This colorful remake of the 1935 version again concerns the crew and treatment of the HMS Bounty by a cold hearted sadistic captain. Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) boards the ship in Portsmouth, England, to embark on a mission to bring tropical breadfruit trees to Jamaica. Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) is the aristocratic second mate who welcomes the new captain aboard. Christian's view of the... read more
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TV (RECORDED TO DVR) / REWATCH
Date watched: 18th February, 2013
Project: Classics
Why?: Marlon Brando and Richard Harris. Gordon Jackson is in this one too.
Director: Carol Reed and Lewis Milestone
Thoughts: Although I'd seen this before I had forgotten it really. This time around I liked it but also I didn't like it. That doesn't make sense huh? Glad to have seen it for all the various actors acting but not a film I would particularly choose to watch again.
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" Watched February 24th -TCM -
1st Viewing
"I'm not leaving you Mr. Christian, not ever, go to the dirtiest little corner of the world and I'll be there right behind you with a rope in my hand." - Captain Bligh
The 1962 version of Mutiny On The Bounty is bigger, longer and more extravagant than the original, but bigger doesn't always equal better - the main difference in the movies was the character of Fletcher Christian- Brando's version was more introspective than Gable's, and there was a s"
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“This colorful remake of the 1935 version again concerns the crew and treatment of the HMS Bounty by a cold hearted sadistic captain. Captain Bligh (Trevor Howard) boards the ship in Portsmouth, England, to embark on a mission to bring tropical breadfruit trees to Jamaica. Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) is the aristocratic second mate who welcomes the new captain aboard. Christian's view of the captain sours with the cruel treatment of the crew and the dangerous decision to round Cape Horn. The Bounty sails into the teeth of a ferocious winter storm which is another in a long line of indignities suffered on the journey. John Mills (Richard Harris) is punished for stealing cheese. A sailor is ordered to stay aloft in the crow's nest, nearly resulting in death. The crew finds temporary pa” read more
"Even before they set sail on a grueling two-year voyage to Tahiti, legendary tyrant Captain Bligh has already given one of his men a sound flogging. And he wasn’t remotely concerned that the bloke was already dead.
Barking orders, cutting rations and ordering punishments (“I’ll give you water. Mr. Morrison, keel-haul this man”), Bligh’s an ultra-disciplinarian with a heart carved out of hardwood.
Prime Act Of Bastardy: Not content with thrashing five starving sailors to within an inc"