Lord Of The Flies (DVD 2002)

In this second version of William Golding's novel, a group of cadets from an American military school are stranded on a desert island, along with the wounded pilot, after their plane crashes. Eventually the camp divides; Ralph (Getty) and Piggy (Pipoly) represent the values imposed by adults and civilisation; while they struggle to maintain a signal fire, Jack (Furrh) and his band of hunters, giving way to more primitive impulses, run rampage and turn murderous. The film, simplistically assuming the book's central metaphor to be imperialism - hence the military slant - retains the bare bones of Gollding's narrative, but that's all. There's little attempt to hint at the deeper issues, while the revelatory moment when the impaled pig's head looms in the clearing to reveal man's inner darkness, is merely flat. Executive producer Lewis Allen also produced Peter Brook's superior 1963 version; he took on the project after learning that TV producers planned a remake with an 'upbeat ending'. This is better than that, but not nearly good enough.

I purchased this film ,for my grandsons school work.He enjoyed every minute and has since watched it a couple of times,a brilliant movie.

Excellent!

The film was used to enhance the school classwork for my son &b came in very useful for reference

I don't know when and where it became legal to copy lord of the flies (brooke's) and sell it in form of a white burnt cd with handwritten title on the cover. What i know for sure is that recently there was issued a golden anniversary Lord of the flies on dvd that you can easily find (with a box, cover, booklet...) in HMV or Virgin. Original! Bah. The fact that it wasn't indicated that it's only going to be a poor handwritten burnt on a dvd recorder (looks like a CHEAP pirate , but hey - it's supposed to be Legal now to copy it, so i shouldnt complain, should i?) I would burn it Myself. Next time - write a TRUE description of a product.