Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert. |
Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in |
Description |
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 727 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 727.
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Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961 |
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Based on the story "The turn of the screw" by Henry James |
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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 |
Credits |
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 |
Cast |
Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Clytie Jessop, Isla Cameron |
Summary |
An emotionally fragile governess suspects 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 |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, 16x9) presentation; monaural |
Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned |
Subject |
James, Henry, 1843-1916 -- Film adaptations.
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Governesses -- Drama -- videodiscs.
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Orphans -- Drama -- videodiscs.
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Supernatural -- Drama -- videodiscs.
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Genre |
Haunted house films.
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Ghost films.
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Horror films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Clayton, Jack, 1921-1995, film producer, film director.
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Archibald, William, screenwriter.
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984, screenwriter.
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Fennell, Albert, 1920-1988, film producer.
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Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007, actor.
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Wyngarde, Peter, 1927?-2018 actor.
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Jenkins, Megs, 1917-1998, actor.
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Redgrave, Michael, actor.
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Stephens, Martin, 1948- actor.
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Franklin, Pamela, actor.
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Jessop, Clytie, actor.
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Cameron, Isla, actor.
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Mortimer, John, 1923-2009, screenwriter.
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Auric, Georges, 1899-1983, composer (expression)
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Williamson, Lambert, conductor.
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Dehn, Paul, 1912-1976, lyricist.
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Clark, James, 1931- film editor.
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Francis, Freddie, 1917-2007, director of photography.
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Shingleton, Wilfrid, art director.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Turn of the screw.
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Frayling, Christopher, commentator.
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Bailey, John, 1942 August 10- interviewee (expression)
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Francis, Pamela Mann, 1927- interviewee (expression)
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McDonagh, Maitland, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Motley (Organization), costume designer.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, presenter, production company.
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Cinemascope (Firm), production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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ISBN |
9781604659009 |
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1604659009 |
Standard No. |
715515126915 |
Music No. |
CC2396D The Criterion Collection |
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