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Features: Special Edition, DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, English, French, Spanish
This grandiose, self-important, often ludicrous remake manages to be thoroughly entertaining almost in spite of itself. Lush tropical locations help as does Brando's campy, bemused performance. Howard plays the sadistic Capt. Bligh with tremendous relish. The two stars reportedly disliked each other, leading to on-set confrontations that rivaled those aboard the Bounty.System Requirements:Run Time: 179 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE
Editor's Note
Lewis Milestone replaced Carol Reed as director on this third version of Nordhoff and Hall's classic true account of naval rebellion. The film stars Marlon Brando as the spirited Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard as the tyrannical Captain Bligh. Their ship, the Bounty, leaves Portsmouth in 1787, on a mission to gather breadfruit in Tahiti. As the journey progresses, however, the Captain reveals a penchant for ruthlessness that turns his entire crew against him. After they leave the paradisical Tahiti, it's only a matter of time before the situation explodes.
Plot Summary
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, based on Nordhoff and Hall's factual narrative of the infamous mutiny in 1789, stars Marlon Brando as First Mate Fletcher Christian. Sailing from Portsmouth in 1787, under the tyrannical rule of Captain William Bligh (Trevor Howard), the H.M.S. Bounty begins an ill-timed voyage around Cape Horn in search of the South Pacific plant, the breadfruit. As the months wear on, Bligh's backbreaking discipline, including flogging and keelhauling as punishment for minor offenses, starts to create a powerful sense of ill-will among the crew. Eventually even Christian's aristocratic foppery begins to fade as he sympathizes with the crew's suffering. Despite the brutal winter storms that threaten to tear the ship apart, the Bounty and its battered crew manage to reach Tahiti, where they enjoy the warm sun and friendly native women while waiting for the plants to be harvested. When Bligh orders the ship home, and cuts off the crew's water ration to save the plants, Christian rebels and leads the men in a mutiny, with tragic results.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Widescreen - 2.39 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English | | Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - French | | Subtitles - English, French, Spanish | | Additional Release Material:
| Bonus Footage | | Trailers: Marlon Brando Movies Trailer Gallery | | Featurette:
| 1. "After the Cameras Stopped Rolling: The Journey of the Bounty" | | 2. "Story of the HMS Bounty" | | 3. "Voyage of the Bounty to St. Petersburg" | | 4. "Tour of the Bounty" | | 5. "1964 New York World's Fair Promo" |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/7/2006 |
| Running Time: 185 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1962 | | Catalog ID: 79197 | | UPC: 00012569791978 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"[T]his lush technicolor epic is no washout." -- Grade: B 11/17/2006 p.106 |
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