The Mutiny of the Bounty The Mutiny of the Bounty The Mutiny of the Bounty is a 1916 Australian-New Zealand silent film directed by Raymond Longford about the mutiny aboard . It is the first known cinematic dramatisation of this story and is considered a lost film. The story deals with the mutiny on on 28 April 1789, Captain Bligh's journey back to England, the recapture of the mutineers on Tahiti and subsequent fate of the other mutineers on Pitcairn Island. The story was structured in five acts. Filming took place in Rotorua, Norfolk Island and Sydney starting April 1916. The movie was partly financed
Bounty (1978 ship) Bounty (1978 ship) Bounty (popularly HMAV "Bounty") was built in 1977/78 for the movie "The Bounty" starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins. She is now a tourist destination in Hong Kong, China. For the filming of "The Bounty", a replica of William Bligh's ship, was required. The "Bounty" replica was built by Whangarei Engineering Company at Whangarei, New Zealand during 1978 and 1979. The ship was designed to externally conform to the original "Bounty". The replica is in length overall, with a beam of and a draught of . To reflect the international legacy of the Mutiny on the "Bounty",