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The Bounty(1984 film)

The Bountyis a 1984 Britishepichistorical dramafilm directed byRoger Donaldson.It depicts thevoyage and mutiny of HMSBounty,withRobert Bolt's screenplay adapting the 1972 bookCaptain Bligh and Mr. ChristianbyRichard Hough.It starsMel GibsonasFletcher ChristianandAnthony HopkinsasWilliam Bligh,with supporting roles played byLaurence Olivier,Daniel Day-Lewis,Liam Neeson,Bernard HillandEdward Fox.

The Bounty
Theatrical release poster illustrated by Brian Bysouth
Directed byRoger Donaldson
Screenplay byRobert Bolt
Based onCaptain Bligh and Mr. Christian
byRichard Hough
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyArthur Ibbetson
Edited byTony Lawson
Music byVangelis
Production
companies
Dino De Laurentiis Corporation
Bounty Productions Ltd.[1]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 4 May 1984(1984-05-04)(United States)

  • 5 October 1984(1984-10-05)(United Kingdom)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[2]or $25 million[3]
Box office$8.6 million (US/Canada)[4]
$18.3 million (worldwide rentals)[2]

The Bountybegan production in late 1978 under directorDavid Leanas 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 ofdevelopment hellthat ended with the hiring of newcomer director Donaldson. Filming took place primarily on-location in Donaldson's home country ofNew Zealand,French PolynesiaandEngland.

The film was made byDino De Laurentiis Productionsand Bounty Productions Ltd. and distributed byThorn EMI Screen Entertainmentin the UK, andOrion Pictures Corporationinternationally. 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 polarized.The Bountywas entered into the1984 Cannes Film Festival,where it was nominated for thePalme d’Or.

Plot

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The court of inquiry[5]of Commanding LieutenantWilliam Blighfor the loss ofHMSBountyto mutineers begins. Via flashbacks,Bountysets out from Portsmouth, England on 23 December 1787, on an expedition toTahitito gatherbreadfruitpods for transplantation in the Caribbean, Bligh electing to sail the ship west round the tip of South America to use the expedition to fulfill an ambition tocircumnavigatethe globe. After thirty-one days, the attempt to roundCape Hornfails due to harsh weather, and the ship is obliged to take the longer eastern route. Bligh replaces Fryer with his friendFletcher Christianas second-in-command. Seaman James Valentine dies.

Arriving in Tahiti in October 1788, Bligh finds that due to the delays, the wind is against them for a quick return journey and they must stay on the island for four months longer than planned. Many of the weary crew, relieved to land, eventually develop a taste for the pleasures that island life offers, especially the native women; Christian immerses himself in the native culture, learning the language, submitting to Tahiti tattooing, making his relationship with Bligh tense. Three crew members desert the ship, intent on staying on the island. Bligh hunts them down and has them flogged. Huggan dies. When the ship leaves Tahiti, Fletcher is forced to leave his pregnant native lover,Mauatua,behind. The resumption of naval discipline on the return voyage turns Bligh into not willing to tolerate any disobedience whatsoever. He insists that the ship is filthy and orders the crew to clean up several times a day. Bligh subjects the crew to pressure, creating an atmosphere of tension. Many of the men, including Christian, are singled out for tongue-lashings, especially when he suggests to go around Cape Horn again.

Christian considers constructing a raft to escape; playing on his resentment against Bligh's treatment of both him and the men, Ned Young persuades Christian to take the ship by force. After unsuccessfully warning the stubborn Bligh, Christian decides to take the ship and cast Bligh adrift without any killing. Bligh is roused from his bed and taken to the deck, and he is, along with those considered loyal to him, forced into alongboat,minimally supplied, and cast adrift. As Bligh and his crew stop for supplies on the island of Tofua, natives kill quartermaster John Norton. Bligh and his crew agree to try to reach theDutch East Indies.Bligh talks down a heated Purcell, even giving him his share of food and insists that they not eat each other to survive. Bligh and his crew eventually reach Timor.

