Is there a The Turn of the Screw movie?
The Turn of the Screw (also known as Ghost Story: The Turn of the Screw) is a British television film based on Henry James’s 1898 ghost story of the same name. Commissioned and produced by the BBC, it was first broadcast on 30 December 2009, on BBC One.
Why is The Turn of the Screw called that?
This title’s meaning is exposed on the very first page of the story; after hearing a ghoulish tale in which a child is menaced by some ghostly terror, a party guest suggests that the fact that the story’s protagonist was a child is what gives a certain “turn of the screw” – that is, it tightens the dramatic tension.
What happened in Turn of the Screw?
The Turn of the Screw traces the story of a young, inexperienced governess who is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small orphaned children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house. The governess sees the figure of an unknown man on the tower and his face at the window; she also sees a woman.
How many movies have been made from The Turn of the Screw?
There have been around 30 screen adaptations of The Turn of the Screw. Perhaps the best known is The Innocents (1961), starring Deborah Kerr and with a screenplay co-written by Truman Capote and additional dialogue by Rumpole of the Bailey author John Mortimer.
Why did Miles get expelled in Turn of the Screw?
Somewhere little Miles had learned some naughty or evil words. It is quite possible that he had earlier learned them from his association with Peter Quint. He repeated these words at school and when others in turn repeated them, little Miles was expelled from school.
What did Henry James say about The Turn of the Screw?
James told HG Wells that The Turn of the Screw was “essentially a pot-boiler”, repeating the phrase 10 days later to another correspondent, calling it “a shameless pot-boiler”.