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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord of the Flies (1963 film) canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5310590 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Lord of the Flies (1963 film) Context triple: [Lord of the Flies, adaptation, Lord of the Flies (1963 film)]
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Moby Dick (1956 film)
Moby Dick (1956 film) is a 1956 adventure drama directed by John Huston, adapting Herman Melville’s novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive hunt for the white whale and starring Gregory Peck as Ahab.
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Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film starring James Dean as a troubled suburban teenager, renowned for its exploration of adolescent angst and its lasting impact on youth culture in cinema.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 film)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 film) is a critically acclaimed drama directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, that powerfully explores racial injustice and moral integrity in the American South.
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D.
The Beguiled
The Beguiled is a 2017 Southern Gothic psychological thriller film directed by Sofia Coppola, centered on the tense dynamics that unfold when a wounded Union soldier is taken in by a girls’ boarding school during the American Civil War.
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E.
Ran
Ran is a 1985 Japanese epic period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, renowned for its visually stunning, tragic retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear set in feudal Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord of the Flies (1963 film) Target entity description: 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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A.
Moby Dick (1956 film)
Moby Dick (1956 film) is a 1956 adventure drama directed by John Huston, adapting Herman Melville’s novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive hunt for the white whale and starring Gregory Peck as Ahab.
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B.
Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film starring James Dean as a troubled suburban teenager, renowned for its exploration of adolescent angst and its lasting impact on youth culture in cinema.
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C.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 film)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962 film) is a critically acclaimed drama directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, that powerfully explores racial injustice and moral integrity in the American South.
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D.
The Beguiled
The Beguiled is a 2017 Southern Gothic psychological thriller film directed by Sofia Coppola, centered on the tense dynamics that unfold when a wounded Union soldier is taken in by a girls’ boarding school during the American Civil War.
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E.
Ran
Ran is a 1985 Japanese epic period drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, renowned for its visually stunning, tragic retelling of Shakespeare’s King Lear set in feudal Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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
ⓘ
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
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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
ⓘ
Peter Shaffer NERFINISHED ⓘ William Golding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | desert island ⓘ |
| stars |
Hugh Edwards
NERFINISHED
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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 ⓘ |
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Subject: Lord of the Flies (1963 film) Description of subject: 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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