Christian and the mutineers sail back to Tahiti.King Tynah,however, is concerned that their mutiny could incite British punishment against his people. Realizing the folly of staying, the mutineers gather supplies, and are allowed to collect their girlfriends and native friends and sail away to try to find a safe refuge. Christian pleads with Tynah to allow Mauatua to decide her own destiny. Tynah concedes, and Mauatua chooses the uncertainty of a life with Christian over remaining with her father. Christian tries to get beyond reach of British punishment; the search for a safe haven is long and seemingly impossible, as they realise that any pursuing Royal Navy vessels will search all known islands and coastlines to find them. Some of theBountycrew are so frustrated that they are ready to rebel against Christian to turn the ship back towards Tahiti. After Christian forces the crew to continue on, they findPitcairn Island,a place not marked on British maps of the region. As the crew burn theBountymaking detection and escape virtually impossible, seamanJohn Adamscomments to Christian that they will never get off the island or see England again. The judgment of Bligh'scourt-martialis read byAdmiral Hood:Bligh is exonerated of all blame of the loss of theBounty,and is commended for courage and exemplary seamanship for the open boat voyage. Bligh, moved, sheathes his sword with a slight tremor, thanks Hood and exits the room.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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David Lean

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The film was originally a longstanding project of directorDavid Leanand his frequent collaborator,Robert Bolt.They started working on a script in Bora Bora in October 1977. Lean and Bolt planned to make two films, one namedThe Lawbreakersthat would deal with the voyage out to Tahiti and the subsequent mutiny, and the second namedThe Long Arm,which would be a study of the journey and the mutineers after the mutiny, as well as the admiralty's response in sending out the frigateHMSPandora.[6]

In November 1977, producerDino De Laurentiisannounced he would finance the project and make it after his version of theHurricane.[7]Phil Kellogg was to produce the films.[7]In December of that year, Paramount announced they would finance and distribute.[8]The intention was to shoot the film in Tahiti, where De Laurentiis had built a large facility for shootingHurricane,including a brand-new hotel.[9]

While working on the script, Lean directed a documentary,Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor,about discovering an anchor that belonged to a ship of Captain Cook.

In August 1978, Lean said he expected each film to cost $25 million. "With the high brow critics you're as good as dead if you spend that sort of money on a film", he said. "For that kind of money, the argument runs, anyone should be able to make a good picture. Which is absolute rubbish."[10]Areplica ofThe Bountywas built in New Zealand. A script was finished by November 1978.

Bernard Williams became attached as producer. He says Lean and De Laurentiis assumed both films could be made for $40 million in total, but Williams budgetedThe Lawbreakersalone at $40 million.[6]De Laurentiis decided he could not afford to proceed. "Dino is no longer behind the project", said Kellogg in November, adding "The first script is finished and the second is underway. I expect the pictures to go in about a year by now and we'll make them back to back."[11]

On 12 April 1979, Bolt suffered a massive heart attack, followed by a stroke two days later, with the second script incomplete. In August 1979 Anthony Hopkins announced Lean had asked him to play Bligh.[12]

They looked at making the project as a seven-part TV series. Paramount were interested but decided to pull out after two months feeling the project was too "masculine" and lacked female interest.[6][13]Lean tried to interestSam Spiegelwho persuaded the director to make just the one film. Lean had a go at the script himself.[14]

Lean was ultimately forced to abandon the project after overseeing casting and the construction of theBountyreplica which cost $4 million. In June 1981 the producer was trying to sell the replica.[15]

"It was three years' work wasted", said Lean later. "And the sad part is, it was the best script I've ever had. It was really a cracker it would have made a marvellous film. But after all that work they pulled the rug from under me."[16]

De Laurentiis did not want to lose the millions he had already put into the project—$2 million in development costs plus the cost of the ship—and looked for another director.[17][3]

