Lord of the Flies

Genre: Classic, Drama, Mystery/Thriller
Director: Peter Brook
Runtime: 87 minutes

Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies is the best-loved adaptation of William Golding's classic 1954 novel.

When a plane carrying several dozen English schoolboys crash-lands on an uninhabited tropical island, the children are left to fend for themselves. Leadership is left to two very different boys?the charismatic and dependable Ralph, and the macho, wild Jack. Soon the island becomes split between Ralph's sensible followers and Jack's violent "hunters", and the true nature of humanity is revealed as the film reaches its electrifying and disturbing climax.

Lord of the Flies
Special Features:
New digital transfer with restored image and sound
Audio Commentary by Associate Professor Christopher Palmer, La Trobe University, author of Philip K Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern.
An interview with director Peter Brook.
Australian Teachers of Media (AToM) Study Guide
Peter Brook?s Lord of the Flies and the Darkness of Man?s Heart, an essay by Dr Brian McFarlane, Honourary Associate Professor, Monash University and Visiting Professor (Film Studies) at the University of Hull, UK.




LORD OF THE FLIES (1963) d. Peter Brook. Under exclusive license from Janus Films. © 1963 Lord of the Flies Company. All rights reserved.