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Overview

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8.0/10   5,448 votes
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Director:
Jack Clayton
Writers:
Henry James (novel)
John Mortimer (additional scenes & dialogue)
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Release Date:
November 1961 (UK) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
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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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
A film that has haunted me ever since I first saw it. Staggering, brilliant, masterful, The Innocents is the Rolls Royce of ghost stories. more
US TV Schedule:
Sat. July 252:45 AMAMC   

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Turn of the Screw (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
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
Company:
Achilles more

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Trivia:
Harold Pinter and John Mortimer also worked on the screenplay. The former advised Jack Clayton that he should not use flashbacks, and the latter was brought in to "Victorianize" the script. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Miss Giddens is wearing one dress when Flora bursts in to tell them to come see Miles riding the horse. When they run outside, Miss Giddens is wearing a different dress. more
Quotes:
Flora: [singing] We lay my love and I, beneath the weeping willow. But now alone I lie and weep beside the tree. Singing "Oh willow waly" by the tree that weeps with me. Singing "Oh willow waly" till my lover return to me. We lay my love and I beneath the weeping willow. A broken heart have I. Oh willow I die, oh willow I die... more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V) more
Soundtrack:
O Willow Waly more

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Is "The Innocents" based on a book?
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18 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
A film that has haunted me ever since I first saw it. Staggering, brilliant, masterful, The Innocents is the Rolls Royce of ghost stories., 3 April 2003
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Author: danland2 from Los Angeles, Ca.

The Innocents is a film that has haunted me ever since I first saw it. Staggering, brilliant, masterful, The Innocents is the Rolls Royce of ghost stories. From the unforgettable camerawork by Freddie Francis to the incisive, beautiful direction by Jack Clayton to the brilliant performance by Deborah Kerr, The Innocents works on a thousand levels. This is a film for anyone who truly wants to see brilliance in its purest form. Any director who wants to make a suspense/horror piece that counts, see this film now. If you can, don't see the pan and scan version -- it was shot in black and white Cinemascope and should be viewed that way -- Letterboxed. Let's hope 20th Century Fox put it out on DVD. It is available on Laser Disc is a beautiful letterbox transfer. But if you get the opportunity to see it on a screen -- RUN. A film that lingers in the mind for decades to come. What more could you ask from a film?..............................

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