Roger Donaldson

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Donaldson was an Australian who had forged a career as director in New Zealand withSleeping DogsandSmash Palace.The latter was the first New Zealand film to obtain a distributor in the U.S. Donaldson said he met with de Laurentiis to discuss filming a sequel toConan the Barbarian.Donaldson worked on a new script for that film. "Some time during that period I mentioned that I thought The Bounty sounded like an interesting project", Donaldson said. "Well, when I finished with the Conan script, he didn't really like it so I figured, well, I'm finished with Dino."[18]

The producer then offered himThe Bountydespite not having seen any of the director's films and the fact that his biggest budget to date had been $1 million.[3](De Laurentiis later says he gave Donaldson the job on the basis ofSmash Palace.[19])

"Making the movie was something that, initially, I wasn't sure I wanted to do", said Donaldson. "I thought it might be perceived as some sort of a remake. But I looked at it and decided I'd do it as long as I could do something completely on my own, not a remake at all, but based much more on fact—something to set the record straight."[18]

"I saw it as an intense personal drama about two friends who have a tragic and violent falling out—a drama in which your sympathies change as events change", Donaldson said. "When you leave the movie, I hope that deep down you feel that you've understood a relationship between two men."[18]

Casting

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Anthony Hopkins was one of two actors considered for the role of Captain Bligh by David Lean. The other wasOliver Reed.Hopkins was approached as early as 1978.[6]

In April 1980, when David Lean was still attached,Christopher Reevewas the favorite to play Fletcher Christian. Lean had enjoyedSupermanandKatharine Hepburnhad recommended Reeve to Lean.[20]"It's not a remake", said Reeve. "The other versions were just remakes of the first movie. This is the true story based on the diaries of those actually on the Bounty and from the trial of the mutineers. It's the best screenplay I've ever read and it would be an honor and a privilege to accept the part of Christian."[21]

Reeve stayed on the project through the change in director. However he dropped out at the last minute and was replaced by Mel Gibson.[3]Gibson was looking for a project afterThe Night of the Running Manat MGM was cancelled. "I liked the idea they were going to show Bligh and Christian as the young men they were", said Gibson. "I also liked the idea of playing a role thatErrol Flynnfirst attempted. "[6]

The role ofPeter Heywood(who inspired the character 'Roger Byam' in thenoveland earlier film versions) was originally intended to be played byHugh Grant.

Tevaite Vernette was spotted at Papeete Airport and offered the female lead. She had to be persuaded and only agreed to play the lead once filming began.[3]

Filming

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Filming started 25 April 1983.[22]The final script was completed only the day before filming began.[6]

The exterior of theOld Royal Naval College,London was used during Bligh's court martial.
Opunohu Bay,Mo'orea.

The film was shot on location over 20 weeks inMo'orea,French Polynesia,Port ofGisborne, New Zealandand at theOld Royal Naval Collegeand theReform Club,Pall Mall, London.[23]Many of the shots of the ship were filmed inOpunohu Bay,Moorea, the bay where CaptainJames Cookanchored during 1777. Below-the-deck scenes were shot at Lee Studios outside London.

The replica of theBountyused in the film was built inWhangārei,New Zealand, before the script was even completed at a cost of $4 million; the entire film cost $25 million. Donaldson said the boat "has got to be the most expensive movie prop ever built. It's exact right down to the hand stitching on the sails."[3]

TheBountyused in the film at Sydney Harbour in 1996.

The director says filming on the ship was hard. "It's only 90 feet long and its design is archaic. So it rolled all the time and people were constantly seasick. It wasn't a pleasant experience."[3]

However, unlike many other films filmed on water,The Bountywas finished under budget.[24]

As well as the New Zealand-builtBounty,Lean had also looked at refitting thefrigateRoseto play the role ofPandora.The latter has since gone on to becomeHMSSurpriseinPeter Weir'sMaster and Commander.For the storm sequences a detailed 25-foot model of theBountywas built.

