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The Innocents

Year:
Duration:
100 min
Genres:
Horror
IMDB rate:
7.9
Director:
Jack Clayton
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1962-02-19
Filming Locations: Bluebell Railway, East Sussex, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Peter Wyngarde
Peter Wyngarde
The Innocents
Deborah Kerr
Miss Giddens
Megs Jenkins
Mrs. Grose
Michael Redgrave
The Uncle
Martin Stephens
Miles
Pamela Franklin
Flora
Clytie Jessop
Miss Jessel
Isla Cameron
Anna
Eric Woodburn
Coachman
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Trivia
Two of Michael Redgrave's children eventually appeared in different adaptations of the same story. Lynn Redgrave appeared in the 1974 version of The Turn of the Screw, and Corin Redgrave appeared in the 2009 version.
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Jack Clayton was dismayed to learn that 20th Century Fox insisted on making the film in CinemaScope. His cinematographer Freddie Francis set about making that less of a problem by framing the wide horizontal frame with lots of vertical lines to break it up. Conversely, he also used the wide space to emphasize shadowy spaces and using the emptiness towards an unsettling effect. To that end, he would often place characters at opposite ends of the frame.
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Average Shot Length = ~9.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~8.6 seconds.
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Goofs
In the scene where Miles is on the horse, he rides with and without a saddle in various shots.
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During Miss Gidden's interview with The Uncle, a clock can be heard striking the Westminster Chimes half hour. The Uncle goes to a mantel clock checking his watch. The mantel clock shows 10 past 11:00. The Uncle touches the clock dial, but does not correct the time.
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When Ms. Giddens goes upstairs to the bedroom, the candle varies in size between shots.
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Quotes
Miles: It was only the wind, my dear.
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Miss Giddens: But above anything else, I love the children.
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Miles: What shall I sing to my lord from my window? What shall I sing for my lord will not stay? What shall I sing for my lord will not listen? Where shall I go when my lord is away? Whom shall I love when the moon is arisen? Gone is my lord and the grave is his prison. What shall I say when my lord comes a calling? What shall I say when he knocks on my door? What shall I say when his feet enter softly? Leaving the marks of his grave on my floor. Enter my lord. Come from your prison. Come from your grave, for the moon is a risen. Welcome, my lord.
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Faq
Q
Is "The Innocents" based on a book?
A
Yes. It is based on "The Turn of the Screw," a novella written by American writer Henry James in 1898.
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Photos from cast
Peter Wyngarde
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