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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9780780022089
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0780022084
Label: Continental Distributing
Manufacturer: Continental Distributing
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Continental Distributing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 18, 2000
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 10829
Studio: Continental Distributing
Theatrical Release Date: August 13, 1963
Editorial Review:
Description:
Lord of the Flies is famed theater director Peter Brook's daring translation of William Golding's brilliant novel. The story of 30 English schoolboys stranded on an uncharted island at the start of the 'next' war, Lord of the Flies is a seminal film of the New American Cinema and a fascinating anti-Hollywood experiment in location filmmaking. As the cast relived Golding's frightening fable, Brook found the cinematic 'evidence' of the author's terrifying thesis: there is a beast in us all.
Amazon.com:
In this classic 1963 adaptation of William Golding's novel, a planeload of schoolboys is stranded on a tropical island. They've got food and water; all that's left is to peacefully govern themselves until they're rescued. 'After all,' says choir leader Jack, 'We're English. We're the best in the world at everything!' Unfortunately, living peacefully is not as easy as it seems. Though Ralph is named chief, Jack and the choristers quickly form a clique of their own, using the ever-effective political promise of fun rather than responsibility to draw converts. Director Peter Brook draws some excellent performances out of his young cast; the moment when Ralph realizes that even if he blows the conch for a meeting people might not come is an excruciating one. Well acted and faithfully executed, Lord of the Flies is as compelling today as when first released. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Excellent Product, Terrible Delivery
This video was exactly what I expected. I find it is more faithful to the novel in content and feel than the more recent adaptation. My sole disappointment was that I paid extra for overnight shipping, but did not receive the item in time to use in class as I had planned. It was a waste of money and a great inconvenience receiving this item three days late.
Rating:  - still good after all these years
My daughter had to read the book for school. So we got the movie to illustrate the book. It's good to have both, but the movie holds up after all these years. Beautifully filmed in black and white. The boys act natural and are not overtrained. There is some interesting added footage to the film with on the set technical innovations and unknown film of the boys arriving in Puerto Rico.
We enjoyed watching this classic even if we saw it 30 years ago, it's a great addition to a classic movie library. ... Read More
Rating: - Kids Gone Wild
This is an absorbing account of children living with no supervision.
Based on William Golding's classic novel, a group of schoolboys are stranded on an island after their plane crashed. Two cliques soon form--one is a civilized group wanting to concentrate on finding shelter, food, and being rescued. The other is more savage, wanting merely to hunt wild pigs and have fun.
These differing priorities soon clash and head toward calamity. This realistic depiction of children was virtually unheard ... Read More
Rating:  - Blah.
The point, I think, of making a novel into a movie is to take the text and replace it with a visual. In this case, and in most cases, all the awesome good bits of the text are butchered in the name of artisitc license. Well "boo" to that! I cringe when my students ask to see the movie after we read the book, because it's just not the same. Where's the part with Simon and the head? And what's the deal with the parachutist? Those are important elements of the text that are either glossed over, mangled, or removed ... Read More
Rating: - Fly No Further
If you are looking for the definitive theatrical version of "Lord of the Flies", here it is. All essential thematic elements are included without laboring over miscellaneous detail. Sure, it could be longer to include every detail from the novel, but it loses nothing at its current length. I found it very useful as a follow up to classroom study, and my students adjusted well to the black and white presentation. You know it hits the mark when you need to pass out Kleenex, after Simon and Piggy's deaths, to a ... Read More
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