Talk:Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)

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"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." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.99.240.49 (talk) 06:38, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Flimsy Plot Line

Aside from the historical inaccuracies, there should be a section discussing the improbabilities in the plot line. For example, the idea that Bligh stole the cheese seems unlikely. He was about to depart on a round-the-world journey which would take a year or two, and supposedly diverts a few pieces of cheese before he goes? To whom was he giving the cheese? And how long was it supposed to last them? One of the goals of the movie, I presume, though, was to depict a shirtless man getting flogged, and the writers may have decided that any pretext would do. As for Mills having received a "brutal" flogging, that is simply not true in historical terms. Floggings in the British navy were typically six to eight dozen lashes, and sometimes more, particularly if the offender referred to the captain as a thief within earshot of the crew.John Paul Parks (talk) 17:42, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

What happened to parts of this article?

I don't know if I'm going crazy, but I remember seeing additional sections of this article, most important of which was the historical inaccuracy section, which have now disappeared or have been replaced by severaly cut and trimmed down sections missing large parts of information. I cant find older edits in the history, either and the first edit seems to be from 2006. Was this article deleted and then restarted? I recall seeing it in Wikipedia as far back as 2004. -OberRanks (talk) 16:12, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Never mind the above, I was thinking of the main "Mutiny on the Bounty" article which is still there in its complete form. -OberRanks (talk) 16:14, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Historical Innacuracies

"This movie has Bligh repeatedly referred to as "Captain" but he did not hold the rank of Captain at this time."

I thought that it was customary to refer to the commander of a ship as "Captain" as a kind of "courtesy title" but I'm not an expert. If this is true then the above quote should be removed. Anybody help? Tigerboy1966 (talk) 10:07, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

I had the same thought, Tigerboy, but I'm not an expert, either. I know Bligh was referred to as "Captain" in the 1935 film. Also, when Christian addresses him formally, putting him off into the longboat, I believe he calls him "Mr. Lieutenant Bligh." I vote we remove the quote in question. Also maybe the contention that this is the most inaccurate version; I think the Gable/Laughton version is at least as inaccurate. --HarringtonSmith (talk) 23:45, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Last call to save the "Bligh as Captain" point and the "most inaccurate" contention. It's been ten days and no one has defended these two items. I'll remove them if no one remarks soon.--HarringtonSmith (talk) 21:04, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Removed items as discussed.--HarringtonSmith (talk) 20:57, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Brando demanded second replica?

This dubious claim is made in the Miscellany section of the article: A working replica of "The Bounty" was made for the movie. The script called for it to be burned near the end of the movie. When he found out, Marlon Brando refused to continue filming unless the ship was spared. The director and producers relented. They built another replica that was burned and the original replica was spared. Building the first replica was a two-year proposition at tremendous cost; any second replica would take as long. In the film, it's clearly a miniature that was burned, with the firey deck shots filmed in a studio. This claim needs a good cite; it's too farfetched to stay without one.--HarringtonSmith (talk) 18:41, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Last call to save the uncited claim in the Miscellany section about Brando demanding a second Bounty ship be built. Without a sound cite, I'll be deleting it shortly.--HarringtonSmith (talk) 05:40, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Removed item as discussed.--HarringtonSmith (talk) 01:57, 28 October 2009 (UTC)