Lord of the Flies (1990 film)
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Lord of the Flies (1990 film) is a drama thriller that retells William Golding’s classic novel about a group of stranded boys descending into savagery on a deserted island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord of the Flies (1990 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5310591 — 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 (1990 film) Context triple: [Lord of the Flies, adaptation, Lord of the Flies (1990 film)]
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Lord of the Flies (1963 film)
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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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is William Golding’s classic 1954 novel about a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island whose descent into savagery explores the dark side of human nature and the fragility of civilization.
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C.
Tigerland
Tigerland is a 2000 war drama film directed by Joel Schumacher that helped launch Colin Farrell to wider recognition through his acclaimed leading performance.
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D.
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.
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E.
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun is a 1987 coming-of-age war film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows a young British boy’s struggle for survival in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord of the Flies (1990 film) Target entity description: Lord of the Flies (1990 film) is a drama thriller that retells William Golding’s classic novel about a group of stranded boys descending into savagery on a deserted island.
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A.
Lord of the Flies (1963 film)
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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B.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies is William Golding’s classic 1954 novel about a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island whose descent into savagery explores the dark side of human nature and the fragility of civilization.
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C.
Tigerland
Tigerland is a 2000 war drama film directed by Joel Schumacher that helped launch Colin Farrell to wider recognition through his acclaimed leading performance.
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D.
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.
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E.
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun is a 1987 coming-of-age war film directed by Steven Spielberg that follows a young British boy’s struggle for survival in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lord of the Flies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | William Golding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Martin Fuhrer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
breakdown of social order
ⓘ
group dynamics under stress ⓘ |
| director | Harry Hook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCastMember |
Andrew Taft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Balthazar Getty NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Furrh NERFINISHED ⓘ Danuel Pipoly NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ James Badge Dale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasAgeRating | R ⓘ |
| hasPreviousFilmAdaptation | Lord of the Flies (1963 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSettingCharacteristic | isolated environment ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf | Lord of the Flies (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jack Merridew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piggy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Philippe Sarde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | group of stranded boys ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | linear narrative ⓘ |
| portrays | descent into savagery ⓘ |
| producer | Lewis M. Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Castle Rock Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jay Presson Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | deserted island ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialGenre | allegorical novel ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| theme |
loss of innocence
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power and leadership ⓘ savagery versus civilization ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord of the Flies (1990 film) Description of subject: Lord of the Flies (1990 film) is a drama thriller that retells William Golding’s classic novel about a group of stranded boys descending into savagery on a deserted island.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.