freddie Francis and the look of the film); Between horror, fear, and beauty (new piece, cinematographer Freddie Francis, editor Jim Clark, and script supervisor Pamela Mann Francis discuss the making of the film); Trailer. Insert features an essay by critic Maitland McDonagh
Additional scenes & dialogue by John Mortimer ; music composed by Georges Auric ; conducted by W. Lambert Williamson ; lyric "O Willow Waly" by Paul Dehn ; set dresser, Peter James ; editor, James Clark ; costumes designed by Motley ; director of photography, Freddie Francis ; art director, Wilfrid Shingleton
Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Clytie Jessop, Isla Cameron
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, 16x9) presentation; monaural
For private home use only
English dialogue

Control Number:

1042497

UPC:

024543202950
715515126915

Other Authors:

Archibald, William
Auric, Georges, 1899-1983
Cameron, Isla, actor
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984
Cinemascope (Firm)
Clark, James, 1931-2016
Clayton, Jack, 1921-1995
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Dehn, Paul, 1912-1976
Fennell, Albert, 1920-1988
Francis, Freddie, 1917-2007
Franklin, Pamela, actor
Frayling, Christopher, commentator
James, Henry, 1843-1916. Turn of the screw. DVD
James, Peter, 1924-1997
Jenkins, Megs, 1917-1998
Jessop, Clytie, actor
Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007
Mortimer, John, 1923-2009
Redgrave, Michael, actor
Stephens, Martin, 1948-
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Williamson, Lambert, conductor
Wyngarde, Peter, 1927?-2018

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