Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1962 film ) - wikipedia Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1962 film ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2014 ) Mutiny on the Bounty Original film poster by Reynold Brown Directed by Lewis Milestone Produced by Aaron Rosenberg ( uncredited ) Written by Charles Lederer Based on Mutiny on the Bounty 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall Starring Marlon Brando Trevor Howard Richard Harris Music by Bronisław Kaper Cinematography Robert L. Surtees Edited by John McSweeney, Jr. Distributed by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Release date November 8, 1962 Running time 178 minutes ( UK : 185 minutes ) Country United States Language English Budget $19 million Box office $13,680,000 Mutiny on the Bounty is a 1962 American Technicolor epic historical drama film starring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard and Richard Harris, based on the novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. The film retells the 1789 real - life mutiny aboard HMAV Bounty led by Fletcher Christian against the ship 's captain, William Bligh. It is the second American film to be made from the novel, the first being Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1935 ). It was directed by Lewis Milestone, who replaced Carol Reed early in the production schedule, and it turned out to be Milestone 's final film. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer ( with uncredited input from Eric Ambler, William L. Driscoll, Borden Chase, John Gay and Ben Hecht ). The score was composed by Bronisław Kaper. Mutiny on the Bounty was filmed in the Ultra Panavision 70 widescreen process, the first motion picture so credited. It was partly shot on location in the South Pacific. Behind the scenes, Marlon Brando effectively took over directing duties himself and caused it to become far behind schedule and over budget -- resulting in director Carol Reed pulling out of the project and being replaced by Lewis Milestone who is credited as director of the picture. The film was heavily panned, and was considered a box office bomb, having lost over $6 million. A replica of the Bounty was constructed for the film. Fifty years after the release of the film, the vessel sank in Hurricane Sandy with loss of life. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Development 4 Shooting 4.1 Lewis Milestone takes over 5 Reception 5.1 Box office 5.2 Awards 5.3 Honors 6 Comic book adaption 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Plot In the year 1787, the Bounty sets sail from Britain for Tahiti under the command of captain William Bligh ( Trevor Howard ). Her mission is to transport breadfruit to Jamaica, where hopefully it will thrive and provide a cheap source of food for the slaves. The voyage gets off to a difficult start with the discovery that some cheese is missing. Bligh, the true pilferer, is accused of the theft by seaman John Mills ( Richard Harris ), and Bligh has Mills brutally flogged for showing contempt to his superior officer, to the disgust of his patrician second - in - command, 1st Lieutenant Fletcher Christian ( Marlon Brando ). The tone for the months to come is summarized by Bligh 's ominous pronouncement that `` cruelty with a purpose is not cruelty, it is efficiency. '' Aristocrat Christian is deeply offended by his ambitious captain. Bligh attempts to reach Tahiti sooner by attempting the shorter westbound route around Cape Horn, a navigational nightmare. The strategy fails and the Bounty backtracks east, costing the mission much time. Singleminded Bligh attempts to make up the lost time by pushing the crew harder and cutting their rations. When the Bounty reaches her destination, the crew revels in the easygoing life of the tropical paradise -- and in the free - love philosophies of the Tahitian women. Christian himself is smitten with Maimiti ( Tarita Teriipaia ), daughter of the Tahitian king. Bligh 's agitation is further fueled by a dormancy period of the breadfruit : more months of delay until the plants can be transplanted. As departure day nears, three men, including seaman Mills, attempt to desert but are caught by Christian and clapped in irons by Bligh. On the voyage to Jamaica, Bligh attempts to bring back twice the number of breadfruit plants to atone for his tardiness, and must reduce the water rations of the crew to water the extra plants. One member of the crew falls from the rigging to his death while attempting to retrieve the drinking ladle. Another assaults Bligh over conditions on the ship and is fatally keelhauled. Mills taunts Christian after each death, trying to egg him on to challenge Bligh. When a crewman becomes gravely ill from drinking seawater, Christian attempts to give him fresh water in violation of the Captain 's orders. Bligh strikes Christian when he ignores his second order to stop. In response, Christian strikes Bligh. Bligh informs Christian that he will hang for his action when they reach port. With nothing left to lose, Christian takes command of the ship and sets Bligh and the loyalist members of the crew adrift in the longboat with navigational equipment, telling them to make for a local island. Bligh decides instead to cross much of the Pacific in order to reach British authorities sooner and arrives back in Britain with remarkable speed. The military court exonerates Bligh of misdeed and recommends an expedition