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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 film, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) with Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando, largely perpetuates this image of Bligh and that of Christian as tragic hero. The Bounty (1984) with Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson, attempts a nonjudgmental portrayal of Bligh and a less sympathetic image of Christian.
Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was an English sailor who led the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, during which he seized command of the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty from Lieutenant William Bligh.
Lloyd consulted genealogical charts in order to contact and interviewing living descendants of the original Bounty crew, transcripts of the courts-martial, and also read William Bligh's own memoir A Narrative of the Mutiny on His Majesty's Ship "Bounty". [4] John Farrow, Robert Hopkins, and Allen Rivkin were uncredited screenwriters on the film ...
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson [3] AO (born January 3, 1956 [4]) is an American actor and filmmaker.The recipient of multiple accolades, he is known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series Mad Max and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop action-comedy film series Lethal Weapon.
Mel Gibson’s casting in John Wick spin-off series The Continental has been defended by the show’s director, Albert Hughes.. A prequel series to the hit action franchise, The Continental: From ...
Bounty [2] (popularly HMAV Bounty) [FN 1] was built in 1977/78 for the movie The Bounty starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins. The ship launched on 16 December 1978 [ 3 ] and was decommissioned in 2017.
In the wake of that scandal, Gibson lost a role in The Hangover 2 following protests from the cast and crew. When Downey received an honor at the 25th American Cinematheque Awards in Beverly Hills ...