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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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
Piggy NERFINISHED
Ralph NERFINISHED
Simon NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Tom Hollyman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Peter Brook NERFINISHED
distributionRegion United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
distributor British Lion Films NERFINISHED
editedBy Gerald Feil NERFINISHED
era 1960s British cinema
filmingLocation Puerto Rico NERFINISHED
Vieques NERFINISHED
genre adventure film
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
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
Peter Shaffer NERFINISHED
William Golding NERFINISHED
setting desert island
stars Hugh Edwards NERFINISHED
James Aubrey NERFINISHED
Roger Elwin NERFINISHED
Tom Chapin NERFINISHED
theme group dynamics
loss of innocence
moral degradation
savagery versus civilization

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Peter Brook directed Lord of the Flies (1963 film)
Jack MacGowran notableWork Lord of the Flies (1963 film)