to arrest the mutineers and put them on trial, but also comes to the conclusion that the appointment of Bligh as captain of The Bounty was wrong. In the meantime, Christian sails back to Tahiti to pick up supplies and the girlfriends of the crew, then on to remote and wrongly charted Pitcairn Island to hide from the wrath of the Royal Navy. Once on Pitcairn, Christian decides that it is their duty to return to Britain and testify to Bligh 's wrongdoing and asks his men to sail with him. To prevent this possibility the men set the ship on fire and Christian is fatally burned while trying to save it. ( In real life, Christian made the decision to set the ship on fire and died years later of another cause ). Cast Marlon Brando as 1st Lt. Fletcher Christian Trevor Howard as Capt. William Bligh Richard Harris as Seaman John Mills Hugh Griffith as Seaman Alexander Smith Richard Haydn as Horticulturalist William Brown Tarita Teriipaia as Princess Maimiti Matahiarii Tama as Chief Hitihiti Percy Herbert as Seaman Matthew Quintal Duncan Lamont as John Williams Gordon Jackson as Seaman Edward Birkett Chips Rafferty as Seaman Michael Byrne Noel Purcell as Helmsman William McCoy Ashley Cowan as Samuel Mack Eddie Byrne as John Fryer ( Sailing Master ) Tim Seely : Edward ' Ned ' Young ( Midshipman ) Frank Silvera as Minarii Henry Daniell as British chief court - martial admiral ( uncredited ) Torin Thatcher as British officer Staines ( uncredited ) Development Following the success of 1935 's Mutiny on the Bounty, director Frank Lloyd announced plans in 1940 to make a sequel which focused on Captain Bligh in later life, to star Spencer Tracy or Charles Laughton. No film resulted. In 1945 Casey Wilson wrote a script for Christian of the Bounty, which was to star Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian and focus on Christian 's life on Pitcairn Island. In the 1950s MGM remade a number of their earlier successes in colour and widescreen. They decided to film Mutiny on the Bounty. In 1958 it was announced Aaron Rosenberg would produce the film and Marlon Brando was mentioned as a possible star Eric Ambler was signed to write a script. It was intended to combine material from the Nordhoff and Hall novels Mutiny on the Bounty and Pitcairn Island ( MGM also owned the rights to a third book, Men Against the Sea, which dealt with Bligh 's boat voyage after the mutiny ). In 1959 it was announced Paramount would make a rival Bounty film to be written and directed by James Clavell called The Mutineers, which would focus on the fate of the Muntineers on Pitcairn Island. However this project was not made. Brando eventually was signed, with Carol Reed to direct. It was decided to shoot the film in Tahiti itself to take advantage of color and widescreen, being shot in Cinema 65. Robert Surtees would be the cinematographer, The film was to start 15 October 1960 and the film was called `` MGM 's Ben Hur of 1961. '' A replica of the Bounty was built in Nova Scotia and was to be sailed to Tahiti. Rosenberg said the film would focus more on the fate of the crew after the mutiny, with Captain Blight only in a minor role and the mutiny dealt with in flashback. `` It was Brando 's idea, '' said Rosenberg. `` And he was right. It has always been fascinating to wonder what happened to the mutineers afterwards. '' `` The mood after the mutiny must be one of hope, '' said Reed. `` The men hope to live a different sort of life, a life without suffering, without brutality. They hope for a life without sick ambitions, without the pettiness of personal success. They dream of a new life where nobody is trying to outdo the next person. '' Trevor Howard signed to play Bligh. Brando personally selected a local Tahitian, Tarita, to play his love interest. Charles Lederer was brought on to work on the script. Shooting Filming began in Tahiti. More than 150 cast and crew arrived, and MGM took over 200 hotel rooms. Filming was extremely difficult, in part because the script was being rewritten and Brando was ad - libbing much of his part. Also costs were high due to the remote location. The replica of the Bounty took nine months to make rather than the scheduled six and arrived after filming had started. Lewis Milestone takes over In January 1961, after three months of filming, Reed flew back from location with, reportedly, an `` undisclosed ailment ''. In actual fact he had quit over differences in the direction of the story. He was replaced by Lewis Milestone, who later estimated only five minutes of the final film was Reed 's. `` Reed was used to making his own pictures, '' said Milestone. `` He was not used to producer, studio and star interference. But those of us who have been around Hollywood are like alley cats. We know this style. We know how to survive. '' Filming continued to be difficult with production plagued by bad weather and script problems. Richard Harris clashed with Brando. `` Marlon did not have approval of the story, '' said Milestone. `` But he did have approval of himself. If Brando did not like something he would just stand in front of the camera and not act. He thought only of himself. At the same time, he was right in many things that he wanted. He is too cerebral to play the part of Mr Christian the way Clark Gable played it. '' Milestone says the script was constantly being rewritten with input from Rosenberg, Sol Siegel and Joseph Vogel, plus Brando. The film ended up costing $10 million more