The innocents
(DVD) 

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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert. 
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
English
UPC
715515126915

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Widescreen (2.35:1).
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
General Note
Based on the story "The turn of the screw" by Henry James.
General Note
Special features: introduction by cultural historian Christopher Frayling; 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.
Creation/Production Credits
Additional scenes & dialogue by John Mortimer ; director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, James Clark ; music composed by Georges Auric ; conducted by W. Lambert Williamson ; lyric "O Willow Waly" by Paul Dehn ; set dresser, Peter James ; costumes designed by Motley ; art director, Wilfrid Shingleton.
Participants/Performers
Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Clytie Jessop, Isla Cameron.
Description
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).
System Details
DVD format, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, 16x9) presentation; monaural.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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