Mutiny on the Bounty [Blu-ray]

Director: Lewis Milestone, Carol Reed

Overview

This remake of Mutiny on the Bounty became a money pit for one reason only: Its star, Marlon Brando. At first resistant to the notion of playing Fletcher Christian, the first mate who engineering the mutiny of the HMS Bounty in 1788, Brando was promised a multitude of perks by its producers-promises that were never intended to be kept. Likewise misled was the original director, Carol Reed, who was able to walk off the production. Lewis Milestone inherited the directorial reins, doing the best he could under impossible conditions. In contrast to the clearly defined heroes and villains of the 1935 version of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), we are offered a Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) who seems more grouchy than tyrannical, and a foppish Fletcher Christian who is just this side of a female impersonation. Some of the "improvements" made on the original Chris Nordhoff-James Norton Hall novel are laughable, notably Bligh's command that Christian have sex with one of the native girls so as to appease the Tahitian chief and thus expedite the shipment of breadfruit. Running-or walking-179 minutes, Mutiny on the Bounty contains some breathtaking photography and gorgeous scenery, as well as a soaring musical score by Bronislau Kaper, but on the whole is but a shadow of the Oscar-winning 1935 classic.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/08/2011
UPC:	0883929189724
Original Release:	1962
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	3:05:00
Sales rank:	15,382

Special Features

Alternate Prologue and Epilogue Sequences not seen theatrically; 2006 Featurette After the Cameras Stopped Rolling: The Journey of the Bounty ; ; 4 Vintage Featurettes: The Story of H.M.S. Bounty; The Bounty's Voyage to St. Petersburg; The Bounty: Star Attraction at the New York World's Fair; H.M.S. Bounty Sails Again! Millions cheer famous ship on exciting voyage; ; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Marlon Brando	Fletcher Christian
Trevor Howard	Captain Bligh
Richard Harris	John Mills
Tarita	Maimiti
Hugh Griffith	Alexander Smith
Tim Seely	Edward Young
Percy Herbert	Matthew Quintal
Gordon Jackson	Edward Birkett
Noel Purcell	William McCoy
Duncan Lamont	John Williams
Chips Rafferty	Michael Byrne
Ashley Cowan	Samuel Mack
Eddie Byrne	John Fryer
Keith McConnell	James Morrison
Frank Silvera	Minarii
Ben Wright	Graves
Henry Daniell	Court Martial Judge
Torin Thatcher	Staines
Matahiarii Tama	Chief Hitihiti
Yvon Arai	Tahitian Native
Bronislau Kaper	Composer
Richard Haydn	William Brown

Technical Credits

Charles Lederer

Charles Nordhoff

Eric Ambler

James Norman Hall

Borden Chase

William Driscoll

John Gay

Ben Hecht

Charles Lederer	Screenwriter
Aaron Rosenberg	Producer
A. Arnold Gillespie	Special Effects
Robert R. Hoag	Special Effects
Lee LeBlanc	Special Effects
Milo Lory	Sound Effects
Charles Nordhoff	Screenwriter
Eric Ambler	Screenwriter
James Norman Hall	Screenwriter
Borden Chase	Screenwriter
Franklin Milton	Sound Effects
Van Allen James	Sound Effects
William Driscoll	Screenwriter
John Gay	Screenwriter
Ben Hecht	Screenwriter