Lord of the Flies (1963 film)
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Lord of the Flies (1963 film) is a British drama directed by Peter Brook that faithfully brings William Golding’s novel about stranded schoolboys descending into savagery to the screen in stark black-and-white.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord of the Flies (1963 film) canonical | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Lord of the Flies (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lord of the Flies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | William Golding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Jack Merridew
NERFINISHED
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Piggy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Tom Hollyman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Peter Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | British Lion Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gerald Feil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1960s British cinema ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Puerto Rico
NERFINISHED
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Vieques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
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drama ⓘ |
| hasColorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasSequelRemake | Lord of the Flies (1990 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Raymond Leppard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | stranded schoolboys ⓘ |
| notableFor |
faithful adaptation of William Golding’s novel
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use of non-professional child actors ⓘ |
| novelPublicationYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| producer | Lewis M. Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1963-08-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Peter Brook
NERFINISHED
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Peter Shaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ William Golding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | desert island ⓘ |
| stars |
Hugh Edwards
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James Aubrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Elwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Chapin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
group dynamics
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loss of innocence ⓘ moral degradation ⓘ savagery versus civilization ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.