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Lord of the Flies

Jessica Sj�blom | 5:31 a.m. Oct. 12, 1999

First,the only thing i can say about Lord of the Flies:its
the best!!
But i guess i must say something more.Chris Furrh was
really good as Jack!!And Balthazar Getty did a good job as
Ralph!!!Thats my two biggest stars,and i want to thank them
for a good movie!!!kiss,Jess

milio | 11:36 p.m. Oct. 21, 1999

Lord of The Flies is my favorite film when i was little
boy just came from Vietnam I loved it and my English made
me watch it an dreading the book but that time I didn't
speak any English at all I loved this film so much it kind
like story of me and my sister left behind in Vietnam the
truth of kid no parent no rude,

I loved HARRY HOOK work so much if you know how can contact
with him please help me I got several screenplay want him
to direct my film, I loved out door and beach and naked
boys kind of life, I loved swiming and running to the
wood that kind life I was young played in the wood.

I'm now lived in LA and doing my acting and studying at LA
film school, I'm schedule to shoot my film next month
Enemy and Love and thank to Harry Hook he gave me ideal of
shooting film on beach and wood and sand,

I loved Lord of the Flies so much so many years and I still
go to video store and rent it I think I should buy that
film and keep it on my book case

thank Mr, Harry

love

Milio actor and writer

Medea Aldrich | 5:27 p.m. Oct. 25, 1999

I think that the new Lord of the Flies was terrific! I
also
think Chris Furrh did an outstanding job as Jack! He
really
brought the character to life!

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Diana Fisher | 4:45 p.m. Nov. 14, 1999

i loved the movie. the boys were so natural. it was just
believable. that's what i look for in a movie

Lisa Petersen | 8:51 p.m. Nov. 21, 1999

I have to say that Lord of The Flies was a great learning
experience for me(I'm talking about seeing the movie!) But,
most of all, the actors were magnificent. Especially Chris
Furrh and Balthazar Getty. Keep it up, guys. Much love(to
you guys especially), Lisa

Jessica Gray | 9:59 p.m. Feb. 11, 2000

I LOVE THE MOVIE LORD OF THE FLIES. I REALLY LIKE RALPH
AND
LIKE JACK UNTIL HE TURNS BAD. EVEN THOUGH I'M ONLY 12
YEARS
OLD I STILL LIKE MOVIES LIKE SO. WELL GATA GO

Abigail | 10:17 a.m. Feb. 26, 2000

I thought Lord of the Flies (1990) was an excellent
adaptation of the novel.Getty was a great Ralph,and Furrh
was exceedingly creepy as Jack.All fans of the book should
see this movie!

Daniella | 5:57 p.m. March 12, 2000

I loved the movie and the book! I just kept in mind it was
a
more 90's type movie with more 90's type boys!!!!!

A.J. | 5:59 p.m. March 20, 2000

The movie was pretty good but I didn't think it did the
book justice. They skipped a bunch of parts and added lots
of un-needed stuff in. If you have read the book you would
understand what I'm saying Simon's importance wasn't
stressed enough but Balthazar did and excelent job as Ralph
and Chris Furrh is good at being bad. It would have been a
good movie if I haden't read the book first. So this 15
year old gives it 2 stars

Katie Devine | 10:18 p.m. April 14, 2000

Balthazar Getty is soooo hot!

Tal | 6:00 a.m. June 26, 2000

I think Lord of the flies is a greart movie, but I think
the book is better. I mean, I read the book first, and I
really enjoyed it (if it's the right word...) I think it
such a powerfull book. The movie was also great. The 3 main
actors- Balthazar Getty (Ralph), Chris Furrh (Jack) and
Badgett Dale (Simon) are great actors. And Balth is so fits
for Ralph's rule.
But I think that the thing that's wrong in the movie is
that lots of important parts from the book weren't in the
movie, like Lord of the flies who talks to Simon in the
cave... things like that.
But it was a really powerfull movie- like the book,
who is one of the best books I've ever read.

