Taglines: No parents. No teachers. No rules… No mercy.
Lord of the Flies movie storyline. After a plane crash in the ocean, a group of military students reach an island. Ralph organizes the boys, assigning responsibilities for each one. When the rebel Jack Merridew neglects the fire camp and they lose the chance to be seen by a helicopter.
The group split under the leadership of Jack. While Ralph rationalizes the procedures, Jack returns to the primitivism, using the fear for the unknown (in a metaphor to the religion) to control the other boys, and hunting and chasing pigs, stealing the possession of Ralph’s group and even killing people.
Lord of the Flies is a 1990 American survival drama film directed by Harry Hook and starring Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly and James Badge Dale. It was produced by Lewis M. Allen and written by Jay Presson Allen under the pseudonym “Sarah Schiff”, based on the 1954 book Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. It is the second film adaptation of the book, after Lord of the Flies (1963).
The film differs in many ways from both its predecessor film and the novel. Lord of the Flies centers on Ralph mainly, as the children try to initiate a society after crash-landing on an uncharted island, but things go awry.
The film was released on March 16, 1990 by Columbia Pictures, with film rights now belonging to Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. Upon and since its release, the film has received mixed reviews, generally more negative than its 1963 counterpart. Most critics praise the film’s scenery but center upon the film’s deviations from the novel as a central flaw. However, the movie garnered $14 million from the box office, and has acquired a cult following.
Lord of the Flies (1990)
Directed by: Harry Hook
Starring: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, Badgett Dale, Andrew Taft, Edward Taft, Gary Rule, Terry Wells, Braden MacDonald, Angus Burgin
Screenplay by: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly
Production Design by: Jamie Leonard
Cinematography by: Martin Fuhrer
Film Editing by: Harry Hook
Costume Design by: Doreen Watkinson
Art Direction by: Jennifer Chang Binns
Music by: Philippe Sarde
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: March 16, 1990
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