The Bounty Poster

The Bounty (1984)

PG 05/04/1984 Action, Drama, History 2h 12m
67%
User
Score
7.1/10
74%
62/100

After 200 years, the truth behind the legend.

Overview

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

Roger Donaldson

Director

Robert Bolt

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Fletcher Christian

Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins

Lieutenant William Bligh

Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis

John Fryer

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

William Cole

Phil Davis

Phil Davis

Edward Young

Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson

Charles Churchill

Wi Kuki Kaa

Wi Kuki Kaa

King Tynah

Tevaite Vernette

Tevaite Vernette

Mauatua

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Admiral Hood

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Media

Larry Karaszewski on THE BOUNTY

Larry Karaszewski on THE BOUNTY

The Bounty ≣ 1984 ≣ Trailer

The Bounty ≣ 1984 ≣ Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on November 5, 2023

When you already have a definitive version of a story on film (1935) it's always tough to remake it successfully. To be fair to Roger Donaldson, he has managed to come pretty close - and do far better than the 1962 iteration - with this well cast telling of a story of mutiny and brutality. It's told by way of a retrospective as Lord Hood (Lord Olivier) conducts an investigation into what happened aboard the ill-fated ship. Anthony Hopkins is the disciplinarian Lt. Bligh in charge of the glorified freighter "HMS Bounty" which is charged with heading to Tahiti to secure breadfruit trees that can be used to feed the slaves by the colonies in the West Indies. His second-in-command is the no-nonsense but eminently more fair Fletcher Christian (a competent effort from Mel Gibson) and as our jour...

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