Gibson described the making of the film as difficult because of the long production time and bad weather: "I went mad. They would hold their breath at night when I went off. One night I had a fight in a bar and the next day they had to shoot only one side of my face because the other was so messed up. If you see the film, you can see the swelling in certain scenes." Anthony Hopkins, who had battled withalcoholismuntil becomingabstinentin 1975, was worried about Gibson's heavy drinking, saying, "Mel is a wonderful, wonderful fellow with a marvellous future. He's already something of a superstar, but he's in danger of blowing it unless he takes hold of himself." Gibson, who likewise self-identified as an alcoholic, agreed with this concern, and added his admiration for the Welsh actor: "He was terrific. He was good to work with because he was open and he was willing to give. He's a moral man, and you could see this. I think we had the same attitudes."[25]

Donaldson said Hopkins "became Bligh" during filming. "So much so that you didn't want to sit with him at breakfast."[3]

Donaldson admits he and Hopkins clashed during filming. "I'm a bit of a hard task-master", admitted Donaldson later. "I won't give up until I really think we've wrung everything we can out of every scene... It was 90 degrees in Tahiti and the humidity was 100%, and Tony was wearing this wool-serge uniform, done up to the neck. That was demanding, just physically."[26]

Music

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Thescorewas composed byVangelis.The soundtrack has never been officially released, but a two-CD limited edition bootleg was released by One World Music (OWM-95034) in 1995.[27][28]The score for the tracks "Opening Titles" and "Closing Titles" were remade for the compilation albumThemesreleased in 1989 byPolydor Records.[29]

Release

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The Bountywas screened out of competition as the closing film at the1984 Cannes Film Festivalon 23 May.[30][31]It was released in the United States byOrion Pictureson 4 May 1984 and in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1984 byThorn EMI Screen Entertainment.[32] Upon theatrical release in the U.K., the film received a 15 certificate rating.[33]

Home media

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The Bountywas released in the U.S. in 1984 and again in 1994 on theLaserDiscformat.[34][35] The film was released as a special-editionDVDin the United Kingdom in March 2002 by Sanctuary with five extra features, including separateaudio commentaries,first by the director Roger Donaldson, producer Bernie Williams and production designer John Graysmark and solo commentary by maritime historian Stephen Walters, a fifty-two-minute 'making of' documentary narrated byEdward Fox,The Bounty on Film discussing the various Bounty films, original theatrical trailer and booklet.[36]In the United StatesTwilight Timereleased a limited-editionBlu-rayon 10 March 2015 with little in terms of bonus material; however, it features an isolated score track by Vangelis.[37]A special-edition DVD and Blu-ray with the same special features as the 2002 issue was released in Australia by Via Vision Entertainment on 5 December 2018.[38][39] On 2 January 2019 a Blu-ray was issued in the U.S. and Canada byKino LorberStudio Classic with the commentary tracks, Original theatrical trailer and image gallery.[40]Australian label Imprint released a 2-disc Blu-ray box set on 28 June 2023, with a new 4K scan of the negative. Some of the special features included are a new 90-minutefeaturetteof cast and crew interviews, new interview with director Roger Donaldson, new featurette of the score by Vangelis and two archive documentaries titled 'A Fated Ship' surrounding the construction of "The Bounty" replica and 'In Bligh's Wake' charting the voyage of the replica from New Zealand.[41]

Historical accuracy

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The film is generally regarded as more revisionist as well as a more historically accurate depiction of the mutiny than earlier film versions.[42]According to director Donaldson,

"The major difference between our film and the other versions is that none of the others pointed out that Bligh and Christian were friends. They'd made voyages together before they sailed on theBounty.And while they were on theBounty,Bligh demoted another officer and promoted Christian, who was at that stage nothing but a midshipman, and made him second in command. What interested me was to explore how their relationship deteriorated from that point to where Christian leads a mutiny against Bligh. "[24]

Unlike earlier versions, the film did not portray Bligh as a villain. According to Gibson, "It was a kind of fresh look at Captain Bligh, and I think of all the renditions of who Bligh was, his was probably the closest. His Bligh was stubborn and didn't suffer fools, but he was brilliant and just had a lot of bad luck."[43]Bligh is portrayed as a man who is hot-tempered and foul-mouthed, but only scolds when necessary and is relatively sparing in his punishments, even clearly disliking the order to have his men flogged. On the one hand, he takes his sense of discipline and command too far when scolding Christian about the ship being filthy, exceeding the limits of the ship's company, but after the mutiny, develops into a better man, as he ultimately successfully guides his loyalists and their open launch to safety.The Bountyalso paints a far less heroic portrait of Christian. In Gibson's description, "Fletcher was just a lad of twenty-two and he behaved like one. The first time he decided to test his horns and fight for the herd, it was a mistake. He shouldn't have done it." Gibson later expressed the opinion that the film did not go far enough in correcting the historical record.

