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1984 | Arthur
Budget 25,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 8,613,462 USD
Mel Gibson was disappointed with his performance and the finished movie. He later said of the movie, "I think the main problem with that film was that it tried to be a fresh look at the dynamic of the mutiny situation, but didn't go far enough. In the old version, Captain Bligh was the bad guy and Fletcher Christian was the good guy. But really Fletcher Christian was a social climber and an opportunist. They should have made him the bad guy, which indeed he was. He ended up setting all these people adrift to die, without any real justification. Maybe he'd gone island crazy. They should have painted it that way. But they wanted to exonerate Captain Bligh while still having the dynamic where the guy was mutinying for the good of the crew. It didn't quite work."
This movie is generally regarded as the most accurate depiction of the actual mutiny.
There is a persistent, but unsubstantiated rumor that the real Fletcher Christian did not die on Pitcairn Island, but made it back to England. Several of his relatives later swore that they had spoken with him, and that he lived out the rest of his life in hiding.
One significant historical event, which is completely omitted from this movie, is the initial attempt by Fletcher Christian and the mutineers to found a colony on the island of Tubuai, south of Tahiti. Christian landed on Tubuai shortly after the mutiny and, after finding nearly three thousand hostile natives, established a fort on the northern side of the island, using weaponry from the Bounty. After nearly two months of constant skirmishes with natives, Christian and the mutineers abandoned the island, and only then returned to Tahiti for more men and supplies, before heading east towards Pitcairn. Thomas Burkett, who had been severely wounded on Tubuai fighting natives, stayed behind in Tahiti, even though he was clearly a mutineer, and would be hanged if ever found by the Royal Navy (Burkett was in fact captured and executed for mutiny).
Captain William Bligh's later career was peppered with further mutinies and complaints about his "oppressive attitude". His tyrannical nature later sparked the Rum Rebellion in New South Wales in 1808, which led to his being forcibly deported.
"Bligh: We are still faced with a long, hard voyage. I mean to make good use of every hour of sailing time, and to assist me in this, I am replacing Mr. Fryer with Mr. Christian, who will now act as executive second in command, with the rank of Acting Second Lieutenant... [Fryer walks away] Bligh: Mr. Fryer, come back here. [shouts after Mr. Fryer, who is continuing to walk away] Bligh: Mr. Fryer, sir! Come back here! [Mr. Fryer returns; Bligh continues, quietly] Bligh: I will dismiss when I have done with you, sir. Do you hear me? John Fryer: This is an outrage! Bligh: Mr. Fryer! John Fryer: In all my years at sea... Bligh: Your "years at sea"? Good Lord, man! If I'd known your nature, I would not have accepted you as boatswain of a river barge. John Fryer: Must I suffer this before the men? Bligh: You will suffer my correction whenever you're at fault, sir! John Fryer: What fault? Bligh: [shouts] God damn your eyes, man! You turned your back on me! John Fryer: Well for that, I apologize. Bligh: Very well. John Fryer: But I protest. Bligh: You protest, do you? John Fryer: I am Master of the Bounty! Bligh: [shouts] And I, sir, am *Commander*! By law! I am the first! Do you understand? God damn your hide! And now you may dismiss, sir!"
"[last lines] Admiral Hood: This court finds that the seizure of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty was an act of mutiny by Fletcher Christian and others of her crew, and that her captain Lieutenant William Bligh is, in the opinion of this court, to be exonerated of all blame on this occasion. Indeed in the matter of his command of the Bounty's open launch we commend Lieutenant Bligh for his courage and exemplary seamanship. Will you please come forward, Lieutenant? [hands Bligh his saber] Bligh: [Bligh sheathes his saber] My lord, thank you."
