The Bounty
The Bounty is a 1984 British epic historical drama film directed by Roger Donaldson. It depicts the voyage and mutiny of HMS Bounty, with Robert Bolt's screenplay adapting the 1972 book Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian by Richard Hough. It stars Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian and Anthony Hopkins as William Bligh, with supporting roles played by Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Bernard Hill and Edward Fox.
Plot
The court of inquiry of Commanding Lieutenant William Bligh for the loss of to mutineers, led by his friend Fletcher Christian, begins, with Admiral Hood presiding. Via flashbacks, Bounty sets out from Portsmouth, England on 23 December 1787, on an expedition to Tahiti to gather breadfruit pods for transplantation in the Caribbean, Bligh electing to sail the ship west round the tip of South America to use the expedition to fulfill an ambition to circumnavigate the globe. After 31 days, the attempt to round Cape Horn fails due to harsh weather, and the ship is obliged to take the longer eastern route. Bligh replaces Fryer with Christian as second-in-command. Seaman James Valentine dies.
Cast
- Andrew Wilde
- Anthony Hopkins
- Barry Dransfield
- Bernard Hill
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Dexter Fletcher
- Edward Fox
- Jack May
- John Sessions
- Jon Gadsby
- Laurence Olivier
- Liam Neeson
- Malcolm Terris
- Mel Gibson
- Neil Morrissey
- Pete Lee-Wilson
- Phil Davis
- Philip Martin Brown
- Richard Graham
- Simon Adams
- Simon Chandler
- Tevaite Vernette
- Wi Kuki Kaa
More details
| author | Robert Bolt |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Pitcairn Island |
| director | Roger Donaldson |
| editor | Tony Lawson |
| events | Mutiny on the Bounty |
| genre | adventure drama historical |
| keywords | breadfruit cape horn circumnavigate create dutch east indies exonerate fletcher christian force island life john adams kill king tynah learn longboat mauatua pōmare i royal navy south america tahiti tattoo warn william bligh |
| musicBy | Vangelis |
| producer | Bernard Williams Dino De Laurentiis |
| productionCompany | Bounty Productions Ltd. Dino De Laurentiis Corporation |
| publisher | Orion Pictures Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment |
| recordedAt | New Zealand |
| theme | independent |