The Bounty
The Bounty is a 1984 British epic historical drama film directed by Roger Donaldson. It is the fifth film version of the story of the mutiny on the 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 and Edward Fox.
Plot
The court martial at Portsmouth of Commanding Lieutenant William Bligh for the loss of to mutineers, led by his friend Fletcher Christian, during its expedition to Tahiti to gather breadfruit pods for transplantation in the Caribbean, begins. Via a series of flashbacks, Bligh sets out from England in December 1787, electing to sail the Bounty west round the tip of South America in an attempt to use the expedition to fulfill an ambition to circumnavigate the globe. The attempt to round Cape Horn fails due to harsh weather, and the ship is obliged to take the longer eastern route. Finally arriving in Tahiti in October 1788, Bligh finds that due to the delays, the wind is against them for a quick return journey and they must stay on the island for four months longer than planned.
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 | arrest breadfruit breaking point cape horn circumnavigate closing credits court martial create dutch east indies epilogue text fletcher christian force island life kill king tynah longboat mauatua pōmare i royal navy south america tahiti william bligh |
| musicBy | Vangelis |
| producer | Bernard Williams Dino De Laurentiis |
| productionCompany | Bounty Productions Ltd. Dino De Laurentiis Corporation |
| publisher | Thorn EMI |
| recordedAt | New Zealand |
| theme | independent |