LaserDisc Review

Bounty, The

Genre: Action Adventure

Reviewed in Issue 11 of Widescreen Review

Picture
2.5
Sound
4

Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins.

Disc Information
Studio/Distributor Orion Home Video
Catalog Number ID2593OR
MPAA Rating PG
Retail Price $$49.99
Running Time 133
Color Type Color
Chaptered/Scene Access Yes
Closed Captioned No
Theatrical Release 1984
LD Release Date 9/1/1994
THX Digitally Mastered No
Credits
Director Roger Donaldson
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Stars Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins.
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Soundtrack Dolby Surround
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Story Synopsis

The Bounty, based upon the book Captain Bligh And Mr. Christian by Richard Hough, features an all-star cast with Anthony Hopkins as Captain Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian in a spectacular adventure of honor and betrayal in the en-chanting South Seas. While on the return to England of a routine ocean voyage to procure a cargo of fruit trees from Tahiti in 1787, the crew of the H.M.A.V. Bounty mutinies against its captain who risks their lives in his determination to steer the ship on a perilous course around Cape Horn, instead of the original path around South Africa. After the crews intoxication with the island and it’s in-habitants the crew sides with Mr. Christian in his famous confrontation with his friend.

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