MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK John Boyne | 544 pages | 07 May 2009 | Transworld Publishers Ltd | 9780552773928 | English | London, United Kingdom What Happened to Fletcher Christian? | Historic Mysteries Fletcher Christian. Trevor Howard. Captain William Bligh. Richard Harris. Hugh Griffith. Richard Haydn. Percy Herbert. Seaman Matthew Quintal. Duncan Lamont. Gordon Jackson. Seaman Edward Birkett. Chips Rafferty. Noel Purcell. Seaman William McCoy. Ashley Cowan. Eddie Byrne. John Fryer Sailing Master. Frank Silvera. Tim Seely. Midshipman Edward 'Ned' Young. Directors: Lewis Milestone , Carol Reed. Facebook Twitter E-mail. Awards Nominated for 7 Oscars. I wonder if they made more three-hour-plus films in the s than any other decade? It seems that way. Here is another one. This also is a re-make from a version of the famous story I liked this 'Mutiny On The Bounty' better than the critics did, who got annoyed at Marlon Brando's British accent. I found nothing wrong with it and I usually am critical about that sort of thing myself. Brando gave a solid performance. Trevor Howard was convincing as the sadistic "Captain Bligh" and Tarita was fair as the love interest "Maimiti. There are some beautiful shots in here, beginning with those Tahiti sunsets. The color in this movie is magnificent. Although not particularly a film you might watch over and over, I found no major fault with it except for perhaps the romance which was a bit sappy. The adventure, acting and photography were all top-notch and the three hours went by fairly fast. Did You Know? Quotes Fletcher Christian : We need only persuade the British people of something they already know - that inhumanity is its poorest servant. Goofs In the film, the decision to attempt to sail to the Pacific via Cape Horn is portrayed as an independent and ill-conceived decision by Bligh to attempt to reach Tahiti faster. But it is Charles Laughton also Oscar-nominated who gives his greatest performance as the captain who is harsh, strict and unforgiving. However, his true skills are shown when he is thrown off the ship, but never gives up and returns to safety in a small boat with limited men and supplies. The primary actors are solid and the shooting locales are breath-taking. Frank Lloyd's direction lifts a somewhat questionable screenplay to safer waters and the film turns into a Hollywood classic by its final act. Prime Video has you covered this holiday season with movies for the family. Here are some of our picks to get you in the spirit. Get some picks. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life mutiny. Director: Frank Lloyd. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. Holiday Movie Stars, Then and Now. Best of 's. My 30's movie collection under construction. Share this Rating Title: Mutiny on the Bounty 7. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Favorite film with multiple acting Oscar noms in the same category? Won 1 Oscar. The HMS Bounty's mutiny and Pitcain Island's story. The true story of mutiny on the Bounty. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life mutiny. Director: Frank Lloyd. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. Holiday Movie Stars, Then and Now. Best of 's. My 30's movie collection under construction. Twelve of the original 19 men that the mutineers cast adrift survived the ordeal and ultimately arrived safely in England. Once Bligh and his loyalists were removed, Fletcher Christian assumed command of the Bounty. With him were 24 crew members. Some of these people had no part in the mutiny, and fully expected to be absolved of all blame in the rebellion. The others were split between those who wanted to return to Tahiti and take their chances, and those who wanted to find a hiding place where they would not be found and punished for their crimes. Fletcher Christian was among the latter group. Each of the Englishmen had a wife or female companion. It is uncertain which of the natives joined the Englishmen by choice. One theory holds that the Bounty set sail after an evening of feasting on the ship's decks, after most of the Polynesians were asleep. Other evidence indicates that at least some of the natives had established bonds of friendship or marriage with the Bounty mutineers. In early , after a two-month search, Pitcairn Island was sighted. It appeared to be an ideal refuge for the mutineers. The island was uninhabited, but well-supplied with breadfruit, coconuts, fish, bird eggs and other food sources. Remnants of an earlier, now-abandoned Polynesian settlement were found. Fresh water was available, along with a small pool for bathing. In addition, Pitcairn's topography as a steep volcanic island, with a pounding surf and no land-able beach, made it difficult for ships to land there. After the decision was made to settle on Pitcairn, livestock and other provisions were removed from the Bounty. To prevent the ship's detection, and anyone's possible escape, the ship was burned in "Bounty Bay". He mentions a rumor regarding Fletcher Christian returning to England:. About the years and , a very general opinion was prevalent in the neighborhood of the lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, that Christian was in that part of the country, and made frequent private visits to an aunt who was living there. The other, arguably more feasible, story of the fate of Fletcher Christian puts him at Pitcairn Island until his death. He said he was introduced to a man they called their father, but whose name was allegedly Alexander Smith. There were no other Englishmen on the island. Smith told Folger that the mutineers who went to Pitcairn were killed by Tahitian slaves, including Christian. The slaves were in turn killed by Smith and the Tahitian women. In , two more ships encountered Alexander Smith. He admitted his name was actually John Adams , making him the last of the mutineers. John Adams provided more details, but the story that rebelling slaves killed Christian Fletcher remained the same. He left behind three children and a Tahitian wife. It is doubtful he returned to England, where the gallows awaited him. However, he may have gone to another island, as some suggest, but he would have had to build a boat without anyone noticing, sneak away, leave his children and live alone for the rest of his life. It seems doubtful and there is no evidence for it. Carroll A. Fletcher Christian had family on the island. He enjoyed the tropics so much that he risked his life to come back. He even sank his only means of returning to England without hitching a ride, which was a slim chance. Mutiny on the HMS Bounty - HISTORY Inevitably, however, Bligh couldn't help living up to his tyrannical reputation. In January, three sailors and a cache of weapons went missing, and Bligh threatened to "make the whole Country suffer" if they weren't found. When the men were located three weeks later, they were whipped and chained in irons. In the meantime, Bligh had been raging over spare sails that had rotted, and he lamented the loss of crew discipline in his logs, which became lists of grievances, real or imagined, with his subordinates. In early April , over 1, breadfruit plants were loaded onto the Bounty , and the ship left Tahiti, much to the dismay of the crew. And things would only get worse. There had been a falling out between Bligh and Christian, and the captain was harder on his first mate and one-time friend than anyone else. On April 21, Christian, who likely struggled with mental illness , complained to Bligh that he had "been in hell for weeks" due to the latter's behavior. He endured more abuse at the hands of his commanding officer on April 24, being called a "cowardly rascal" after the crew's gathering of fresh water on Anamooka was disrupted by natives. It got so bad that according to Encyclopedia Britannica , Christian contemplated escaping the Bounty on a makeshift raft, a move tantamount to suicide. The final straw fell on April As Douglas Linder tells it, that morning, Bligh decided that someone had stolen coconuts from the ship's pile the previous night, and it didn't take long for him to accuse Christian of thievery in front of the whole crew. Bligh escalated further by threatening to make half the crew jump overboard and ended the display by cutting everyone's rations by half. Christian reportedly left the confrontation with tears in his eyes, and it wouldn't be long before he was convinced by nine others to lead a mutiny. Before dawn on April 28, Bligh awoke to the sight of Christian and three others, all armed. According to Linder , the four of them hauled Bligh, naked save for his nightshirt, out of his quarters and onto the deck.