The Turn of the Screw (1992)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1992
Running Times: 91 mins 55 sec (UK - video (PAL))     85 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Michael White Productions / Electric Pictures
Executive Producers: Michael White, Pierre Spengler
Producer: Steffan Ahrenberg
Line Producer: Jeremy Bolt

STORY
Script: Rusty Lemorande
Story: Henry James

DIRECTION
Director: Rusty Lemorande
3rd Assistant Director: Oscar Beuselinck

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Witold Stok
Main Camera Operator: Rodrigo Gutierrez
Gaffer: Laurie Shane
Best Boy: Terry McGuinness
Lighting: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: David Spiers

MUSIC
Music: Simon Boswell

SOUND
Re-Recording Mixer: Otto Snel

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Amy Roberts

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Max Gottlieb

LOCATIONS
Locations: Surrey, England, UK
Studio: Shepperton Studios, England, UK

CAST
Patsy Kensit (Jenny)
Stéphane Audran (Mrs Gross)
Julian Sands (Mr Cooper)
Marianne Faithfull (narrator)
Bryony Brind (Miss Jessel)
Thomas Kryger (Jenny's father / vicar)
Doreen Mantle (Doreen)
Peter Whitman (Peter)
Mickey Monroe (secretary)
Anna Bolt (Anna)
Laura Cox (Laura)
Sara Mansfield (real name: Sara Newman) (Sarah)
Albert Sasson (psychiatrist)
Tony O'Leary (Geoffrey)
Victoria Galbraith (Victoria)
Indigo River Mountain (Jenny as a child)
Michael Tucek (boy waiting)
Mark Choy (musician)
Joseph England (Miles)
Claire Szekeres (Flora)

UK
Video Distributor: Electric

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Artisan Entertainment
Video Distributor: Movies Unlimited

Australia
Rating: M

UK
Rating: 18 (cut by 3 seconds)

USA
Rating: R

1992
March
9: UK - production begins

1994
June
8: France - theatrical release

1997
November
16: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)

...but when they were bad. They were evil.

Forbandelsen - Danish (?) title
Obsession - German title
Obsession - Besessene Seelen - German video title
Presenze - Italian title
Le tour d'écrou - French title

SEE ALSO
The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995)
The Innocents (1961)
Otra vuelta de tuerca (1985)
Presence of Mind (1999)
Quella villa accanto al cimitero (1981)
The Turn of the Screw (1959)
The Turn of the Screw (1974)
The Turn of the Screw (1990)
The Turn of the Screw (1990)
The Turn of the Screw (1999)

MAGAZINES

Screen International no.849 (20 March 1992) p.28 (UK)
credits

Screen International no.853 (17 April 1992) p.2 (UK)
note

Shivers no.6 (March 1993) pp.19-21 (UK)
interview

Trauma no.4 p.53
review

Variety 2 November 1992 pp.90-91 (USA)
credits, review

KEYWORDS

book into film, children, ghosts, governesses, haunted houses

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008