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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.

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UPC0037429136720

eBay Product ID (ePID)3106131

Product Key Features

ActorJames Aubrey, Tom Chapin

EditionCriterion Collection

RatingNR

Movie/TV TitleLord of the Flies

DirectorPeter Brook, Sir Peter Brook

FormatDVD

Release Year1999

GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1 Encoding;

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Display FormatCriterion Collection

Leading RoleJames Aubrey, Tom Chapin

Film CountryUnited Kingdom

Release Date19990323

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by birddog622000
Dec 04, 2018
God title
Was good movie
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by jennrei68
Feb 18, 2020
Awesome
This original Lord of the Flies in black and white is really frightening.A true classic
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by lezer7031
Aug 13, 2018
Watch
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by ironman1110
Aug 28, 2016
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appreciated the business Movie deserves to be in criterion
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by favilespr
Sep 08, 2020
Excelente
Magnifica obra de arte.
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