The Bounty
by Roger Donaldson
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Actor: Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier, Mel GibsonDirector: Roger Donaldson
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Arthur Ibbetson
Editor: Tony Lawson
Producer: Bernard Williams
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Writer: Richard Hough
Writer: Robert Bolt
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-11-21
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Movie Review: Ahoy there, maties!
Summary: 4 Stars
You can't go wrong with a movie featuring a cast with the likes of Anthony Hopkins, Sir Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson, Liam Neeson, and Daniel Day-Lewis--especially when that cast is involved in a remake of the most famous (infamous?) mutiny of all time. Accordingly, THE BOUNTY is a magnificent film, not only because of the acting, but also due to magnificent visuals depicting tropical beauty to harsh brutality on the open sea.
Hopkins is a sensational actor; his portrayal of Captain Bligh--a gruff, by-the-book officer bent on accomplishing his mission and voyage--is compelling and memorable. He doesn't come across as a cold-blooded, raving, maniacal sadist, but as a hard man who exercises bad judgment, yet shows he, too, has feet of clay. In fact, Hopkins's Bligh demonstrates considerable humanity for his men who are adrift with him on the Bounty's launch boat following the mutiny--a launch that will miraculously navigate thousands of miles on the open ocean.
And Gibson puts his own spin on young Fletcher Christian, the most famous mutineer in all of literature. Gibson brings the torment the ship's mate is experiencing to the forefront, but often does it in Gibsonesque, over-the-top style. Neeson, Day-Lewis, and Olivier are all solid in their supporting roles. At two-plus hours, THE BOUNTY only drags (some) when the ship arrives in Tahiti, and the film goes into an inexplicable precipitous lull. But the eye candy at that point more than compensates for this temporary plot breach.
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
Summary of The Bounty
Oscar?(r) winners* Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson lead a stellar cast that includes Sir Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis and Liam Neeson in this action-packed adventure bursting with sensational battles, raging storms, and an intensity as powerful as the mighty sea itself! Bristling with commanding performances, blazing dialogue and "superb action scenes" (Los Angeles Times), this "spectacular movie" (New York) is "everything a high-adventure fan could want" (Variety)! Hopkins delivers "a brilliant portrayal" (Boxoffice) as William Bligh, a real-life sea captain who, in 1787, steered The Bounty on a 27,000-mile voyage into danger, chaos and madness. After 31 days of battling severe sea squalls and Bligh's ever-increasing cruelty, the weary crew is relieved to finally land on a remote island. But soon their tyrannical captain wants tosail again, and the desperate men turn to first mate Fletcher Christian (Gibson) to help them take the ship by force or die trying. *Hopkins: Actor, The Silence of the Lambs (1991); Gibson: Director, Producer, Braveheart (1995)Director Roger Donaldson (Thirteen Days) has breathed vibrant new life into the classic story of the mutiny on the Bounty. With a dream cast--Mel Gibson, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Laurence Olivier, Liam Neeson, and Daniel Day-Lewis--and a script by Robert Bolt (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), The Bounty takes a revisionist tack through the well-charted waters of an oft-told tale. Hopkins's Captain Bligh is no raving sadist in the Charles Laughton mode. (Laughton played Bligh in the first Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935.) Instead, Sir Anthony plays Bligh as a hard-nosed imperialist explorer simply trying to get the job done in the time-honored manner: on the backs of the poor gobs under his command. Still, when Bligh's suppressed powder keg of rage finally blows, Hopkins is formidable indeed. Mel Gibson gives one of the most soulful performances of his career as mutiny leader Fletcher Christian. He's also at the height of his blue-eyed, buff good looks, and his romance with Tahitian maiden Mauatua (lovely Tevaite Vernette) is decidedly erotic. Liam Neeson is a veritable force of nature as the scrappy seaman Charles Churchill, and Daniel Day-Lewis is sublimely hateful as Master John Fryer, a pompous toady. With special effects to rival those of The Perfect Storm, the alluring eye candy of a tall-masted schooner under full sail, lush tropical greenery, and bevies of bodacious South Sea Islands babes, plus a gripping story line, The Bounty deserves a rescue from undeserved obscurity. --Laura Mirsky
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