San Francisco Public Library

Lord of the flies, Lewis Allen and Dana Hodgdon present Peter Brook's film ; executive producer, Al Hine ; produced by Lewis Allen ; directed by Peter Brook ; an Allen-Hodgdon, Two Arts Ltd. production

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963From the novel by William GoldingDistributed by Janus FilmsSpecial features: Disc 1: Restored 4k digital film transfer, supervised by Gerald Feil; Commentary featuring director Peter Brook, producer Lewis Allen, director of photography Tom Hollyman, and cameraman and editor Gerald Feil; Novel reading (audio recordings of William Golding reading from his novel, Lord of the flies); Behind the scenes (home movies, screen tests, outtakes, and stills from the production, accompanied by commentary); Deleted scene (with optional commentary and reading by Golding); Peter Brook (interview with the director from 2008); Trailer. Disc 2: The south bank show: William Golding (25 minute excerpt from the 1980 episode of the British television series); Interview with Gerald Feil; The empty space (16 minute excerpt from Gerald Feil's 1975 documentary showcasing Brook's theatre methods); Living Lord of the flies (composed of never-before-seen footage shot by the boy actors during production, with new voice-over by actor Tom Gaman). Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey Macnab and an excerpt from Brook's autobiography The Shifting Point

Midwest Tape

black and white

monaural

Director of photography, Tom Hollyman ; editors, Peter Brook, Gerald Feil, Jean-Claude Lubtchansky ; music by Raymond Leppard

other

Two-DVD special ed.

9781604657548

videodisc

James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman

2 videodiscs (90 min.), sd., b&w, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 18 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)844090082

DVD; NTSC; region 1; PCM mono; 1.37:1 aspect ratio

715515108317

CC2291D -- The Criterion Collection

DVD