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Overview

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7.1/10   3,949 votes
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Director:
Lewis Milestone
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Writers:
Charles Lederer (screenplay)
Charles Nordhoff (novel) ...
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Release Date:
8 November 1962 (USA) more
Tagline:
The mightiest excitement that ever swept across the sea or the screen! more
Plot:
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Brando Resort To Feature 30 Bungalows
 (From WENN. 22 April 2005)

Architect Stakes Claim on Brando Island
 (From WENN. 29 September 2004)

User Comments:
Marlon Brando's best performance ever more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
178 min | UK:185 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.76 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo (35mm release) (some prints) | Stereo (DVD Release) | Mono (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Finland:K-14 (uncut) (1993) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1962) | Norway:12 (video rating) | Norway:16 | Iceland:12 | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:15 (TV rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #19794) | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2006) | Finland:K-11 (uncut) (2007) | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Marlon Brando refused to really hit Richard Harris in a scene which was subsequently edited from the film. At one point Harris whispered, "Shall we dance?", and later he startled Brando by kissing him on the lips. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The actual mutiny did not happen in the manner portrayed in the film. Christian and the other mutineers actually took the ship in the early hours of the morning, while Bligh and almost everyone else was asleep. more
Quotes:
John Mills: There's no chance for people like us to go back to England, give Bligh a bad name and walk free men ourselves. And anyone who thinks otherwise hasn't got the sense that God gave geese. more
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Referenced in Perl oder Pica (2006) more
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19 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
Marlon Brando's best performance ever, 12 April 2004
Author: Christopher Peznola from Boston

I first watched this film because I really liked the Mel Gibson / Anthony Hopkins version of the film (Bounty). I expected this to be a less sophisticated, dated early 60's remake of the 1930s classic.

I was blown away! Brando absolutely nailed the pretentious, self styled

aristocrat Fletcher Christian with such accuracy, I found myself thinking that he may have grown up with a Duke and Duchess as his parents and a castle in

Edinborough. There are several scenes where Brando's performance would

have to be recorded as one of Hollywood's most important moments at the

Smithsonian (if there was such a thing). The supporting cast is excellent and the period imagery they evoke, with limited special effects, but spectacular

location filming, makes this a HUGE classic and extremely entertaining.

Unlike a lot of recent great films, this Hollywood classic does its magic while staying within the family film guidelines, while not feeling like a "Mickey the Rat" formulaic piece of garbage. Spectacular technicolor scenes of Tahiti (before even tourists went there), combine with great wardrobe, and accurate local

customs and ceremonies, to create a very, very entertaining film.

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