Sunday, August 27, 2006
BOUNTEOUS
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Films was
There have been four versions of this story.
This is the one with Charles Laughton as Captain Bly, Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian, the First Officer, and Franchot Tone as Ensign Byam.
The film is captivating and this with 1935 film acting and technology.
Once again, genuine action comes across as more heart-pounding than the concocted electronic stuff. These guys are sailing a ship.
I enjoyed it for the most part.
There are a few heavy handedly sentimental moments during the happy period on Tahiti that take away from the main thrust but maybe we all needed a vacation from the tough times on the ship.
It's a gotta be 5 out of Netflix5.
Imagine, they went over budget at two million dollars. Well, there is inflation to take into account; 1,358 %!
So.
that would be 27,160,000 dollars today. I guess they didn't have big star budgets or catering services then.
