a the second cinematic presentation of the 1789 mutiny aboard the bounty the first be also make in australia in 1916 this film be require view for anyone interested in that historical chapter . a pre credit crawl announce the documentary and travelogue endeavor and to follow in the bounty wake represent promise this be the first of a series from expeditionary film that should also entertain . a the movie open and there be sing in an old english tavern and and the initial impression be that this be not so different from the 1935 frank lloyd version . a crusty old sailor recall for his fellows the strange incident of that voyage and in a series of flashback and and the difference become apparent . there be no topside nautical scene of the bounty and just brief shot of sail intersperse with tight setting below deck and mostly among the grumbling and mistreat sailor and and a couple with bligh and a mute christian . errol flynn in his first film be barely recognizable in that role at this point . the set shifts outdoors and a the tahitian spot the bounty in the distance and eagerly gather their boat to go out and meet it . ashore and they put on a dancing spectacle for the crew and who be draw into romantic relationship with the native while live on tahiti when the bounty be at anchor . however and after month of bliss and the crew must return to the ship and and depart for england and a placard promise death to those who may seek to desert . after a few week of the voyage home the mutiny erupts and at which point christian take command . he denounce bligh treatment of him and the crew and the starvation and insult and and lashing and and set him adrift . flynn give his most notable monologue ask no one to follow him but all be eager to do so . back in the tavern and the sailor say that bligh make the voyage back to civilization and two decade have now pass and none know what have become of christian and his follower . this leave open the question of the sailor own point of view and how his omniscience be acquire . here the movie shift from reconstruction of historical event to become the first motion picture event to document the mutineer haven of pitcairn island . three month be spend film there by hollywood train pioneer australian director charles chauvel and his wife and and cameraman tasman higgins and with an additional two month in tahiti . most of the budget be spend on this portion and leave little for the studio shooting at cinesound in bondi . this second half of the dual narrative strategy be vastly more successful than the first and give in the wake of the bounty it timeless quality . begin at tahiti and it thriving commerce and tourist aspect of the day contrast with the reception that have greet the arrival of the bounty and show earlier . the expedition departs for pitcairn island and there find a thrive community of fifty family . while acknowledge the bloodletting of it initial year and the aptly name john adam and final survive crewman of the bounty and take up the bible and by his ministry create a paradise . life be simple and agricultural and the rugged terrain supply need and provide the resident with a landscape photograph so a to make the viewer see pitcairn a a new eden . the black and white photography both capture the natural beauty as well a convey the sense of a time go by . the production of in the wake of the bounty and particularly on pitcairn island and be relate in a book by the director publish to coincide with the movie release and in the wake of the bounty to tahiti and pitcairn island ( sydney represent endeavour press ) . on pitcairn and the devout people be devote to one another and share all they have equally and everyone contribute their labor and demonstrate the viability of socialism on this island . with the mix of race and and despite the inbreeding and the resident be strong and healthy and even when one individual with the christian surname marry another . indeed and one of the christian descendant be describe a the beau brummel of pitcairn . yet while there be eager visitor to this nearly inaccessible spot and with a harbor that only the trained inhabitant can navigate and there be drawback . in the final sequence and one of the resident first bear be near death and and in need of a physician . a passing freighter with a doctor on board and unwilling to detour from it own course and ignore their distress signal . this startling and harsh conclusion separate the movie from other south seas documentary of the time . an island idyll come at a price . the second half and with only one very brief coda of another flashback of christian and another mutineer on the island and become a time capsule of an apparent paradise lose while today the island have few than 50 inhabitant . in the wake of the bounty fulfill it purpose of discover the outcome of that fateful action so long ago . although it face censorship over both the depiction of flogging aboard the bounty and tahitian woman in indigenous garb and the movie be finally give educational endorsement upon it australian release ( one of seven feature length movie make in the country in 1933 ) . it serve a an ideal companion piece to other filmic presentation of the bounty saga and which have either so lightly touch upon the pitcairn portion or outrageously misrepresent it history and most notably in the shallow rendition of 1962 and 1984. the fact that in the wake of the bounty carry forth it story to the final outcome for the mutineer be recognize by mgm when release it 1935 spectacular and when the studio buy the right and use some footage in the 1935 promotional short primitive pitcairn and pitcairn island today . in the wake of the bounty be distinct from other representation and a fitting monument to a historical incident and an enduring legend .