The Innocents [Criterion Collection]

The Innocents [Criterion Collection]

Director: Jack Clayton Cast: Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr
, Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
, Peter Wyngarde
Peter Wyngarde
, Megs Jenkins
Megs Jenkins
Jack Clayton
The Innocents [Criterion Collection]

The Innocents [Criterion Collection]

Director: Jack Clayton Cast: Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr
, Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
, Peter Wyngarde
Peter Wyngarde
, Megs Jenkins
Megs Jenkins
Jack Clayton

DVD (Black & White / Wide Screen)

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Overview

In this lugubrious but brilliantly realized adaptation of Henry James' classic novella The Turn of the Screw, 19th century British governess Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) arrives at a bleak mansion to take care of Flora (Pamela Franklin) and Miles (Martin Stephens), the wealthy household's two children. Outwardly the children are little darlings, but the governess begins to feel that there's something unwholesome behind those beatific smiles. After several disturbing examples of the children's evil impulses, Miss Giddens gets information from the housekeeper (Megs Jenkins) that suggests that the children may be possessed by malign spirits -- or are all these events just the products of Miss Giddens's own imagination? The best and most frightening vignette in The Innocents occurs when the governess casually kisses young Miles, then recoils in horror when she realizes that someone other than Miles has kissed her back. Unlike many CinemaScope productions, The Innocents plays better in the claustrophobic confines of the TV screen.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/30/2014
UPC: 0715515126915
Original Release: 1961
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:40:00
Sales rank: 15,647

Special Features

Introduction by cultural historian Christopher Frayling; Audio commentary featuring Frayling; New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Freddie Francis and the look of the film; New piece on the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2006 with Francis, editor Jim Clank, and script supervisor Pamela Mann Francis; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Deborah Kerr Miss Giddens
Michael Redgrave Uncle
Peter Wyngarde Peter Quint
Megs Jenkins Mrs. Grose
Martin Stephens Miles
Pamela Franklin Flora
Clytie Jessop Miss Jessel
Isla Cameron Anna
Eric Woodburn Coachman
Georges Auric Composer

Technical Credits
Jack Clayton Director,Producer
William Archibald Screenwriter
Truman Capote Screenwriter
Albert Fennell Executive Producer
Henry James Screenwriter
Buster Ambler Sound Effects
Peter Musgrave Sound Effects
John Mortimer Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Innocents
1. Supreme Authority [7:37]
2. Bly House [7:40]
3. Dismissed? [7:10]
4. Homecoming [5:39]
5. On The Tower [5:52]
6. Hide-And-Seek [7:05]
7. Costume Party [9:06]
8. Across The Lake [8:53]
9. In Wickedness [4:28]
10. Possessed [3:44]
11. Out In The Garden [8:43]
12. Bad Memory [4:56]
13. The Truth [5:05]
14. Man Of The House [14:00]
1. Color Bars [:20]
1. The Ambiguity Of The Tale [7:37]
2. Fairy-Tale Setting [7:40]
3. CinemaScope [7:10]
4. Detective Story [5:39]
5. Sense Of Silence [5:52]
6. "How Do You Show The Ghosts?" [7:05]
7. Sea Of Doubt [9:06]
8. A Woman In Black [8:53]
9. Dark Thoughts [4:28]
10. One Mistake [3:44]
11. Traps [8:43]
12. The Darker Themes [4:56]
13. Becoming The Governess [5:05]
14. Saving Miles [14:00]
1. Color Bars [:20]
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