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Release Date:
November 1961 (UK)
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Tagline:
Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions? more
Plot:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted. full summary | full synopsis
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Children
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Governess
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England
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19th Century
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Apparition
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.
Another 2 wins
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3 nominations
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(4 articles)
MattFini's Halloween Top 10 Lists: Ghost Stories!
(From Dread Central. 26 October 2009, 4:47 PM, PDT)
Loews Jersey City Presents Classic Ghost Films This Weekend: "The Innocents", "The Ghost And Mrs. Muir" And "The Uninvited"
(From CinemaRetro. 25 March 2009, 3:46 AM, PDT)
(From Dread Central. 26 October 2009, 4:47 PM, PDT)
Loews Jersey City Presents Classic Ghost Films This Weekend: "The Innocents", "The Ghost And Mrs. Muir" And "The Uninvited"
(From CinemaRetro. 25 March 2009, 3:46 AM, PDT)
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Best film I ever saw
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Deborah Kerr | ... | Miss Giddens |
 | Peter Wyngarde | ... | Peter Quint |
| Megs Jenkins | ... | Mrs. Grose |
| Michael Redgrave | ... | The Uncle |
| Martin Stephens | ... | Miles |
| Pamela Franklin | ... | Flora |
| Clytie Jessop | ... | Miss Jessel |
| Isla Cameron | ... | Anna |
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Also Known As:
The Turn of the Screw (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
100 min
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:12A (re-rating) (2005) |
UK:X (original rating) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U (re-release) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Unrated
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20th Century Fox executives were highly nervous about the admittedly unsettling scene where the governess kisses the boy Miles directly on his lips.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Ms. Giddens goes upstairs to the bedroom, the candle varies in size between shots.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)
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Soundtrack:
O Willow Waly
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Jack Clayton's sensitivity proves it, there is no need of blood and disgust to make a good creepy thriller! I saw many films in my life and I learned to love Bergman, Kubrick, Kieslowski, Leone, Allen, but I really believe that I enjoyed no other film as much as "The Innocents"! Outstanding cast and outstanding photographed! The music of Georges Auric is perfect (included an old death-yearning song "O willow waly"). If you ever go for a trip to England, go and see the wonderful location "Sheffield Park Garden in Sussex". This is not only an intelligent and incredible atmospheric film, it is a weird journey into a spiritual world. And perhaps Clayton's direction went too far, because unfortunately this gem never found an audience! After a novel "The turn of the screw" by Henry James. One more tip, if you ever have the chance to see this Cinemascope-film in a movie theater, do it! It really is overwhelming!!!