Bounty, The (1984)    Running time: 2:10    MPAA rating: PG (Edit)
		All Movie Guide
Date DVD Released	11/21/2000	Internet Movie Database
Genre(s)	Action, Drama
Studio	MGM
Director	Roger Donaldson
Cast	Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson
Synopsis
This fourth film dramatization of the 1789 mutiny aboard the H.M.S. Bounty is based not on the familiar Nordhoff and Hall book, but on Richard Hough's novel Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian. This time, the infamous Captain Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) is as strict a disciplinarian as ever. He is, however, no monster; faced with his crew's increasing laxity after an idyllic visit to Tahiti (the search for breadfruit takes second place to limitless sex with the island girls), Bligh is forced to resort to flogging and other such means to keep his men in line. Mr. Christian (Mel Gibson), formerly Bligh's friend, is of little use to the captain, having fallen in love with a native girl himself. Christian becomes the leader of the mutiny virtually in spite of himself; and when the mutineers try to seek refuge on Tahiti, they find that the local chief wants no part of them, which is why they settle for the nearly uninhabitable Pitcairn. The Bounty is an evenly balanced re-telling of this familiar story, which is historically sound but dramatically unsatisfying. Without a true villain, the film becomes a series of anecdotes rather than a tightly knit story. As for the casting, Anthony Hopkins is a fine Bligh, but Mel Gibson is a surprisingly lightweight Christian -- Hal Erickson (All Movie Guide)
Notes/Features
Widescreen - Original Theatrical Trailer
Date Acquired	01/13/2001
Place Purchased	Fry's Electronics
Loan Date
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