Nel 1787, la H.M.S. Bounty salpa dall'Inghilterra con destinazione Tahiti. L'equipaggio è comandato dal comandante Bligh, un uomo estremamente violento e crudele. Arrivati a Tahiti il primo ... Leggi tuttoNel 1787, la H.M.S. Bounty salpa dall'Inghilterra con destinazione Tahiti. L'equipaggio è comandato dal comandante Bligh, un uomo estremamente violento e crudele. Arrivati a Tahiti il primo ufficiale si innamora di una graziosa indigena.Nel 1787, la H.M.S. Bounty salpa dall'Inghilterra con destinazione Tahiti. L'equipaggio è comandato dal comandante Bligh, un uomo estremamente violento e crudele. Arrivati a Tahiti il primo ufficiale si innamora di una graziosa indigena.
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- QuizThe ship built for the film sank in the Atlantic Ocean after taking on water on October 29, 2012 during Hurricane Sandy off of the East Coast of the United States. It was last seen with only the masts standing above the water. Two of the crew died: the Captain, Robin Walbridge, and Claudene Christian, the direct descendant of Fletcher Christian.
- BlooperThe 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.
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Fletcher Christian: [to Captain Bligh] You remarkable pig. You can thank whatever pig god you pray to that you haven't turned me into a murderer.
- Versioni alternativeThe original 1962 print had a different opening scene, in which a ship's crew lands on Pitcairn and discovers an artifact belonging to the H.M.S. Bounty. They can barely read the name until William Brown (Richard Haydn), now aged, appears on the beach and says "Bounty". He then proceeds to tell the story of the famous mutiny, of which he is apparently the last surviving member. That is why we hear his voice narrating the story. In all current prints, including the one shown on Turner Classic Movies ca. 2005, this opening scene is omitted, so we do not know why Brown is telling the story in voiceover. However, the scene has been restored on the 2006 DVD release.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962)
I can understand that some viewers balk at Marlon Brando's affected foppishness. IMO, however, the actor is taking a calculated risk in attempting to illustrate the profound transformation that Fletcher Christian undergoes as the story progresses. It does not always ring true, but, taken as a whole, it works very well. Some moments are brilliant. By the time we reach the actual mutiny, his growing rage (which has been suppressed almost imperceptibly up to this point) explodes in a massive rush and instantly we see a side of Christian that we weren't quite sure existed. His self-serving has finally given way to inevitable sympathy for the much-abused crew and even a sort of new-found idealism.
However, it is Trevor Howard's performance as Lt. Bligh which is the backbone of this movie. This man IS Bligh. At first he seems approachable and even affable, but each succeeding scene reveals some new brush stroke of character that illustrates the single-minded, ruthless soul of stone contained within. Howard also has this playfully mischievous smile that, every now and then, leads you to believe that there may be some glimmer of warmth inside the man. This hope, of course, is dashed to pieces every time.
"Mutiny on the Bounty" is also a strong example of how a soundtrack can make a film. This music always gives me goosebumps. From the overture through intermission to closing, it sets the tone of the picture brilliantly as a seafaring drama/adventure. It sounds like the ocean. It sounds the way the cinematography looks. Vast panoramas of blue ocean, endless skies, lush green tropical islands, and, most of all, the ship itself (which was built specifically for this film). And the icing on the cake is the song "Follow Me", one of the most hauntingly beautiful melodies ever written for the screen. To me (here I go again), it sounds like Tahiti.
Watch "Mutiny on the Bounty" in letterbox and full stereophonic sound and THEN see if you don't like it.
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- Paese di origine
- Lingue
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- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, Polinesia Francese(first breadfruit collecting party)
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- Budget
- 19.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione2 ore 58 minuti
- Proporzioni
- 2.76 : 1