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Director: Roger Donaldson
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From Time Out Film Guide
Definitely not a remake of the MGM classic, but a Robert Bolt-scripted meditation on the conflict between Bligh's puritanism and Christian's surrender to Polynesian paganism. The floggings and sadism are thus kept to a minimum, with Hopkins' Bligh emerging less as a hissable villain than as a credibly sympathetic but flawed character. It's all a brave try, though Gibson is perhaps not up to the demands of a Christian's progress from naive rating to self-loathing exile, and Donaldson's direction often verges on the stolid.Author: GA
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- Andy Stevenson said...
- Posted on Dec 30 2008 08:39 Watched this on TCM last night and really enjoyed it. Powerhouse performances from Hopkins and Gibson and some great early roles for Daniel Day-Lewis, Bernard Hill and Liam Neeson. The cinematography is breathtaking and although it does drag in the middle, its a superb epic sea-adventure in which no character is flawless.
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Cast & crew
Director: Roger Donaldson
Producer: Bernard Williams
Cast: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bernard Hill, Philip Davis, Liam Neeson full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 133 mins
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