Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies
by Harry Hook

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Actor: Andrew Taft, Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale
Director: Harry Hook
Brand: GETTY,BALTHAZAR
Producer: David V. Lester
Producer: Jeffrey Bydalek
Producer: Lewis M. Allen
Producer: Lewis Newman
Producer: Peter Allen
Writer: Sara Schiff
Writer: William Golding
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

DVD Reviews of Lord of the Flies

DVD Review: Bad quality
Summary: 2 Stars

I was very disapointed by the DVD . I've been actually unable to watch it because it lierally "froze" in my DVD player. I contacted Bullmoose music but they never replied. So, very disapointing experience. Thanks to Amazon .ca,my credit card was credited. Thank you Amazon . I will never buy anything again that comes from Bullmoose music. Thanks again Amazon. Andr?e

DVD Review: Lord of the Flies movie
Summary: 3 Stars

Decent interpretation of the classic novel. I was happily amazed when my ninth-grade students claimed that they actually preferred the book!

DVD Review: Terrific complement to the novel!
Summary: 5 Stars

Although I could not show this film to tenth graders (it is rated "R"), I will be able to use it with my seniors next year.

DVD Review: Disturbing and truthful
Summary: 4 Stars

This was a very realistic depiction of how easily fears can get the best of all of us and get us to be what we thought we were not. What sets any of us off the edge?

DVD Review: You Say Conch... I Say Conk.
Summary: 2 Stars

Surely there was no reason for the changes that were made to this screenplay from the book itself - the book is slim / exact / and requires no modification or accomodation. The char. of Piggy is spot-on; Ralph is a bit stiff; Jack is way too young to be Jack; the constant f-this and f-that speeches; and the flight captain coming in on the beach with them from the start was a sure sign that the creator of the film was about to take artistic license - there were no bonus features, but I could imagine one of those smarmy voices: "It was one of my fave childhood books - wanted to bring it to life on the screen - you know - really do it justice and all that." Nice try - the only part of the film that really required working to capture was the child-prophet Simon - and to great effect this was done justice until the pivotal moment for Simon which was tweaked and justice to the story undone once again.

Description of Lord of the Flies

With 'sharply expressive performances (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) by its young cast, this stunning adventure explores the deep dark corners of the human soul, as a group of adolescent castaways are thrust into an intense world where law and accountability are governed by the rules of survival. After a harrowing plane crash into the sea, a group of American military cadets finds itselfmarooned on a deserted island. Realizing the minimal chances of being rescued, the boys band together out of fear and desperation. But as the island paradise becomes their own, competition and power struggles split them into two packs. Ralph (Bathazar Getty) leads one group and preaches civilized ingenuity and togetherness, but Jack (Chris Furrh) wants nothing of it and builds a faction of barbaric hunters who ultimately go to war with Ralph. This powerful shift in conscience transforms ordinary kids into primal killers, setting off a devastating battle of good versus evil and presenting a haunting metaphor for the savage in us all.

Harry Hook's adaptation is not as faithful to the William Golding novel as you'd wish (they excised the Lord of the Flies dialogue with Simon!) and because of it, the movie is less allegorical and less resonant. A group of young men from a military academy are stranded on an island. The group quickly becomes fractious with a passive section led by Ralph, trying to get rescued, and a hunter faction, led by Jack, trying to procure meat and "have fun." Peter Brook's 1963 filming seemed to get closer to the Darwinist sense of this cultural disintegration. Here, the hunter faction seems more like Peter Pan's Lost Boys than the bloodthirsty murderers they are. The performances, particularly young Getty, don't quite carry the weight of the situation. It's still, however, sobering to slowly watch the school uniforms traded for war paint, and the little boys turn into little savages. --Keith Simanton

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