The Bounty
Please note this posting discusses the entire film (and the story behind it) so if you are not familiar with the story it will be discussed in full here. When I high school I read the book Mutiny on The Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall about the famous mutiny that took place on the HMS Bounty in 1789. After seeing the movie the class saw the 1935 film starring Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian and Peter Laughton as Captain William Bligh. In both the book and the film (I never saw the 1962 version with Marlon Brando) Fletcher Christian is presented as righteous, since Bligh is portrayed as monstrous. Bligh redeems himself with his leadership of his officers during the trip across the Pacific in a rowboat but I left both feeling more sympathy for Christian. Recently I saw the 1984 version with Anthony Hopkins as Captain Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian. This version is more daring and according to more than one source, a little closer to the truth of