Lord of the Flies

(boy) Somebody help me! I can't swim!

Get the raft!

Somebody help me!

(gasps)

What is that?

(dark-haired boy) It's a glow stick.

How does it work?

From some kind of chemical.

(birds call)

Do you think anybody else is here, sir?

It's just an island. There's nothing here.

- I'm thirsty.

- Yeah, me too. I'm hungry.

What if there's no water?

We're all thirsty and we're all hungry.

We should just try and get some sleep.

And tomorrow we'll figure out

what we're gonna do.

(whispers) Water.

Water.

Sir. Sir.

I found water.

(boy) Well, that's it, Colonel.

What's that?

It's a conch.

My granny had one.

If it had a hole in it right there

you could really blow it, like a trumpet.

Come on! Give us some.

(coughs)

Sh! Come on.

(snorting)

(horn-like sound)

(horn-like sound)

(horn-like sound)

(horn-like sound)

OK, listen up. Whoever holds the conch

gets to speak. That's the rule.

Is this like assembly, sir?

Yeah. Except anybody

who wants to speak gets to.

But not before they get the conch.

Right. There doesn't seem

to be anybody here except us.

- And a pig.

- It was a wild boar.

No, it was a regular pig. Big, but regular.

A regular pig must have

got here from people.

Yeah. If there's pigs, there's people.

OK, cadets. Like I said,

this island's probably uninhabited.

- We don't know. We've gotta explore.

- (dark-haired boy) There's a lot to do.

But the main thing is, we're not

by ourselves. We got Captain Benson.

Can I speak?

The most important thing is,

who knows we're here?

Nobody knows we're here.

They know where we were going.

But they don't know where we are.

We never got where we were going.

- (small boy) Where were we going?

- We were going home.

(groaning)

(dark-haired boy) I'm sure they're looking.

We should set up some kind

of steady signal, like a fire,

and keep it going all the time.

And we're gonna have to have rules.

(Captain Benson coughs)

Can I have the conch?

Yes, Ralph's right.

We've definitely gotta make a fire.

- Sir, are you the leader?

- Jack's the oldest.

- But Ralph's the colonel.

- I think it should be Ralph.

- I vote for Ralph.

- Yeah, he's a colonel.

- Yeah, Ralph.

- He's the colonel. Ralph.

- I guess you just won the election.

- It doesn't matter who's in charge.

We've just gotta work together.

First, we build a camp.

Be careful.

There's probably a lot of berries and

things that look OK but are really poison.

I know what's poisonous or not.

My brother did Outward Bound,

learned how to survive. He taught me.

Did he do Outward Bound in the tropics?

- Not exactly.

- Then where?

Colorado.

There are totally different poison plants

in Colorado than in this place.

So we've gotta take precautions

or it won't matter.

- What won't matter?

- Whether we get rescued.

Better learn to live with yourself,

because we ain't gonna get rescued.

- What are you talking about?

- Just being logical.

A plane goes down in the ocean, there's

no wreckage - who's gonna find us?

- Why don't you just shut up?

- Are you telling me to shut up?

What we need around here is positive

people, not people trying to scare people.

What we don't need is you, shitbrain.

(boy) His name's not shitbrain. It's Piggy.

Yeah, Piggy! Yeah!

(boy snorts like a pig)

Shut up. Everybody just shut up.

- It's just cos you're new.

- No, it's not. It's always this way.

(Ralph) Just cut it out, OK?

- (boy chants) Mama, mama, can't you see

- (all chant) Mama, mama, can't you see

- What the army's done to me?

- What the army's done to me?

- They put me in a barber's chair.

- They put me in a barber's chair.

- Spun me round, I had no hair.

- Spun me round, I had no hair.

- I used to drive a Cadillac.

- I used to drive a Cadillac.

- Now I'm marching in a pack.

- Now I'm marching in a pack.

- I used to drive a Chevrolet.

- I used to drive a Chevrolet.

- Now I'm marching for my pay.

- Now I'm marching for my pay.

- They took away my TV.

- They took away my TV.

- Got me doing lOT.

- Got me doing lOT.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

(boy) Whoa, oh, oh.

- Come on, let me try.

- I got it, I got it.

Sh*t!

- Damn! Mother...

- Swearing won't help.

- Listen, Piggy, shut your fat ass.

- Hold it! Hold it!

Hey, wait a minute.

Piggy, give me your glasses.

- Hey, give 'em back.

- Trust me.

What are you doing?

- Fire!

- (all) Yeah!

(Ralph) Jesus, it's spreading!

Put it out. Stomp on it.

Come on, run and stomp on it.

Beat it back. Use your jacket.

Beat it back. Come on, guys, beat it back.

About time you showed up. People ought

to be fined for being late for fire watch.

Bullshit.

(Jack) The forest was totally dark,

but he had to keep going

because the thing was behind him.

The pus was everywhere.

He could feel it and, all the while,

the thing behind him kept coming closer.

And then, suddenly,

he realised it wasn't any normal plants

or bushes he was trying to run through.

It wasn't the leaves or plants

brushing up against him,

touching his arms and face.

It was thousands of claws,

long claws, grasping at him,

trying to stop him

and hold him for the thing.

And he tried to get away, but they held on,

choking him. He tried to scream. Argh!

(screams)

It's only a story.

It's not real.

(Ralph) I don't know if he can hold up.

What if he suddenly gets really sick?

(Jack) Man, you gotta stop worrying

so much. We got it made.

No parents, no teachers,

no academy, no girls.

Of course, I wouldn't mind getting a little.

- Like you ever got any.

- Well, I still wouldn't mind.

Oh! My arm.

You OK?

Psych!

Nearly got him. Next time.

Do you think it has any protein in it?

Here, give it here.

I heard they're supposed

to taste like chicken.

Want some?

- Are you telling the truth?

- Yeah.

- We don't believe you.

- Yeah, you're lying.

Why aren't you getting ready?

(boy) Sir, is it really true?

You bet it is. Simon's right.

We're gonna be rescued.

Get your things together, guys.

We're going home.

I...

(Captain Benson groans)

(groans)

(Ralph) Beat it, you kids.

Come on. Why isn't anybody

getting food or wood?

(yells)

- Spit! Come on!

- Come on! Spit!

- Spit!

- Go on, spit!

- Spit.

- I got it. There it is.

No, you're not gonna get out

until I see it splash in the ocean.

- That made it.

- No, I didn't see it splash.

- Ow!

- See? It splashed again.

Ha! It's our turn to have fun.

Assembly!

What's going on?

The reason I'm calling

this assembly is,

too many people are screwing around and

not working. There's a bunch of things.

Some kids don't know

when to use the bathroom.

There was this one kid the other day,

he took a sh*t in his pants

and then sat in it.

I'm not naming names

cos it's possible Mikey couldn't help it.

Was it green? Was it running

down your legs?

Everybody shut their goddamn mouths!

Ralph's got the conch.

All I mean is, we have

to have more discipline.

And more spearfishing.

We've gotta have real food.

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