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Lord of the Flies (1963)

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James Aubrey James Aubrey
Ralph
Tom Chapin Tom Chapin
Jack
Hugh Edwards Hugh Edwards
Piggy
Roger Elwin Roger Elwin
Roger
Tom Gaman Tom Gaman
Simon
Roger Allan Roger Allan
Piers
David Brunjes David Brunjes
Donald
Kent Fletcher Kent Fletcher
Percival Wemys Madison


Written by
William Golding William Golding
(novel)
Peter Brook Peter Brook
writer (uncredited)


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13 years, 9 months ago at May 19 19:02
A stilted, bare-bones adaptation of William Golding's terrific novel. It bypasses the book's religious and psychological allegories and ignores characterisation of key characters (most notably Ralph, Simon and Roger) in favour of presenting 'highlights' and set-pieces from the book in an effort to make the film come across as powerful when the power of Golding’s story wasn’t primarily in actio... read more

Much better told and interesting than the 1990

10 years, 2 months ago at Dec 1 19:19
In 1990, they made an American film of the classic book 'Lord of the Flies'. It received mixed reviews and a poor review from me! Fortunately 27 years prior to that, they made a 1963 British film which is much better told and interesting than the 1990 film. What I hated about the remake was the heavy Americanization! This version was British like the plot is. This movie features amazing talented y... read more
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Release date: 13 August 1963
UPC: 037429136720
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"A plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when the they split into two separate camps – one led by the pragmatic Ralph and the other by militaristic Jack – their society falls into disarray, leading to a disturbing examination of human nature. Compared to the later movie version (1990) of the book, this is so much inferior. Unfortunately this film adaptation of th"


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"April 8th Directed by: Peter Brook There's not much to it, I mean everyone knows the story, and that's neat and all but that's kind of all it is. You're dropped right in the middle with barely a prologue and I actually love this idea, if it was executed in an interesting way. There's some good blocking sometimes but generally it's a pretty standard looking film. I just don't think this adaptation has much to say. Criterion Channel."


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"First viewing - April 13th I remember reading Lord of the Flies in high school, but I have stronger memories of the Simpsons episode where they did their take on the story. It's safe to say both of those are better than this adaptation, which isn't bad nor exceptional. It adapts the book just fine, but I never felt the same emotional connection with the film. I felt more like I was passively watching it, and kept waiting for something to bring me closer into the film. That never happened. Aside"


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