Lord of the Flies


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Director: Peter Brook Country: United Kingdom Year: 1963 Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Drama, Classics Score: 7.1/10
Contains violence

Synopsis

A film by Peter Brook

Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies is the best-loved adaptation of William Golding's classic 1954 novel. When a plane carrying several dozen English schoolboys crash-lands on an uninhabited tropical island, the children are left to fend for themselves. Leadership is left to two very different boys—the charismatic and dependable Ralph, and the... More »

Special Features

  • New digital transfer with restored image and sound
  • Audio Commentary by Associate Professor Christopher Palmer, La Trobe University, author of Philip K Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern.
  • An interview with director Peter Brook.
  • Australian Teachers of Media (AToM) Study Guide
  • Peter Brook?s Lord of the Flies and the Darkness of Man?s Heart, an essay by Dr Brian McFarlane, Honourary Associate Professor, Monash University and Visiting Professor (Film Studies) at the University of Hull, UK.
  • English Subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

Release Information

12/03/2009 Release Date:
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Peter Brook Director:
English subtitles Subtitles:
87.0 mins Runtime:
DVD, Region 4 (PAL) Format:
4:3 Original Aspect Ratio Aspect Ratio:
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