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The Bounty( 1984)

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After 200 years, the truth behind the legend.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Mel Gibson

      Fletcher Christian

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      Anthony Hopkins

      Lieutenant William Bligh

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      Daniel Day-Lewis

      John Fryer

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      Bernard Hill

      William Cole

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      Phil Davis

      Edward Young

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      Liam Neeson

      Charles Churchill

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      Wi Kuki Kaa

      King Tynah

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      Tevaite Vernette

      Mauatua

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      Laurence Olivier

      Admiral Hood

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      Edward Fox

      Captain Greetham

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      Philip Martin Brown

      John Adams

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      Simon Chandler

      David Nelson

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      Malcolm Terris

      Dr. John Huggan

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      Simon Adams

      Thomas Heywood

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      John Sessions

      John Smith

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      Andrew Wilde

      William McCoy

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      Neil Morrissey

      Matthew Quintal

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      Richard Graham

      John Mills

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      Dexter Fletcher

      Thomas Ellison

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      Pete Lee-Wilson

      William Purcell

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      Jon Gadsby

      John Norton

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      Brendan Conroy

      Robert Lamb

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      Barry Dransfield

      Blind Fiddler, Michael Byrne

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      Steve Fletcher

      James Valentine

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      Jack May

      Prosecuting Captain

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      Mary Kauila

      King Tynah's Wife

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      Sharon Bower

      Bligh's Wife

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      Tavana

      King Tynah's Councillor

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Nov 05 2023
    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 aboard the ill-fated ship. Anthony Hopkins is the disciplinarian Lt. Bligh in charge of the glorified freighter "HMS Bounty" which is charged with heading to Tahiti to secure breadfruit trees that can ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    25000000.00

    Revenue

    8613462.00

    Keywords

    • sea
    • ship
    • exotic island
    • mutiny
    • lake
    • pregnancy
    • sailing
    • based on true story
    • tahiti
    • murder
    • great barrier reef
    • sailor
    • native peoples
    • 18th century
    • storm at sea
    • whipping
    • british sailor
    • fiji
    • mutiny on the bounty