Lord of the Flies (1963)
- Directed by
- Peter Brook
- Genre
- drama film, science fiction film, adventure film, thriller film, dystopian film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 583 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of schoolboys are stranded on an island. They try to govern themselves but their society falls apart into violence and chaos.
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What happens
Lord of the Flies is a 1963 British survival drama film written for the screen and directed by Peter Brook, based on the 1954 novel by William Golding. It follows 30 schoolboys who are marooned on an island where the behaviour of the majority degenerates into savagery. The film was in production for much of 1961, though the film did not premiere until 1963, and was not released in the United Kingdom until 1964. Golding himself supported the film. When Kenneth Tynan was a script editor for Ealing Studios he commissioned a script of Lord of the Flies from Nigel Kneale, but Ealing Studios closed in 1959 before it could be produced. The film premiered at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. It was released in the UK by British Lion Films on July 23, 1964, and received positive reviews from critics. It was the first film adaptation of the novel, followed by a 1975 Filipino film and a 1990 American film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Sammy Going South (1963)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.