“Lord of the Flies” quotes

(1990)
Movie Lord of the Flies
Title Lord of the Flies
Year 1990
Director Harry Hook
Genre Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Plot – In 1984, a plane loaded of British schoolchildren is headed to Australia to escape a nuclear war, but it crashes on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. Only twenty children survive and elect Ralph as their leader. They divide their tasks and entrust Jack to go hunting. When Jack rebels against Ralph, he drags by his side almost all the children and awakens their feral instincts scaring them by saying there's a monster on the island. His only friend Simon discovers the monster is nothing but a dead pilot. He can't reveal it to the others because in the meantime they've killed Jack. When the group plans to murder Ralph as well, a ship is arriving to save them.
All actors – Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly, James Badge Dale, Andrew Taft, Edward Taft, Gary Rule, Terry Wells, Braden MacDonald, Angus Burgin, Martin Zentz, Brian Jacobs, Vincent Amabile, David Weinstein, Chuck Bell, Everado Elizondo, James Hamm, Charlie Newmark, Brian Matthews, Shawn Skie, Judson McCune, Zane Rockenbaugh, Robert Shea, Gordon Elder, Bob Peck, Bill Schoppert, Michael Greene
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  • “- Ralph: The reason I'm calling this assembly is, too much people are screwing around when they should be working. I mean there's a bunch of things. Some people don't even know when to use the bathroom.
    - Tony: Yeah. There's this one kid, the other day he took a shit in his pants and later sat on it, I'm not naming names because it's possible...” (continue)
    (continue reading)
    Balthazar Getty - Ralph
    Brian Matthews - Tony
  • “- Piggy: We did everything just the way grownups would have. Why didn't it work? Things would be much better here if it wasn't for him. I wish he was dead.
    - Ralph: No, you don't.
    - Piggy: I do! We could just give up and join his tribe. Then we'd at least be with the others.”

    Danuel Pipoly - Piggy
    Balthazar Getty - Ralph
  • “- Jack Merridew: I guess you just won the election.
    - Ralph: It doesn't matter who's in charge. We've just got to work together. First, we build a camp.”

    Chris Furrh - Jack Merridew
    Balthazar Getty - Ralph
  • “You better start learning to live with yourself, because we ain't gonna get rescued.”

    Chris Furrh - Jack Merridew
  • “We might have to live here for a long time! Maybe the rest of our lives! If we are stuck here until we get old, then we can't go on acting like kids! We've got to be sensible and make things work!”

    Danuel Pipoly - Piggy
  • “- Tony: What are we gonna do with thieves when we catch them?
    - Ralph: We can't have kids stealing and just running wild. We're going to have to have stricter rules and hand out demerits... I guess.”

    Brian Matthews - Tony
    Balthazar Getty - Ralph
  • “Whoever holds the conch gets to speak.”
    Balthazar Getty - Ralph
    [Tag:rights, rules, talking]
  • “- Sheraton: What time is it?
    - Andy: What difference does it make?
    - Sheraton: Well, if I knew what time it was, I'd know what's on TV. I'm not even sure what day it is.”

    Martin Zentz - Sheraton
    Terry Wells - Andy
    [Tag:day, television, time]
  • “- Jack Merridew: What's this dumbshit I hear about a monster? We're gonna have to send you back to kindergarten!
    - Larry: I'm serious.
    - Jack Merridew: Ok what kind of monster? Did it have fur and poison fangs, or long slimy tentacles?
    - Larry: It growled and it came out of me and its mouth, it was wet.
    - Luke: Maybe it was a bear.
    - Roger:...” (continue)
    (continue reading)
    Chris Furrh - Jack Merridew
    Braden MacDonald - Larry
    Judson McCune - Luke
    Gary Rule - Roger
    [Tag:monster]
  • “- Piggy: What we need around here is positive people, not people trying to scare people!
    - Jack Merridew: What we don't need around here is you shitbrain!”

    Danuel Pipoly - Piggy
    Chris Furrh - Jack Merridew
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