Retelling the saga of The Bounty (1984) + Take Me to Pitcairn (2013)
Reviews of the ever-enigmatic saga of The Bounty (1984), new on Blu from Twilight Time + Julian McDonnell’s witty documentary Take Me To Pitcairn (2013).
Tag: HMS Bounty
BR: Bounty, The (1984)
Originally drafted as a two-part film project by director David Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt in 1977, the lavish adaptation of Richard Hough’s book Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian went as far as building a full-scale replica of the HMS. Bounty ship for Dino De Laurentiis’ production, but things went sour…
Film: Take Me to Pitcairn (2013)
British actor and world’s smallest kite seller Julian McDonnell decided to plan a trip to the island of Pitcairn, known for highly specific attributes: the tiny rock where Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers fled with a handful of Polynesian men and women after the infamous mutiny on the HMS Bounty, back in 1789…
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