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[[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A1 fitted with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm]] | [[Image:M16A1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A1 fitted with 20-round magazine - 5.56x45mm]] | ||
[[Image:6b991e233ba656bc7ba7d6a8a4c214da.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A publicity photograph from the film of the U.S. Marine platoon landing on the beach of the island, while a Marine UH-1E helicopter (actually a civilian Bell 204 with a USMC paint job) lands nearby. The Marines carry M16A1 rifles with 20-round magazines, rather than M16A2s with 30-round magazines, which would be a more accurate weapon for front-line Marines in the early-1990s.]] | |||
[[Image:LOTF-M16A1-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Highlight for Spoiler:''' <font color="white">At the end of the film, when the boys are finally rescued by a platoon of U.S. Marines deployed to the island in response to the smoke from their fire</font color="white">, the pilot of the helicopter speaks to a Marine Gunnery Sergeant, while the other Marines stand nearby with their M16A1 rifles in hand.]] | [[Image:LOTF-M16A1-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Highlight for Spoiler:''' <font color="white">At the end of the film, when the boys are finally rescued by a platoon of U.S. Marines deployed to the island in response to the smoke from their fire</font color="white">, the pilot of the helicopter speaks to a Marine Gunnery Sergeant, while the other Marines stand nearby with their M16A1 rifles in hand.]] | ||
Revision as of 03:12, 1 September 2022
Lord of the Flies is the 1990 film adaptation of the famous 1954 novel by William Golding, about a group of schoolboys who become stranded on an island after a plane crash and quickly descend into savagery. It updates the setting of the novel from the 1950s to the late Cold War era (late-1980s/early-1990s), and alters the nationality of the boys from British to American.
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The following weapons were used in the film Lord of the Flies (1990):
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Assault Rifles
M16A1
The platoon of U.S. Marines seen at the end of the film carry M16A1 assault rifles fitted with 20-round magazines. This weapon is a dated choice for the time period in which the film is set; by 1990, a unit of forward-deployed Marine infantry would more likely be using the M16A2.
