Lord of the Flies

Los Angeles: Continental Distributing, 1963. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1963 British film, showing actor James Aubrey. Provenance stamp and printed mimeo snipes on the verso.

Based on the 1954 novel by William Golding. A group of British schoolboys, marooned on an island and forced to form their own version of a civil society, eventually break into two separate camps and begin to degenerate into savagery.

Director Peter Brooks largely dispensed with the script, encouraging the boys to improvise given scenes. Over 60 hours of footage was shot, which was edited down to 90 minutes. Because of the violence depicted, the film received an X certificate from the British Board of Film Censors. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Shot on location in Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus.

Criterion Collection 43. Olive Films 984.

[Book #167575]