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Title: The Bounty (1984)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mel Gibson | ... | Fletcher Christian | |
| Anthony Hopkins | ... | Lt William Bligh | |
| Laurence Olivier | ... | Admiral Hood | |
| Edward Fox | ... | Captain Greetham | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | ... | Fryer | |
| Bernard Hill | ... | Cole | |
| Phil Davis | ... | Young (as Philip Davis) | |
| Liam Neeson | ... | Churchill | |
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Wi Kuki Kaa | ... | King Tynah |
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Tevaite Vernette | ... | Mauatua |
| Philip Martin Brown | ... | Adams | |
| Simon Chandler | ... | Nelson | |
| Malcolm Terris | ... | Doctor Huggan | |
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Simon Adams | ... | Heywood |
| John Sessions | ... | Smith | |
The story of Lieutenant Bligh (Sir Anthony Hopkins), whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. Follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian (Mel Gibson) 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. Written by Reid Gagle
No cast can beat the one in the Bounty. Just look at the list, Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, Bernard Hill, Daniel Day Lewis, Liam Neeson, Laurence Oliver and even a young Neil Morrissey who puts in a good performance. I have seen three versions of The Bounty, the one with Clark Gable, the one with Brando and this and this version directed by Roger Donaldson is by far my favourite because it is so much more darker than the others. For one we have Anthony Hopkins as a caring but ruthless Captain Bligh who is hell bent on his ship sailing around Cape Town or something like that and the shipmen believe that doing it once was bad enough but doing it twice is suicide and that is where the film really kicks off but there are moments of tension between Bligh and Fletcher played by Mel Gibson and that's what makes this film all the more special than its predecessors.
If this film was made today with the same cast then it would not have had the same effect because it would have tried to win over it's audience with it's cast but the likes of Day Lewis, Liam Neeson and Mel Gibson were still unknowns in most countries and it was like an older version of the rat pack as they were the fresh faces coming up in the movies in 80's Hollywood especially for Gibson who just made action in the 80's apart from The Bounty and Gallipoli. What makes this movie all the more better was it's haunting soundtrack by Vangelis. Every scene in the film which contains a piece from the soundtrack is just spine tingling and the scene where Fletcher takes over the ship and the men are gathering together to mutiny is just fantastic.
It's not the best film ever but it feels like it when you watch it but then you take it in and you think of some of the scenes they could have included. A few more scenes between Bligh and Fletcher wouldn't have gone a miss and a bit more on Laurence Oliver's character but what we did see of him was more than enough and I shouldn't complain.