{"id":43571,"date":"2019-04-27T21:23:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T04:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43571"},"modified":"2024-01-06T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T18:31:07","slug":"mutiny-on-the-bounty-1935","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43571","title":{"rendered":"Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He doesn&#8217;t punish men for discipline; he likes to see men crawl.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Poster.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen sadistic Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) mistreats his crew to the point of abuse and death, his first officer (Clark Gable) leads a mutiny despite the protests of Bligh&#8217;s loyal midshipman (Franchot Tone).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>Charles Laughton Films<\/li>\n<li>Clark Gable Films<\/li>\n<li>Donald Crisp Films<\/li>\n<li>Franchot Tone Films<\/li>\n<li>Mutiny<\/li>\n<li>Ruthless Leaders<\/li>\n<li>South Sea Islands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;classic sea drama&#8221; about &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty\">a historical mutiny that took place in the 18th century<\/a> on a British ship making a two-year voyage to retrieve breadfruit plants from Tahiti&#8221; still &#8220;holds up&#8221; well today. He argues that while the &#8220;film hasn&#8217;t the sense of adventure, eroticism, or psychological complexities of <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94489\">the 1962 remake with Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando<\/a>&#8230; or the revisionist 1984 film, <em>The Bounty<\/em>, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson&#8221;, it remains &#8220;the superior film&#8221;, and that &#8220;its power comes from neither Bligh nor Christian ever backing down from each other during an argument, even when the other has the upper hand.&#8221; In <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>, however, Peary amends his assessment by noting it&#8217;s &#8220;too grouchy a picture&#8221;, given that &#8220;for two hours we see Laughton demean sailors and get away with it&#8221;; he asserts it&#8217;s not a film &#8220;you want to see every time [it turns] up at a repertory cinema or TV.&#8221; Meanwhile, he notes that while &#8220;Laughton&#8217;s Bligh is a villain for the ages, one of the most contemptuous figures in cinema history&#8221;, he believes &#8220;the role lets him down because it is without nuance &#8212; there is no way we can get into his head, no way to figure out if something in his past was responsible for his cruelty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m essentially in agreement with Peary&#8217;s points. While <em>Mutiny on the Bounty<\/em> is an impressive production on nearly every count &#8212; from the on-location shooting to meticulous set design (both historical ships were recreated), expert editing, and fine performances &#8212; it is challenging to watch Bligh&#8217;s (fictionalized) behavior and then see him retaining loyalty from a reasonably large group of men, who are either deathly afraid of treason and\/or believe his behavior is somehow justifiable. In addition, the film is a tad overlong, with too much time spent lingering on romantic dalliances in Tahiti (where the female characters aren&#8217;t given any dimensions other than beauty and loyalty). However, enough about this adventure-filled nautical movie remains powerful and well-crafted that it&#8217;s certainly worth a look by all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Laughton as Captain Bligh<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Laughton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Laughton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Laughton.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Laughton-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Laughton-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Laughton-768x557.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Clark Gable as Christian Fletcher<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Gable.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Gable.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Gable.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Gable-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Gable-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Gable-768x557.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arthur Edeson&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography2.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography2-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography2-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography2-768x557.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Cinematography-768x557.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Margaret Booth&#8217;s masterful editing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Editing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Editing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Editing.png 992w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Editing-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Editing-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mutiny-on-the-Bounty-Editing-768x557.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an Oscar-winning classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0026752\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1935\/11\/09\/archives\/the-screen-version-of-mutiny-on-the-bounty-at-the-capitol-three.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/muti.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3375boun.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/15288\/mutiny-on-the-bounty#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He doesn&#8217;t punish men for discipline; he likes to see men crawl.&#8221; Synopsis: When sadistic Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) mistreats his crew to the point of abuse and death, his first officer (Clark Gable) leads a mutiny despite the protests of Bligh&#8217;s loyal midshipman (Franchot Tone). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: At Sea Charles Laughton Films Clark Gable Films Donald Crisp Films Franchot Tone Films Mutiny Ruthless Leaders South Sea Islands Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary writes that this &#8220;classic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43571\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43571"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94669,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43571\/revisions\/94669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}