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Mutiny on the Bounty
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Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 American drama and action film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Directed by Lewis Milestone and Carol Reed, the movie stars Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, and Hugh Griffith. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht, Eric Ambler, and Borden Chase, based on the work of Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Bronisław Kaper composed the score, while Robert L. Surtees served as director of photography. Filming took place in Tahiti, and the narrative is set in Insular Oceania.
The film was released in the United States on November 8, 1962, and December 26, 1962. It has a runtime of 178 minutes according to some records, though others list 185 minutes. The production had a budget of 19,000,000 and generated revenue of 13,680,000. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, the film received nominations for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score. It holds a rating of 7.2 on IMDb and 7.051 on TMDb.
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7.1The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Cast
- Marlon Brando as First Lieutnant Fletcher Christian
- Trevor Howard as Capt. William Bligh
- Richard Harris as Seaman John Mills
- Hugh Griffith as Alexander Smith
- Richard Haydn as William Brown
- Percy Herbert as Matthew Quintal
Themes
- exotic island
- mutiny
- heart-throb
- tahiti
- import
- 18th century
- high seas
- mutiny on the bounty
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Lewis Milestone
- Screenplay by
- Charles Lederer
- Based on
- Mutiny on the Bounty , (1932 novel), by Charles Nordhoff James Norman Hall
- Produced by
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Starring
- Marlon Brando Trevor Howard Richard Harris Hugh Griffith Richard Haydn Tarita
- Cinematography
- Robert L. Surtees
- Edited by
- John McSweeney Jr.
- Music by
- Bronisław Kaper
- Production company
- Arcola Pictures
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release date
- November 8, 1962 ( 1962-11-08 )
- Running time
- 178 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $19 million or $17 million
- Box office
- $13.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Main subject
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Director
- Carol Reed
- Screenwriter
- John Gay
- Composer
- Bronisław Kaper
- Producer
- Aaron Rosenberg
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Robert L. Surtees
- Narrative location
- Insular Oceania
- Filming location
- Tahiti
- Duration
- 178
- FilmAffinity ID
- 294780
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Poster for Mutiny on the Bounty.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)
- publication date
- 1962-12-26
- title
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- James Norman Hall
- set in environment
- ship
- review score
- 70%
- characters
- John Fryer
- capital cost
- 19000000
- box office
- 13680000
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Encyclopedic overview
Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 American epic adventure historical drama film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn and Tarita in her only role. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer (with uncredited input from Eric Ambler, William L. Driscoll, Borden Chase, John Gay, and Ben Hecht), based on the 1935 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Bronisław Kaper composed the score.
The film tells a heavily fictionalized story of the real-life mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against William Bligh, captain of HMAV Bounty, in 1789. It is the second American film produced by MGM to be based on the novel, the first being Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), which was also based on the Nordhoff-Hall novel.
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