The bounty. How have I never heard of this movie?

It's pretty underrated imo.

All I remember are the native women being topless.

Now go watch the Brando version.

The story is one of the most famous ever adapted to the screen.

Probably b/c it is incredibly boring

It does accurately present Christian & Bligh as being friends before the voyage, which neither the Gable or Brando versions do.

It also gives time to the most extraordinary aspect of the story -- Bligh's navigation of the open boat - which the Brando totally ignores

The Gable is a well done adventure w/entertaining chewing of scenery from Charles Laughton.

The Brando version has great color photography & an interesting music score. But it's very slow... Brando claimed he wanted it to be truthful, but it is just as inaccurate as the Gable (if not more so). Brando's last scene is especially untrue (& ridiculous).

There was yet another version, made on a microbudget in Australia a few years before the Gable & starring a very young Errol Flynn as Christian. This one is only for Flynn completists.

For years I've hoped someone would make a Bounty miniseries & tell the true story. But I guess that will never happen.

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one of the most astounding navigational exploits of all time

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Shackleton's desperate survival attempt after The Endurance got stuck in ice...The crew escaped by rowboats to reach Elephant Island and ultimately the South Atlantic island of South Georgia, enduring a stormy ocean voyage of 720 nautical miles (1,330 km; 830 mi) in Shackleton's most famous exploit.

The book that started it all back in 1932



Hall's son, born in Tahiti, would win an Oscar for photographing Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

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Shakleton…to reach Elephant Island…

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And, then they had to TREK scores of miles over mountains with glaciers, snow, and ice to reach the humans at the whaling station on the other side of the island.

The Endurance and the Open Boat (Bligh) are undoubtedly the most amazing sea stories one will ever read.

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And, then they had to TREK scores of miles over mountains with glaciers, snow, and ice to reach the humans at the whaling station on the other side of the island.

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When they reached the precipice…



…they took off their jackets and “sledded” or more accurately fell down the other side…at night. Not wanting to waste a minute as they knew every minute counted for their brothers-in-arms. It took Shackleton and his men approximately 36 hours to make the first known land crossing of Elephant Island.

I went on a Mutiny on the Bounty obsessive kick a couple of years ago.

Gibson's is a nice take, the nudity actually adds to the authenticity instead of coming across as tacked on lagniappe for the male viewers. The soundtrack dates it a bit as an 80's movie.

Brando's choice to play Christian as a fop never ceases to amaze me (and piss me off). Some critics saw it as Brando not taking the role seriously or intentionally trying to make a point. Either way it hurt his career.

Laughton and Gable's is the standard for me. Almost on the level of Flynn being the only Robin Hood. Laughton going almost instantly from the light comedy "Ruggles of Redgap" to Mutiny in the same year is pretty astounding. Don't know of an actor with a bigger range.

In a previous thread one poster talked about actually going to the Pitcairn Islands. I'm no world traveler but that would be a hell of an interesting trip.