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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0044008389231
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Sales Rank: 165557
Theatrical Release Date: March 16, 1990
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Editorial Review:
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Harry Hook's adaptation is not as faithful to the William Golding novel as you'd wish (they excised the Lord of the Flies dialogue with Simon!) and because of it, the movie is less allegorical and less resonant. A group of young men from a military academy are stranded on an island. The group quickly becomes fractious with a passive section led by Ralph, trying to get rescued, and a hunter faction, led by Jack, trying to procure meat and "have fun." Peter Brook's 1963 filming seemed to get closer to the Darwinist sense of this cultural disintegration. Here, the hunter faction seems more like Peter Pan's Lost Boys than the bloodthirsty murderers they are. The performances, particularly young Getty, don't quite carry the weight of the situation. It's still, however, sobering to slowly watch the school uniforms traded for war paint, and the little boys turn into little savages. --Keith Simanton
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Rating:  -
Surely there was no reason for the changes that were made to this screenplay from the book itself - the book is slim / exact / and requires no modification or accomodation. The char. of Piggy is spot-on; Ralph is a bit stiff; Jack is way too young to be Jack; the constant f-this and f-that speeches; and the flight captain coming in on the beach with them from the start was a sure sign that the creator of the film was about to take artistic license - there were no bonus features, but I could imagine one of those smarmy voices: "It was one of my fave childhood books - wanted to bring it to life on the screen - you know - really do it justice and all that." Nice try - the only part of the film that really required working to capture was the child-prophet Simon - and to great effect this was done justice until the pivotal moment for Simon which was tweaked and justice to the story undone once again.
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My male students LOVED this movie. As a high-school teacher for English foundations, I try my best to expose my students to the literature their peers in regular English classes receive. I must utilize movies as a visual aide supplement to help them connect with the characters, setting, dialogue... I strongly recommend using this dvd to support your curriculum to teach on all levels of student learning (auditory, kinesthetic, visual).
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The Bottom Line:
The child acting is sometimes imperfect, but this mainly-faithful adaptation of the novel succeeds more than it fails--by making the relationship between Piggy and Ralph a bit more friendly, it sacrifices a bit of Golding's allegorical vision to make a more compelling narrative.
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This movie version of "Lord of the Flies" is a prime example of how a screenwriter can completely destroy a classic novel.
This movie is a major disappointment . So many liberties are taken with the plot that one might say that the book and the movie are shadows of each other. I've taught this book in English class for about twenty years on and off, (Mostly off) and this year decided to show the modern version rather than the outstanding black and white sixties version.
Big mistake.
The acting is not bad, but the script has been completely reworked, to the point where much of the original symbolism and dramatic impact is lost. Why? My students---juniors and seniors in high school---were universal in their condemnation that this movie does not do the book justice.
Don't buy this version. Get the original black and white version. It is true to the book.
On the plus side, the cinematography is excellent. But that's little consolation for what has been done to Golding's book. If I had been Golding, I would have sued.
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I purchased the movie as a supplement to the unit I taught on Anarchy. The stduents related to it and fully understood it. IT is important that we teach not only the fact that we have rules, but why they are so important and and what life would be like without rules. This movie did just that
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