Film Info
- SYNOPSIS
- CAST/CREDITS
- United Kingdom
- 1963
- 90 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.37:1
- English
- Spine #43
In the hands of the renowned experimental theater director Peter Brook, William Golding’s legendary novel about the primitivism lurking beneath civilization becomes a film as raw and ragged as the lost boys at its center. Taking an innovative documentary-like approach, Brook shot Lord of the Flies with an off-the-cuff naturalism, seeming to record a spontaneous eruption of its characters’ ids. The result is a rattling masterpiece, as provocative as its source material.
Cast
| Ralph | James Aubrey |
| Jack | Tom Chapin |
| Piggy | Hugh Edwards |
| Roger | Roger Elwin |
| Simon | Tom Gaman |
Credits
| Director | Peter Brook |
| Produced by | Lewis Allen |
| Executive producer | Al Hine |
| Associate producer | Gerald Feil |
| Music | Raymond Leppard |
| Editors | Peter Brook, Gerald Feil and Jean-Claude Lubtchansky |
| Director of photography | Tom Hollyman |
| Photographed by | Tom Hollyman and Gerald Feil ASC |
| From the novel by | William Golding |
Disc Features
- New, restored digital transfer (box set edition); new, restored 4K digital film transfer, supervised by editor and cameraman Gerald Feil, ASC (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions), with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary featuring director Peter Brook, producer Lewis Allen, director of photography Tom Hollyman, and Feil
- Audio recordings of William Golding reading from his novel Lord of the Flies, accompanied by the corresponding scenes from the film
- Deleted scene, with optional commentary and Golding reading
- Interview with Brook from 2008 (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
- Collection of behind-the-scenes material, including home movies, screen tests, outtakes, and stills
- Excerpt from a 1980 episode of The South Bank Show featuring Golding (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
- New interview with Feil (two-DVD and Blu-ray only)
- Excerpt from Feil’s 1973 documentary The Empty Space, showcasing Brook’s theater methods
- Living “Lord of the Flies,” a piece composed of never-before-seen footage shot by the boy actors during production, with new voice-over by actor Tom Gaman
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey Macnab (two-DVD and Blu-ray only) and an excerpt from Brook’s autobiography The Shifting Point
New cover by Kent Williams (two-DVD and Blu-ray editions); new cover by Olga Krigman (box set edition)
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10 Things I Learned
10 Things I Learned: Lord of the Flies
By Elizabeth Pauker July 18, 2013
Film Essays
Lord of the Flies: Trouble in Paradise
By Geoffrey Macnab July 16, 2013
Theater legend Peter Brook’s approach to bringing the classic fable about human savagery to the screen was radical in its straightforwardness. Read more »
On Five
Drawing Lord of the Flies
July 15, 2013
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Three Reasons: Lord of the Flies
July 12, 2013
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Film Essays
Peter Brook on the Making of Lord of the Flies
March 13, 2000
The following is excerpted from The Shifting Point, Peter Brook’s 1987 autobiography. All I wanted was a small sum of money, no script; just kids, a camera, and a beach. A young American, Lewis . . . Read more »
Film Essays
Lord of the Flies: Trouble in Paradise
By Geoffrey Macnab July 16, 2013
Theater legend Peter Brook’s approach to bringing the classic fable about human savagery to the screen was radical in its straightforwardness. Read more »
Film Essays
Peter Brook on the Making of Lord of the Flies
March 13, 2000
The following is excerpted from The Shifting Point, Peter Brook’s 1987 autobiography. All I wanted was a small sum of money, no script; just kids, a camera, and a beach. A young American, Lewis . . . Read more »
10 Things I Learned
10 Things I Learned: Lord of the Flies
By Elizabeth Pauker July 18, 2013
Film Essays
Lord of the Flies: Trouble in Paradise
By Geoffrey Macnab July 16, 2013
Theater legend Peter Brook’s approach to bringing the classic fable about human savagery to the screen was radical in its straightforwardness. Read more »
On Five
Drawing Lord of the Flies
July 15, 2013