undefined

Product Description ------------------- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962): Special Edition (Dbl DVD) ]]> .com ---- Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a eful trip.... Based on the classic novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, this magnificently-photographed three-hour tour charts the tortuous and tragic course of the Bounty, which, in 1787, sailed from England to Tahiti on a "grocer's errand" to trans breadfruit s in Jamaica. As the voyage progresses, tensions between the heartless disciplinarian Captain Bligh (a commanding Trevor Howard) and his chief officer, Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando), who does not subscribe to Bligh's philosophy that cruelty with cause is not cruelty. Richard Harris costars as John Mills, an abused crewmember who s the of treason against Bligh. Mutiny on the Bounty is a see-worthy saga that boasts a provocative Brando performance (his Christian is initially so foppish he makes Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow look like Errol Flynn in The Sea Hawk) and great action set pieces (a raging storm as the Bounty attempts to navigate Cape Horn). And in how many did this film inspire dreams of sailing away to Tahiti? Brando was among them. He married his ravishing costar Tarita, and later bought himself a French Polynesian island. This "Special Edition" replicates the film's original prestigious road show presentation, complete with Overture, Intermission, Entr'acte, and Exit music. --Donald Liebenson P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Set Contains: ------------- Brando buffs or fans of True Hollywood Stories will get that sinking feeling if they're hoping for dish on this famously troubled production. Not that this two-disc "Special Edition" doesn't have a bounty of extras, but most concern the ship that was constructed for the film. "Tour of the Bounty" is a black-and-white newsreel that follows the meticulously re-created craft on its promotional voyages ("Excitement grips the city," the narrator intones). A color short finds the Bounty at the "1964 New York World's Fair." "Story of the HMS Bounty," in black and white, is a detailed look at how the ship was recreated "from the keel up" with its creators and crew. The newly filmed where-is-it-now featurette, "After the Cameras Stopped Rolling: The Journey of the Bounty," covers much the same ground. This set also unearths the film's original prologue and epilogue, in which discovered sole survivor William Brown relates the tragic saga of the Bounty. This framing device was excised before the film premiered, but was restored for the film's 1967 television broadcast, and has not been seen since. --Donald Liebenson See more ( javascript:void(0) )