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Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

No parents. No teachers. No rules... No mercy.

19906.31h 31m

Overview

When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.

Directed by Harry Hook
Written by William Golding, Jay Presson Allen
Produced by Lewis M. Allen, Ross Milloy
Box Office0Revenue: $14.0M

Top Cast

Balthazar Getty

Balthazar Getty

Ralph

Chris Furrh

Chris Furrh

Jack Merridew

Danuel Pipoly

Danuel Pipoly

Piggy

James Badge Dale

James Badge Dale

Simon

A

Andrew Taft

The Twins

E

Edward Taft

The Twins

G

Gary Rule

Roger

T

Terry Wells

Andy

B

Braden MacDonald

Larry

A

Angus Burgin

Greg

Themes & Keywords

rescueexotic islandbased on novel or bookpigcadetgang warsurvivalstrandedpacific islanddeserted islandinnocence lostkids on their ownplane crashplane wreck

About Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies is a adventure, drama, thriller film released in 1990 exploring themes of rescue, exotic island, based on novel or book, pig, cadet, gang war. Directed by Harry Hook, it stars Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly. When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.

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