The Bounty (1984 film)

The Bounty
The Bounty
	Theatrical release poster illustrated by Brian Bysouth
Directed by	Roger Donaldson
Screenplay by	Robert Bolt
Based on	Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian; by Richard Hough
Produced by	Bernard Williams; Dino De Laurentiis;
Starring	Mel Gibson; Anthony Hopkins; Edward Fox; Laurence Olivier;
Cinematography	Arthur Ibbetson
Edited by	Tony Lawson
Music by	Vangelis
Production; companies	Dino De Laurentiis Corporation; Bounty Productions Ltd.
Distributed by	Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (United Kingdom); Orion Pictures (United States);
Release dates	4 May 1984 (United States); ; 5 October 1984 (United Kingdom);
Running time	132 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$20 million or $25 million
Box office	$8.6 million(US/Canada); $18.3 million (worldwide rentals)

The Bounty is a 1984 British epic action adventure swashbuckler historical psychological thriller 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. It stars Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian and Anthony Hopkins as William Bligh, with supporting roles played by Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Bernard Hill and Edward Fox.

The Bounty began production in late 1978 under director David Lean as a long-time passion project, but multiple complications, including a prohibitively high budget and screenwriter Robert Bolt suffering from a heart attack, led to a period of development hell that ended with the hiring of newcomer director Donaldson. Filming took primarily on-location in Donaldson’s home country of New Zealand, French Polynesia and England.

The film was made by Dino De Laurentiis Productions and Bounty Productions Ltd. and distributed by Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment in the UK, and Orion Pictures Corporation internationally. It premiered on May 4, 1984 and received generally positive reviews, with praise for Hopkins' portrayal of Bligh, and was noted by critics and historians as being a more historically-accurate depiction of the mutiny than previous depictions, though reactions to Gibson's performance were more polarized. The Bounty was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d’Or.

^ The Bounty (1984) | BFI.org.uk
^ ^a ^b KNOEDELSEDER, WILLIAM K Jr (30 August 1987). "De Laurentiis PRODUCER'S PICTURE DARKENS". Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
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[1] The Bounty (1984) | BFI.org.uk

[dinod-2] KNOEDELSEDER, WILLIAM K Jr (30 August 1987). "De Laurentiis PRODUCER'S PICTURE DARKENS". Los Angeles Times. p. 1.

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