The Bounty
After 200 years, the truth behind the legend.
6.7 / 10
132 minutes
1984-05-04
English
US
Actors :
Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bernard Hill, Phil Davis, Liam Neeson, Wi Kuki Kaa, Tevaite Vernette, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Philip Martin Brown, Simon Chandler, Malcolm Terris, Simon Adams, John Sessions
Description
The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
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CinemaSerf
11/5/2023, 8:52:20 AM
When you already have a definitive version of a story on film (1935) it's always tough to remake it successfully. To be fair to Roger Donaldson, he has managed to come pretty close - and do far better than the 1962 iteration - with this well cast telling of a story of mutiny and brutality. It's told by way of a retrospective as Lord Hood (Lord Olivier) conducts an investigation into what happened ...