Hornblower: Retribution (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Andrew Grieve

Writers:

C.S. Forester (stories)
Ben Rostul (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | War

Plot:

Hornblower and the other officers of the Renown must return to Jamaica to face a court-martial and possible execution for their actions in relieving their unstable captain.

Plot Keywords:

Court Martial | Paranoia | Mutiny | Ineptitude | Gallows

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ioan Gruffudd	...	3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower
David Warner	...	Capt. James Sawyer (HMS Renown)
Robert Lindsay	...	Cmmdre. Sir Edward Pellew
Nicholas Jones	...	1st Lt. Buckland
Paul McGann	...	2nd Lt. Bush
Jamie Bamber	...	4th Lt. Archie Kennedy
Terence Corrigan	...	Midshipman Wellard
Philip Glenister	...	Gunner Hobbs
David Rintoul	...	Dr. Clive, Ship's Surgeon
Sean Gilder	...	Styles, Boatswain's Mate
Paul Copley	...	Matthews, Boatswain
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Brightwell	...	Marine Sgt. Whiting
Katia Caballero	...	Senora Ortega, Col. Ortega's Wife
John Castle	...	Capt. Collins, Member of Court
Richard Clews	...	Clerk
Antonio Gil	...	Col. Francisco Manuel Ortega, Spanish Commander of Fort (as Antonio Gil-Martinez)
Gilly Gilchrist	...	Seaman Randall
Ian McElhinney	...	Capt. Hammond, Member of Court
Hugh Quarshie	...	Francois Le Fanu, Rebel Leader

Also Known As:

Horatio Hornblower: Retribution (USA)

Runtime:

Argentina:98 min | Israel:96 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Meridian Broadcasting

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Spanish prisoners break into the captains cabin, Captain Sawyer and Midshipman Wellard are standing behind the table, with Wellard to the Captains left. After they are shot, the scene showing them laying on the deck, now has Wellard to the Captains right.

Quotes:

4th Lt. Archie Kennedy: I remember when you used to be scared of heights, Mr. Hornblower.
3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower: [Looking at the height he must descend from] Nothing's changed, Mr. Kennedy.
2nd Lt. Bush: They say one must always do what one dislikes.
3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower: [Nervously] Oh, yes?
2nd Lt. Bush: When I was a boy, I had to eat turnips.
3rd Lt. Horatio Hornblower: Eat them now, do you?
2nd Lt. Bush: [after Hornblower begins his descent] Never touch 'em.
[Smiles]

Movie Connections:

Follows Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999) (TV)

The best till now

The 'Mutiny' and 'Retribution' parts of the Hornblower series are the best till now. Even when the books do not develop characters much, and the previous parts give some lines, it is in these two parts that the series comes to an height. Good acting and beautiful photography, and a good story; it all makes this series worth watching, and especially these parts. Themes like good leadership, loyalty, honour, friendship are in potential not very easy to be communicated in these times, but in this case it is done in the right and proper way... never overdone, never unbalanced. In short, a good cast, nice story, good photography, good plot, very good acting: *****