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Lord of the Flies (1963)
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Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 12
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Peter Brook's faithful adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel stars James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as antagonists Ralph and Jack, respectively. When a plane carrying 30-odd British... Director Peter Brook's faithful adaptation of William Golding's 1954 novel stars James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as antagonists Ralph and Jack, respectively. When a plane carrying 30-odd British schoolboys out of a war zone crashes on an island, all the adults are killed. The boys organize for survival, naming Ralph as their chief, in charge of providing fire and shelter. Jack is designated to lead a group of boys to hunt the wild pigs that roam the island. Almost inevitably, as time passes, the two boys, representatives of civilization and savagery, begin a deadly struggle for dominance. The frequently invoked image of life as a "war of all against all," in which civility is merely another weapon in the battle to gain one's ends, is given a particularly disturbing twist because it is enacted by children. Brooks shot an enormous amount of footage, a documentary style ratio of 60:1, and used nonprofessional actors to achieve a raw, visceral realism. With a jauntily ironic score by Raymond Leppard, the film succeeds completely in suggesting the chilling malignity that can lurk beneath a bland exterior. [More]
Starring: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin
Starring: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman, Peter Davy
Director: Peter Brook
Director: Peter Brook
Screenwriter: Peter Brook
Producer: Lewis Allen
Composer: Raymond Leppard
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Sep 9, 2008
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the most effective way of visually capturing the essence of Golding’s Lord of the Flies
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