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With "sharply expressive performances" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) by its young cast, this stunning adventure explores the deep, dark corners of the human soul, as a group of adolescent castaways are thrust into an intense world were law and accountability are governed by the rules of survival.After a harrowing plane crash into the sea, a group of American military cadets find themselves marooned on a deserted island. Realizing the minimal chances of being rescued, the boys band together out of fear and desperation. But as the island paradise becomes their own, competition and power struggles split them into two packs. Ralph (Balthazar Getty) leads one group and preaches civilized ingenuity and togetherness, but Jack (Chris Furth) wants nothing of it and builds a faction of barbaric hunters who ultimately go to war with Ralph. This powerful shift in conscience transforms ordinary kids into primal killers, setting off a devastating battle of good vs. evil and presenting a haunting metaphor for the savage in us all.
"...disturbing and very dramatic..." Jeffrey Lyons, WPIX
"...a corking adventure that grips the imagination from start to finish." Judy Stone, San Francisco Chronicle
"Visceral, and improves as it progresses..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Exhilirating...sharply expressive performances..." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Lushly photographed..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
Adapted from the William Golding novel. This Americanized 1990's version pits the young boys, survivors of a plane crash against nature and eventually each other. The consensus that rules should be maintained in the wilderness is soon forgotten as one boy threatens the group's coexistence and even the very lives of the individuals when he begins to draw members into a separate group.
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Release Information
| | Studio: Mgm Entertainment |
| Release Date: 8/5/2008 |
| Running Time: 90 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1990 | | Catalog ID: 108201 | | UPC: 00027616082015 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Badgett Dale | | Balthazar Getty | | Chris Furrh | | Danuel Pipoly | | Harry Hook - Director | | Harry Hook - Editor | | Jamie Leonard - Production Designer | | Lewis M. Allen - Producer | | Martin Fuhrer - Cinematographer | | Peter Allen - Executive Producer | | Philippe Sarde - Original Music By | | Sara Schiff - Screenplay | | Sir William Goulding - Based On Novel By |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Exhilarating....Sharply expressive performances..." 04/05/1990 p.36USA Today
"...A lush color remake....[A] visceral cinematic experience..." 03/16/1990 p.3D Reel.com 10 of 10
In an era in which kids killing kids has become so much sensationalistic fodder for the nightly news -- events mind-numbing in their regularity -- it's nothing short of amazing that Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies retains its power. Yet, 37 years after its release, this adaptation of William Golding's classic fable still astonishes with stark images of children's savagery...Working with an amateur cast, a miniscule budget, and a small crew, Brooks fashioned a small-scale masterpiece. The black-and-white images captured by director of photography Tom Hollyman and cameraman Gerald Feil are breathtaking -- evidence of the paradise found and just as quickly lost by these boys. The performances are exactly as Brook intended them to be -- that is, they don't seem to be performances at all. The director kept two cameras rolling at all times, with the second cameraman allowed to roam around filming whatever he wanted. This candid cinematographic style lends the film an almost documentary feel. - Pam Grady
Washington Post 9 of 10
"Lord of the Flies," the second time around, is a lyrically primordial retelling of William Golding's classic novel, a prosaic parable on the struggle between savagery and order. Languidly paced and prettily crafted, it's certainly a scenic adaptation of Golding's novel. But while it's been brought up to date, there's certainly nothing new under this tropical sun...Directed by Harry Hook, this '90s version finds not postwar British schoolboys but American military cadets marooned on an uncharted island, its beach strewed with coconut husks and palm fronds that look like wooden skulls and bones. Well nigh strangled by the jungle, the beach is the last bastion of civilization, and the cadets sit upon its sands precariously, almost gingerly...Like the 1963 adaptation, this film has its roots in Golding's experiences as a Briton during World War II. Certainly the human race remains as unstable as ever, as vicious and selfish and frightened of the dark. - Rita Kempley
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