"I think the main problem with that film was that it tried to be a fresh look at the dynamic of the mutiny situation, but didn't go far enough. In the old version, Captain Bligh was the bad guy and Fletcher Christian was the good guy. But really Fletcher Christian was a social climber and an opportunist. They should have made him the bad guy, which indeed he was. He ended up setting all these people adrift to die, without any real justification. Maybe he'd gone island crazy. They should have painted it that way. But they wanted to exonerate Captain Bligh while still having the dynamic where the guy was mutinying for the good of the crew. It didn't quite work."[43]

The film also portrays the sailors exploiting the islanders. Unlike earlier film versions, the native women are shown (accurately) totally bare-breasted. Gibson said, "It was a complete culture shock and it was unbelievable to them. It was paradise in terms of personal freedoms—freedoms that shouldn't have been taken advantage of. They exploited the people, fooled them and didn't tell them the whole truth".[44]Gibson chose to suddenly erupt in violent emotion during the mutiny scene because eyewitness accounts had described Christian as 'extremely agitated' and 'sweating and crying'.[45]

Reception

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Box office

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The Bountygrossed $8.6 million in the United States and Canada. In the U.S. and Canada the film grossed $2,622,306 in its opening weekend in 986 theatres.[4][2] It earnedtheatrical rentalsworldwide of $18.3 million, against a production budget of $20 million.

Critical response

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The film was generally well received by critics, with general praise for the film's realism and historical accuracy as well as Hopkins' performance. On theaggregatesiteRotten Tomatoesit has received a 74% rating from 19 critical reviews with an average rating of 6.28/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Thanks in large part to its cast, and Anthony Hopkins in particular,The Bounty'sretelling of the mutiny on HMS Bounty is an intelligent, engaging adventure saga. "[46]Roger Ebertgave the film four stars out of four, stating, "thisBountyis not only a wonderful movie, high-spirited and intelligent, but something of a production triumph as well. "[47]

However, others were disappointed with the film, especially given its distinguished cast. Many critics singled out Gibson's performance as bland, particularly when compared to the performances given byClark GableandMarlon Brandoin two earlier adaptations.Vincent CanbyofThe New York Timesstated, "Both Bligh and Christian are unfinished characters in a screenplay that may or may not have been tampered with... The movie seems to have been planned, written, acted, shot and edited by people who were constantly being over-ruled by other people. It's totally lifeless.[48]The film was entered into the1984 Cannes Film Festival.[49]

Colin GreenlandreviewedThe BountyforImaginemagazine, and stated that "By concentrating on the deadlock of the characters and the inevitable explosion, director Roger Donaldson has left many things unexamined: the Tahitians are not allowed to be much more than stereotype happy savages, for example. But his film is a powerful vision of the hell – and the wild beauty – of the high seas."[50]

Anthony Hopkins later said "It was such a sad mess of a film, such a botched job. Yet I'd put so much time and effort into the role. So right then and there I decided: Never again. I will no longer invest so much effort in something over which I have no control. It's too frustrating. That film was a sort of turning point for me. For years I'd been trying to cultivate a don't-give-a-damn attitude. After watching 'The Bounty' I knew I had it."[51]He and Donaldson later worked together onThe World's Fastest Indian.

Alex von Tunzelmann ofThe Guardiangave the film a grade of C, saying: "The Bountyhas an incredible cast and a fabulously well-put-together production, and pays impressive attention to historical accuracy – more than any of the previous cinematic recreations. With all this going for it, it's a pity that the drama falls flat. "[52]

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