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Depictions of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
COLOR OR B & W?
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Black
& White
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IMDb RATING
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7.8
out of 10
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FLETCHER CHRISTIAN
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Clark
Gable
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LT. WILLIAM BLIGH
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Charles
Laughton
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JOHN FRYER
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DeWitt
Jennings
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COMMENT
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Bligh
is depicted, at least on the Bounty,
as a raving sadist, although he was in fact far from that.
A powerful movie, although the simplistic in its good vs. evil
storyline. The historical inaccuracies in this movie are too numerous
to mention.
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TRIVIA
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James
Cagney, vacationing near the location of filming on Catalina Island and
looking for a few extra dollars, played a sailor for one day....Gable,
Laughton, and Tone all received Oscar nominations for best actor--a
movie industry first.
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
IMDb RATING |
6.8
out of 10
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FLETCHER CHRISTIAN |
Marlon
Brando
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LT. WILLIAM BLIGH |
Trevor
Howard
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JOHN MILLS
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Richard
Harris
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ALEXANDER SMITH
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Hugh
Griffith
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COMMENT
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More
historically accurate than the 1935 film, but Bligh is still presented
unfairly. The
movie concludes with scenes from the court-martial of William Bligh for
the loss of his ship. (Bligh was acquitted.)...There are lots of
beautiful sunsets and lush island scenes, where great efforts are made
to hide the frontal nudity of natives.
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TRIVIA
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Brando
was at his most outrageous in Tahiti, ordering changes to the script
(e.g., he wanted the final scenes on Pitcairn Island reshot to include
his ideas about man's inhumanity to man), demanding that film crew
members prepare for a friend's wedding, and insisting that planeloads
of champagne and other goodies be flown in for his consumption.
He married a Tahitian
actress in the film (his third wife) and bought an atoll on which he
created a posh resort and an environmental reserve.
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The Bounty (1984)
IMDb RATING |
6.7
out of 10
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FLETCHER CHRISTIAN |
Mel
Gibson
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LT. WILLIAM BLIGH |
Anthony
Hopkins
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ADMIRAL HOOD
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Laurence
Olivier
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JOHN FRYER
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Daniel
Day Lewis
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COMMENT
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The
movie opens with scenes from Bligh's court-martial for losing the Bounty....This is
the most historically accurate of the three Bounty
movies (Bligh is more sympathetically portrayed than in earlier
versions), although the pre-voyage relationship depicted between
Christian
and Bligh is largely fiction...The movie's main focus is on the
relationship between Bligh and Christian...Fryer becomes the Bounty's tyrant in this film.
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TRIVIA
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One of
the last film appearances of Laurence Olivier and one of the first of
Daniel Day Lewis....Liam Neeson plays Master-at-Arms Charles Churchill.
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THE BOUNTY MUTINEERS TRIAL HOMEPAGE
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