The Bounty

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Period and swashbuckler films

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Time Out says

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.

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Release details

UK release:

1984

Duration:

133 mins

Cast and crew

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Cast:

Philip Davis, Bernard Hill, Daniel Day-Lewis, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, Liam Neeson

Music:

Vangelis

Production Designer:

John Graysmark

Editor:

Tony Lawson

Cinematography:

Arthur Ibbetson

Screenwriter:

Robert Bolt

Producer:

Bernard Williams

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Rated as: 5/5 (2 ratings)

  • 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.

    Andy Stevenson Tue Dec 30 2008
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • it was one of the most attractive movie in my life, I saw it when i was 12 years old , and the second time i have seen it was ysterday when i was 34 years old, and still in the same attraction.

    Raya Thu Jan 24 2008
    Rated as: 5/5
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