Julia Night | 5:45 p.m. Oct. 28, 2000

I got to watch this movie at school. I imagine every kid
wants to one day view a movie with an explicit amount of
cursing, violence, and bad acting in school, but shouldn't
it be at least a little bit fun? I thought the book was a
masterpiece, with the lines, "Honey colored sunlight seeped
through the trees," ect. But unfortunately, it would take a
huge amount of talent to pull a movie of it off, which is
what this entire movie lacks. The acting is obviously dull,
and inexperienced. I for one know there are, and were in
1990, many talented child actors who could have made this
movie a huge success. But only if the script would have
stayed true to the book. The children were English, which I
believe would have given the movie a more reasonable amount
of irony, considering the little boys were supposed to be
so well bread, prim and proper. I am not being racist
against the American cast, for I myself am very much
American, but this movie is just crying out for a new cast.
Another flub up is the fact that the script allowed the
pilot to be alive. Now what is the point of that? For him
to lay around, moaning and groaning, without any character
at all? What a waste. Without comparison to the book, this
film is still ridiculous, poorly crafted, poorly acted, and
poorly scripted. I must be fair and admit that the location
in which it was filmed was gorgeous. I loved the way the
waves were just this lush blue, and crashed along the
shore. That allowed me to pretend I was watching another
movie. The music is exquisite as well. Too bad absolutely
nothing else is.

ainos | 1:28 p.m. Dec. 10, 2004

primero vi la pelicula i m parecio maravillosa i luego lei
el libro i pense q a la peli le faltaban cosas importantes
i q le tendrian q aver sido mas fieles al libro peroaun asi
sigue siendo 1 d mis pelis favoritas ....los actores son
escelentes a pesar d su corta edad : Badgett Dale es
alucinante i encarna favulosamente a Simon ,Chris Furrh es
alucinante i consige dar miedo como hace Jack y Balthazar
Getty es el Ralph perfecto e de decir q como llo tengo 14
aï¿½os estoi alucinada d lo wapos q eran Ralph y Jack.....si
no fuera tan malo.....en fin tambien tendrian q aver
seguido las descripciones del libro x q no son ni
parecidos....pero este fisico les pega mejor por q Jack de
pelirojo i Ralph de rubio....no se no se....bueno q la peli
es genial i los acores wapisimos...bessos

Jasmine | 1:24 p.m. Feb. 10, 2005

i had to read the book and watch both movies at school as
part of my english media coursework to be submitted for my
gcse. overall i think it is a great story with a ery
interesting plot...but harry hook completely lost the plot
by adding a lot of swearing and that. He made it
completely modern and i think that it would have been
better to keep it as close to the novel as possible...but
dont get me wrong...harry hook done a great job and i
prefer his version to peter brooks but he should have
never gone that far...but thats just my opinion! x

Jazmin | 8:31 a.m. April 29, 2005

I had to read the book for English and It is an interesting
book now we are are doing a movie about Lord of the Flies
and it it feels nice to be acting about what happen in the
book. I recommed reading this book you will learn a lot of
things fom it.

amber | 11:58 a.m. July 16, 2007

I thought this movie was awsome! but, what ever happend to
chris furrh, the guy who played jack? he was in one other
movie called "A family for Joe" but then that was it? does
anyone know whatever happened to him?

Anonymous | 1:19 a.m. Feb. 15, 2008

Saw this movie for the first time tonight and I thought it was really good. It's been 30 yrs since I read the book so I can't comment on the details, but I do recall the basic storyline & characters, as well as the overall feel and I think the actors and the director conveyed these well. Both Getty & Furrh did excellent jobs, to my mind Furrh especially shined. Filmed on location in Jamacia, the scenery was amazing!
The reason I watched the film tonight was that today I met Chris Furrh (a stage name he no longer uses), and he spent seven hours hanging out with me and my three grown kids - my son had known him for a couple of years. He is a highly gifted, intelligent man with an amazing amount of energy; constantly searching for new ideas, philosophies and information. He played my daughter's bass and sang us one of the songs he wrote, a sort of poliitical commentary with a Chili Peppers gets grunge feel - too cool! It'sis a shame he went the way of so many child actors, getting into drugs and trouble because of having too much money and freedom too young. I didn't even find out he'd been an actor until not long before he left so I didn't get a chance to find out what happened to his carrerr. Maybe he just grew up, that ends the career of most child actors. Whatever the reason he stopped acting, it's movie-goers' loss because I think he might have been great if he'd kept it up! Instead, as it is, today I met him at the parole office; he'd just gotten out of prison.

Anonymous | 6:41 p.m. March 27, 2008

Cool that you met Chris! :] Is he a nice? To bad he quit acting, but he seems to be really into music now...hmm...does he perform on stage? What is his name now? Do you know if he has a myspace? Would mean alot if you answered! :] Take care

Anonymous | 10:15 a.m. July 10, 2008

I thought the movie was very well put together and Chris did a great job. I went to school with him when I was younger and graduated with his cousin. I hate to hear he made some bad choices in life but hopefully he is on the right path now. If you see him or your son see's him, tell him I said Hi, if he remembers me. I haven't seen him since 5th or 6th grade.

