Lord of the Flies

Name: Lord of the Flies
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1963-08-13
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.68

★ 6,7 /10 (591 Votes)

1963 EN 92 min

Overview

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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Release date

13/08/1963

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591

Popularity

3.9

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

Genres

Drama Adventure Thriller

Status

Released

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Runtime

92 min

Budget

$250,000

James Aubrey

Ralph

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Tom Chapin

Jack

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Hugh Edwards

Piggy

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Roger Elwin

Roger

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Tom Gaman

Simon

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Roger Allan

Piers

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David Brunjes

Donald

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Peter Davy

Peter

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Kent Fletcher

Percival Wemys Madison

Nicholas Hammond

Robert

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Christopher Harris

Bill

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Alan Heaps

Neville

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Jonathan Heaps

Howard

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Burnes Hollyman

Douglas

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Andrew Horne

Matthew

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Richard Horne

Lance

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Timothy Horne

Leslie

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Peter Ksiezopolski

Francis

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Anthony McCall-Judson

Maurice

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Malcolm Rodker

Harold

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David St. Clair

George

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Rene Sanfiorenzo Jr.

Charles

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Jeremy Scuse

Rowland

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John Stableford

Digby

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David Surtees

Sam

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Simon Surtees

Eric

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Nicholas Valkenburg

Rupert

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Patrick Valkenburg

Robin

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Edward Valencia

Frederick

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John Walsh

Michael

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David Walsh

Percy

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Jeremy Willis

Henry

Toby Robertson

Naval Officer (uncredited)

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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, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when they…

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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 a reflection on the debate long ago between Voltaire and Rousseau, about the nature of man. The French Revolution and other incidents bore out Voltaire's cynicism and mocked Rousse…

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