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Mutiny on the Bounty

The mightiest excitement that ever swept across the sea or the screen!

1962 · 3h 5m · Approved Adventure, Drama, History
Directed by Lewis Milestone

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Overview

The 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.

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70%
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Brando makes a total mess of his English accent, the romantic interlude in Tahiti goes on endlessly, and the visuals (perhaps the main point of interest in the movie) too often resort to travelogue vistas and picture postcard lighting.

Derek Adams, Time Out
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...Marlon Brando makes Fletcher Christian an eccentric who dominates the entire dramatic scheme.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten

Hardly anyone was pleased with the results.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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