Technical Specs

• BD-50 Blu-ray Disc

Video Resolution/Codec

• 1080p/AVC MPEG-4

Aspect Ratio(s)

• 1.37:1

Audio Formats

• English Uncompressed Mono

Subtitles/Captions

• English SDH

Supplements

• Audio commentary featuring director Peter Brook, producer Lewis Allen, director of photography Tom Hollyman, and Feil
• Trailer
• A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey Macnab and an excerpt from Brook's book The Shifting Point
• Audio recordings of William Golding reading from his novel Lord of the Flies, accompanied by the corresponding scenes from the film
• Deleted scene, with optional commentary and reading by Golding
• Interview with Brook from 2008
• Collection of behind-the-scenes material, featuring home movies, screen tests, outtakes, and stills
• New interview with Feil
• Excerpt from Feil's 1972 documentary The Empty Space, showcasing Brook's theater methods
• Something Queer in the Warehouse, a piece composed of never-before-seen footage shot by the boy actors during production, with new voice-over by Tom Gaman, who played Simon

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Lord of the Flies (Blu-ray)

Criterion / 1963 / 90 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: July 16, 2013

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Genres: Drama, Classic

Starring: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards
Director: Peter Brook

Plot Synopsis: In the hands of the renowned experimental theater director Peter Brook, William Golding’s legendary novel on the primitivism lurking beneath civilization becomes a film as raw and ragged as the lost boys at its center. Taking an innovative documentary-like approach, Brook shot Lord of the Flies with an off-the-cuff naturalism, seeming to record a spontaneous eruption of its characters’ ids. The result is a rattling masterpiece, as provocative as its source material.