Lord of the Flies (1990 film)

Lord of the Flies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHarry Hook
Screenplay bySara Schiff
Based on
Produced byLewis M. Allen
Starring
CinematographyMartin Fuhrer
Edited byHarry Hook
Music byPhilippe Sarde
Igor Stravinsky
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 16, 1990 (1990-03-16)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[2][3]
Box office$13 million[4]

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 "Sara 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.[5] 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. Upon and since its release, the film has received mixed reviews, generally more negative than its 1963 counterpart. Most critics praise the film's performances and scenery but center upon the film's deviations from the novel as a central flaw. It was also a box-office bomb, grossing $13 million domestically.

  1. ^ "LORD OF THE FLIES (15)". British Board of Film Classification. May 30, 1990. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Overdue Review | Better Late". Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Film adaptations of Lord of the Flies". William Golding. January 23, 2011.
  4. ^ Lord of the Flies. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
  5. ^ "'Lord of the Flies' is an Inferior Take on William Golding's Classic Novel, PopMatters". April 28, 2015.