The Bounty (1984)
- Directed by
- Roger Donaldson
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, historical film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 649 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British naval captain and his first mate clash during a long voyage in the South Pacific. The conflict leads to a mutiny on the ship.
epictensehistoricaldramaticatmosphericseriousharrowingvisceral
What happens
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. The Bounty began pre-production in late 1978 under director David Lean as a long-time passion project, but multiple complications, including a prohibitively high budget and screenwriter Robert Bolt suffering from a heart attack, led to a period of development hell that ended with the hiring of newcomer director Donaldson. Filming took place primarily on location in Donaldson's home country of New Zealand, French Polynesia, and England. Vangelis composed the film's score. The film was made by Dino De Laurentiis Productions and Bounty Productions Ltd. and distributed by Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment in the UK, and Orion Pictures Corporation internationally. It premiered on 4 May 1984 and received generally positive reviews, with praise for Hopkins' portrayal of Bligh, and was noted by critics and historians as being a more historically accurate depiction of the mutiny than previous depictions, though reactions to Gibson's performance were more polarised. The Bounty was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d’Or. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Another Country (1984)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.