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The Bounty is a 1984 British epic historical drama film directed by Roger Donaldson. It depicts the voyage and mutiny of HMS Bounty, with Robert Bolt 's screenplay adapting the 1972 book Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian by Richard Hough.
May 4, 1984 · The Bounty is a film about the mutiny on the HMS Bounty in 1789, starring Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Olivier. It follows the fates of the mutineers and the loyalists after the rebellion, as well as the voyage of Lieutenant Bligh in a lifeboat.
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- Roger Donaldson
- 1984-05-04
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch.
May 1, 2023 · William Bligh (Anthony Hopkins) was a real-life sea captain who, in 1787, steered HMS Bounty on a 27,000 mile voyage into danger, chaos and madness. After 31 days battling severe sea squalls and...
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HMS Bounty, also known as HM Armed Vessel Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the British West Indies.
Jul 4, 2021 · The Bounty is a 1984 British historical drama film directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, and produced by Bernard Williams with Dino De Laurentiis as executive producer.
Anthony Hopkins delivers a brilliant portrayal as William Bligh, the sea captain who, in 1787, steered The Bounty on a 27,000-mile voyage into danger, chaos and madness, and whose first mate (Mel Gibson) lead a legendary mutiny against him.
