Mutiny on the Bounty DVD

The conflict between tyrannical captain bligh and the conscientious fletcher christian eventually forces christian to mutiny in this high seas adventure.

Editor's Note

Lewis Milestone replaced Carol Reed as director on this third version of Nordhoff and Hall's classic true account of naval rebellion. The film stars Marlon Brando as the spirited Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard as the tyrannical Captain Bligh. Their ship, the Bounty, leaves Portsmouth in 1787, on a mission to gather breadfruit in Tahiti. As the journey progresses, however, the Captain reveals a penchant for ruthlessness that turns his entire crew against him. After they leave the paradisical Tahiti, it's only a matter of time before the situation explodes.

Features

DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, English, French, Spanish

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Warner
	Release Date: 11/7/2006
	Running Time: 185 minutes
	Original Release Date: 1962
	Catalog ID: 79197
	UPC: 00012569791978
	Number of Discs: 2
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
	Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
	Video: Color

Cast & Crew

	Tim Seely
	Duncan Lamont
	Richard Haydn
	Noel Purcell
	Hugh Griffith
	Gordon Jackson
	Percy Herbert
	Richard Harris
	Marlon Brando
	Trevor Howard
	Robert Surtees - Cinematographer
	John Gay - Story Uncredited
	Bronislaw Kaper - Composer
	John Jr. McSweeney - Editor
	Moss Mabry - Costume Designer
	Joseph MacMillan Johnson - Production Designer
	Eric Ambler - Story Uncredited
	George Davis - Art Director
	Aaron Rosenberg - Producer
	Robert Armbruster - Music Director
	Charles Lederer - Writer
	Borden Chase - Story Uncredited
	Charles Nordhoff - Story
	William L. Driscoll - Story Uncredited
	James Norman Hall - Story
	Ben Hecht - Story Uncredited
	Lewis Milestone - Director

Plot Summary

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, based on Nordhoff and Hall's factual narrative of the infamous mutiny in 1789, stars Marlon Brando as First Mate Fletcher Christian. Sailing from Portsmouth in 1787, under the tyrannical rule of Captain William Bligh (Trevor Howard), the H.M.S. Bounty begins an ill-timed voyage around Cape Horn in search of the South Pacific plant, the breadfruit. As the months wear on, Bligh's backbreaking discipline, including flogging and keelhauling as punishment for minor offenses, starts to create a powerful sense of ill-will among the crew. Eventually even Christian's aristocratic foppery begins to fade as he sympathizes with the crew's suffering. Despite the brutal winter storms that threaten to tear the ship apart, the Bounty and its battered crew manage to reach Tahiti, where they enjoy the warm sun and friendly native women while waiting for the plants to be harvested. When Bligh orders the ship home, and cuts off the crew's water ration to save the plants, Christian rebels and leads the men in a mutiny, with tragic results.