Anonymous | 2:39 p.m. Oct. 28, 2008

I loved Lord Of The Flies!! But i think the ending killed the hole film :( My favioure actor is Chris Furrh(JACK)Because he is just so HOT :P It was sad when siimon died though, But it was funny when Piggy died :L I loved the hole background of it and when Jack starts to wear all the make-up stuff he looked even more HOT :P
Love You Chris Furrh (Jack) Psyona. Xx
P.Ssssss. If anyone nows him really well and nows what he does now please tell my. Bye. Xx

Anonymous | 4:07 p.m. Nov. 9, 2008

ahhhh! i love chris furrh! jack is such a sexy savage boy! i love him! he's so cute and ilove it in the movie when he says "i guess u just won the election" and all of his cute gestures. also i like the scene where he's like "no teachers,no academy..." so cute! if you know what happened to him please comment more so i can see! gosh i love him. he only acted for one year and i really want to see him again!

Anonymous | 6:09 p.m. Nov. 9, 2008

i hope that chris is okay now. please update more information if you have any. i'd like to know that he's okay. thanks

also if you could post a pic of him now just to be sure he's not sick (and see what he looks like)if he doesn't mind. God be with him.

Anonymous | 4:22 p.m. Nov. 10, 2008

i have a huge crush on Chris Furrh, even though the movies were from 30 years ago! ya i know wierd, but i rele want to see a picture of what he looks like now. So, guys who know him-plz post!(grin) anyways i think the 1990 Lord of the Flies movie totally owned the bokk, but that's a baist opinion because i don't enjoy reading books(exceot for the keys to the kingdom books- so if you havent read them, read them!) and because JACK WAS HOT! *he was pretty hot in exile too, so go to youtube and search- exile 1990 corey feldman- if a wanna see more chris!!!- so in conclusion, plz post pictures!!!!!!!!

Anonymous | 4:22 p.m. Nov. 18, 2008

Someone has to know where he is. He has to be somewhere!!! If not in jail, then where? :P
Someone who knows him, please tell us what he is up to, the fans really wanna know!

please?...

Anonymous | 2:04 p.m. Jan. 5, 2009

me and my friend are both 15 living in England . we saw Lord of the flies and were amazed by the gorgeous blonde, bad boy, savage with an attitude . None of you are probably doing this hole Chris rules thing now but as i was reading the comments i came across one person who met him last year and my questions are:
what did he look like?
Was he as hot as ever ?
and is there any other information you can give us about him coz as stupid as it sounds it would be nice to hear more about this fantastic actor who stole our hearts at the tender age of 13 .

Anonymous | 5:58 a.m. Jan. 13, 2009

hey everyone thanks for all your lovely comments. i havent really done anything exciting since the movie. started working behind the movies then realised the whole business stinks man, and is not for me. i've been currently living in west colorado with my wife. And "am i still hot" id probably need to shed a few pounds befor i look anything like i did in the movie lol. don't really know how to put pictures up on this blog but i do have a facebook.

hope to hear from you all soon

jack lol

x

Anonymous | 11:25 a.m. April 6, 2009

I Am Absolutely In LOVE with Chris Furrh.Esspecially when i saw him play such a psycotic role.I don't know, It was like when I first saw him,something inside me moved.Like an angel spreading her wings for the very 1st time.But now that I found out that he's got a wife,"wow".I feel even more like somethings missing.Oh well too bad.But hey,If it don't work out with ur wife, I'll date you.

Anonymous | 1:28 p.m. June 8, 2009

This movie was awesome! I liked the Military concept of it and the young boys (at the time) did a great job! Especially Chris; he was very dynamic in his role as Jack. Balthazar did well as Ralph, and it's good to see him on Brothers and Sisters. I wish them all the best.

Now, just so you all know, that January 13th post was not the same Chris in the movie. I checked on MySpace and the former actor is not married. He still resides in Texas and he's doing his own music and stuff. No longer acting, but he's doing fine (no need to worry). :)

As for the other "Chris" (on Facebook), that post he wrote was a hoax so be very careful.

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Movie Info

Rated R for violence, profanity.

Cast: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh.

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