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Lord of the Flies [DVD] [1990] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Balthazar Getty (Actor), Chris Furrh (Actor), Harry Hook (Director) | Format: DVD
2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale, Andrew Taft
  • Directors: Harry Hook
  • Writers: Jay Presson Allen, William Golding
  • Producers: David V. Lester, Jeffrey Bydalek, Lewis M. Allen, Lewis Newman, Peter Allen
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Nov 2001
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005O06X
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 225,357 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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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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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Lords it over many other films 30 July 2007
By Eleanor F. Heneghan
Format:DVD
I really enjoyed the book, but I can't recall many fine details of the plot which some people argue the film doesn't abide by. However, when I first watched this film the book was still fresh in my mind. I don't think this version of the film is as bad as other people make out. I thought the child actors were some of the best I've ever seen, and they made this film as brutal and shocking as the book was. The killing scenes are particularly gripping; I remember being quite alarmed in parts, and I'm not normally disturbed by things like that. In short, I think it's well worth a watch.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Rubbish 25 Feb 2008
By Matteo_B
Format:DVD
The other reviews say it all.Buy the orignal Peter Brook film which is faithful to the book. In fact seeing it acted out in the original film is even more chilling.

This is a shallow travesty which you should not waste your money on.
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85 of 95 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Awful 10 Mar 2006
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I have taught this novel for 8 years. This film's glaring error is to ignore and often to reverse the harrowing moral message of the original novel.

The original locates the capacity for evil within all of us and portrays civilization as a fragile surface beneath which lurks 'the darkness of man's heart'. Golding chose public schoolboys to be isolated on his island so the very 'pinnacle' of innocence and civilization was subverted when they turned to murder, sacrifice, and idolatry.

In this disastrous adaptation, there is a simplistic divide of the boys into 'good guys' who remain untainted by evil and 'bad guys' Moreover, the boys start as military cadets; when they turn to hunting it hardly surprises us. Jack, instead of changing from Head Chorister to The Chief of a tribe of savages, starts off as a delinquent and becomes...a delinquent. The character development is therefore omitted. The moral message becomes a conservative reinforcement of a good/evil division between people.

Golding would be mortified by this travesty of a film.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars DON'T BUY IT!!!
This DVD bears almost no resemblance to the book. I got no further than the first 5 minutes. I'd had enough. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Mary Mayhew-Lewis
2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the original film
This film does not keep to the original story line of the book or the black and white film .
Published 1 month ago by Jonathan Melville-Thomas
4.0 out of 5 stars Not an accurate adaptation, but a great film anyway.
To be honest, I think it's a bit of a shame that this film has so many negative reviews.
I'm studying 'Lord of the Flies' for English and after reading the book (which I... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Caitlin
1.0 out of 5 stars lord of the flies has no reffrence to the novel
this newer version of the dvd is good if you are just buying it for general watching, but for refrencing to the novel itis compleatly diffrent. Read more
Published 13 months ago by jack123
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best One.
This review contains spoilers.

I am a huge fan of the novel and of Peter Brook's original, but this one takes the crown. Read more
Published 14 months ago by theseller
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best films ever made
a brilliant amazing film iv been wanting to see it for a long time and when i did i bought the DVD i did think it was the remake but its the old one which is ok my fault i would... Read more
Published 16 months ago by alibongo
5.0 out of 5 stars Lord of the flies DVD review
What a fantastic film, my son is studying the book for gcse but we watched it together, there are so many issues in the story, that it is bound to get even the least communicative... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Annie
2.0 out of 5 stars Not for GCSE Revision Material!
This film is a loose adaptation of Golding's book; some may enjoy the movie, others will not. Personally I prefer movie adaptations to stay as faithful to the original book as... Read more
Published 18 months ago by K. Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC!
LORD OF THE FLIES was an absolutely brilliant film. It had a fantastic storyline and the acting was fantastic. Read more
Published 20 months ago by G. Stephenson
2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing brilliant.....
I watched this shortly after reading the book, and whilst I found the start of the film to be ok and watchable, the rest of the film was dreadful. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2011 by Louise Roberts
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