The Innocents
This genuinely frightening, exquisitely made supernatural gothic stars Deborah Kerr 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, cowritten by Truman Capote and directed by Jack Clayton, The Innocents is a triumph of narrative economy and technical expressiveness, from its chilling sound design to the stygian depths of its widescreen cinematography by Freddie Francis.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- 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 Clark, and script supervisor Pamela Mann Francis
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Maitland McDonagh
New cover by Kate Zambrano
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- 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 Clark, and script supervisor Pamela Mann Francis
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Maitland McDonagh
New cover by Kate Zambrano
Cast
- Deborah Kerr
- Miss Giddens
- Michael Redgrave
- The uncle
- Megs Jenkins
- Mrs. Grose
- Peter Wyngarde
- Peter Quint
- Martin Stephens
- Miles
- Pamela Franklin
- Flora
- Isla Cameron
- Anna
- Clytie Jessop
- Miss Jessel
Credits
- Director
- Jack Clayton
- Produced by
- Jack Clayton
- Executive producer
- Albert Fennell
- Screenplay
- William Archibald
- Screenplay
- Truman Capote
- Based on the story “The Turn of the Screw” by
- Henry James
- Additional scenes and dialogue by
- John Mortimer
- Director of photography
- Freddie Francis
- Art director
- Wilfred Shingleton
- Editor
- James Clark
- Costumes designed by
- Motley
- Music composed by
- Georges Auric
- Conducted by
- Lambert Williamson
- Lyric “O Willow Waly” by
- Paul Dehn
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