Lord of the Flies (1990 film)
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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).
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Directed by | Harry Hook |
Screenplay by | Sara Schiff |
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Produced by | Lewis M. Allen |
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Cinematography | Martin Fuhrer |
Edited by | Harry Hook |
Music by | Philippe Sarde Igor Stravinsky |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $9 million[2][3] |
Box office | $13 million[4] |
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.