Lord of the Flies (1963) | |
| Director(s) | Peter Brook |
| Producer(s) | Lewis M. Allen |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Film Adaptation, Thriller/Suspense |
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Lord of the Flies (1963) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Peter Brook and produced by Lewis M. Allen.
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Short Take: Lord of the Flies
By Barry P. on Apr 4, 2020 From Cinematic Catharsis(1963) Written and directed by Peter Brook; Based on the novel by William Golding; James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin and Tom Gaman; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ***½ “All I wanted was a small sum of money, no script; just kids, a camera, and a beach.”... Read full article
Lord of the Flies (1963)
By Beatrice on Dec 31, 2017 From Flickers in TimeLord of the Flies Directed by Peter Brook Written Peter Brook from a novel by William Golding 1963/UK Two Arts Ltd. First viewing/FilmStruck Well, this is a hell of a note to end a year on. The film begins with a group of still photographs that wordlessly tell of a coming war and the evacuation of c... Read full article
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During the first week of film shooting on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, the Bay of Pigs Invasion began. This impacted filming because the wounded were evacuated to the U.S. naval hospital on Vieques.
Once filming began, Peter Brook largely dispensed with the script and encouraged his young cast to improvise. He shot over 60 hours of footage which was then edited down into a 90-minute film. Consequently, there is no screenplay credit.
In 1996, 35 years after the film was made, the BBC created a documentary about the making of the film called "Time Flies", which reunited the main cast and crew on the beaches of the Caribbean where it was filmed; an article written by one of the actors, Tom Gaman, mentioned that of the boys, only the one who played Ralph (James Aubrey), pursued an acting career. Others went on to have very different ones: Gaman became a freelance forester in Inverness, California; Hugh Edwards (Piggy) became an engineer for a Russian firm; Tom Chapin became a gold mine geologist in Nevada and the twins David Surtees and Simon Surtees (Samaneric) remained together, living with their families in the UK and working as a guidance counselor and political administrator respectively. (NOTE: Contrary to Mr. Gaman's article, another of the boys besides James Aubrey, Nicholas Hammond, who played Robert, had a quite extensive film AND TV career, playing, among other roles, one of the children in The Sound oread more facts about Lord of the Flies...
Once filming began, Peter Brook largely dispensed with the script and encouraged his young cast to improvise. He shot over 60 hours of footage which was then edited down into a 90-minute film. Consequently, there is no screenplay credit.
In 1996, 35 years after the film was made, the BBC created a documentary about the making of the film called "Time Flies", which reunited the main cast and crew on the beaches of the Caribbean where it was filmed; an article written by one of the actors, Tom Gaman, mentioned that of the boys, only the one who played Ralph (James Aubrey), pursued an acting career. Others went on to have very different ones: Gaman became a freelance forester in Inverness, California; Hugh Edwards (Piggy) became an engineer for a Russian firm; Tom Chapin became a gold mine geologist in Nevada and the twins David Surtees and Simon Surtees (Samaneric) remained together, living with their families in the UK and working as a guidance counselor and political administrator respectively. (NOTE: Contrary to Mr. Gaman's article, another of the boys besides James Aubrey, Nicholas Hammond, who played Robert, had a quite extensive film AND TV career, playing, among other roles, one of the children in The Sound oread more facts about Lord of the Flies...
