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Lord of the Flies

Evil is inherent in the human mind, whatever innocence may cloak it...

6.7(599)19631h 32m5

Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.

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Status
Released
Budget
$250K
Box office
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Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • child murder
  • survival
  • teenage boy
  • anarchy
  • deserted island
  • dead children
  • south sea island
  • flogging
  • degeneration
  • swine
  • innocence lost

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Behind the camera

Director

Peter Brook

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG-1313 Aug 1963
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG23 Jul 1964
    • Digital / OTTPG25 Apr 2007
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival12 May 1963
    • TheatricalTP2 Jun 1965
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1211 Aug 1971
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical1621 Aug 1990

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Lord of the Flies was released on 13 August 1963.

Audience reviews

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    SierraKiloBravo

    6/23/2020

    2/10

    Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/b-v5AvIlc8E _Lord of the Flies_ is a classic book that I have never read, and its the source material for two movies, one from 1963, and the other in 1990, both of which I had also never seen. Having spotted the 1963 version on Kanopy, I loaded it up for a look. If you're not sure what it's about, here's a brief rundown: _Amidst a nuclear war, …

  • D

    drystyx

    4/18/2023

    6/10

    True enough to the book. It has been decades since I've read the book, and also since I've seen the movie. For the few who are unaware, it's about the savage ways that a group of young boys take on when left on their own after a plane crash. One of the boys becomes a sort of "anti hero" just by not being a sadist. He begins by being a leader, but some of the other boys begin being sadistic savages. It's a bit of …

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