than originally expected. `` I have been in this business a few days but I never say anything like this, '' said Milestone. `` It was like being in a hurricane on a rudderless ship without a captain. I thought when I took the job that it would be a nice trip. By the time it was finished I felt as though I had been shanghaied. '' `` The big trouble was lack of guts by management at Metro, '' said Milestone. `` Lack of vision. When they realised there was so much trouble with the script they should have stopped the whole damn production. If they did not like Marlon 's behaviour they should have told him that they must do as they wished or else they should have taken him out of the picture. But they just did not have the guts. '' Reception The film garnered largely negative reviews and was considered by some critics to be inferior to the classic 1935 version. Many attacked Brando 's performance, particularly his change of appearance and mannerisms, including the British accent. He was blamed for derailing the entire picture. Over time the film has come to be viewed more positively ; review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a rating of 71 % based on 17 reviews, with an average score of 6.5 / 10. Box office Given its enormously inflated budget of $19 million, the film was a box office flop, despite being the 6th highest - grossing film of 1962. It grossed only $13,680,000 domestically, earning $9.8 million in US theatrical rentals. ( It needed to make $30 million to recoup its budget. Awards The 1962 movie did not win any Oscars but was nominated for seven : Academy Award for Best Picture -- Aaron Rosenberg Academy Award for Best Art Direction -- Set Decoration, Color -- George W. Davis, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt and J. McMillan Johnson Best Cinematography, Color -- Robert Surtees Best Effects, Special Effects -- A. Arnold Gillespie ( visual ) and Milo B. Lory ( audible ) Best Film Editing -- John McSweeney Jr. Best Music, Score -- Substantially Original -- Bronislaw Kaper Best Music, Song -- Bronisław Kaper ( music ) and Paul Francis Webster ( lyrics ) -- for the song `` Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty ( Follow Me ) '' Honors The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists : 2005 : AFI 's 100 Years of Film Scores -- Nominated Comic book adaption Gold Key : Mutiny on the Bounty ( February 1963 ) See also List of American films of 1962 Bounty ( 1960 ship ) References ^ Jump up to : Box Office Information for Mutiny on the Bounty. The Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Full cast and crew for Mutiny on the Bounty ''. IMDB. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 29. ^ Jump up to : TWO STUDIOS PLAN A BOUNTY ' MUTINY ' : M-G-M and Paramount Race to Complete Productions of Films on Sea Adventure Special to The New York Times... New York Times ( 1923 - Current file ) ; New York, N.Y. ( New York, N.Y ) 02 Nov 1959 : 39. Jump up ^ MGM Wants Brando in ' Mutiny ' Remake Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) ; Los Angeles, Calif. ( Los Angeles, Calif ) 09 Oct 1958 : B10. Jump up ^ Britons to Support Brando in ' Mutiny ' : Producer, Director Will Cast 20 ' Bounty ' Roles in England Scott, John L. Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) ; Los Angeles, Calif. ( Los Angeles, Calif ) 31 May 1960 : A7. ^ Jump up to : By, M.S. ( 1960, Jun 05 ). Producer, director log a few plans on their ' mutiny on the bounty '. New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/114964607?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ Scheuer, P.K. ( 1960, Oct 20 ). ' Sheik ' griffith to sail on bounty. Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167773141?accountid=13902 ^ Jump up to : By, M.H. ( 1961, Feb 19 ). RETURN TO ' PARADISE ' ABOARD THE ' BOUNTY '. New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/115268491?accountid=13902 ^ Jump up to : By, M.S. ( 1962, Mar 25 ). HOLLYWOOD AT SEA. New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/115722320?accountid=13902 ^ Jump up to : TAHITI WAS PARADISE. ( 1961, Dec 17 ). The Times of India ( 1861 - Current ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/744310855?accountid=13902 ^ Jump up to : Scheuer, P.K. ( 1962, Oct 21 ). The story behind an $18 million mutiny. Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/168207868?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ Mackin takes municipal court seat. ( 1961, Jan 14 ). Los Angeles Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167827945?accountid=13902 Jump up ^ `` Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1962 ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Trivia for Mutiny on the Bounty. IMDb. Retrieved June 13, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Top Rental Films of 1963 '', Variety, 8 January 1964 pg 37. Jump up ^ `` NY Times : Mutiny on the Bounty ''. NY Times. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 25. Jump up ^ `` AFI 's 100 Years of Film Scores Nominees '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 2016 - 08 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Gold Key : Mutiny on the Bounty ''. Grand Comics Database. Jump up ^ Gold Key : Mutiny on the Bounty at the Comic Book DB External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1962 film ). 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Question: where was the movie mutiny on the bounty filmed
Answer: Tahiti