1935 - Mutiny on the Bounty: "From now on they'll spell Mutiny with my name"



1935 Best Picture Winner

Premiered November 8, 1935 in New York City

Budget:  $1,950,000

Gross:  $4,460,000

I'm becoming a Clark Gable fan. He has to be the first "A List" actor of the Oscar era. What a run, he has It Happened One Night and then this movie and Gone With The Wind does extrememly well a few years later. He wasn't the only actor to do a great job in this film. Mutiny on the Bounty is the only movie to have 3 actors from the same movie all nominated for Best Actor. This was the most violent Oscar winner to date, even though it doesn't even compare to most movies today. The Director did a good job in making you hate Captain Bligh. The viewer experiences the emotions right along with the crew.

The movie earned 3 popcorn bags through the first 6 minutes but it went down a bag in the last 45 minutes. The scenes began to drag a little and the action slowed down after the Mutiny and the film began to get a little boring at that point.

Callie
Favorite:  The introduction of the characters at the beginning of the movie seemed natural and like something that would have been done in a movie today.
Least Favorite:  Not knowing at the end of the movie what Captain Bligh's fate was. 

Joel

Favorite: I like the way that Christian shows sacrificial love. He does not mutiny because of what the Captain has done to him, he is driven to the act by what the Captain does to the men.

Least Favorite: You wait an hour for the mutiny and then it's over in just a few minutes.