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Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1962 film starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard. It is the second film to be made from the novel, the first being the 1935 version. It was directed by Lewis Milestone.

The movie chronicals the real-life mutiny aboard the HMAV Bounty lead by Fletcher Christian against the ship's captain, William Bligh. Like the 1935 version, this movie portrayed Captain Bligh as a cruel tyrant whose abuse lead the crew to mutiny. However the movie does not spend too much time on what happened to those in the launch after being put off the Bounty. It only shows the beginning of the voyage of the launch and then Bligh's participation in the inquiry into the mutiny in England.

This version has the unfortunate distinction of being the least historically accurate of the films. This movie has Bligh and Fletcher meeting for the first time - in reality Bligh and Christian had sailed together before. Bligh was asleep during the initial stages of the uprising; this movie shows him as awake. Fletcher Christian dies towards the end of the film right after the discovery of Pitcairn Island. However, most historical evidence shows that Fletcher lived on the island for several years before being murdered, and some even believe that he eventually returned to England some years later.

The movie has also become legendary for the excessive behavior of Marlon Brando during filming. According to the biography by Peter Manso, Brando's antics included pulling members of the film crew away from the set to work on the decorations for a friend's wedding in Tahiti and flying airplane loads of expensive food and drinks to the island for parties he would throw.

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 - Bronislaw Kaper (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)"

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