Mutiny on the Bounty the Tahitians. Bligh was impatient to be away, but as Richard Hough observes in his account, he "failed to anticipate how his company would react to the severity and austerity of life at sea ... after five dissolute, hedonistic months at Tahiti". The work was done by 1 April 1789, and four days later, after an affectionate farewell from Tynah and his queen, "Bounty" left the harbour. In their "Bounty" histories, both Hough and Alexander maintain that the men were not at a stage close to mutiny, however sorry they were to leave Tahiti. The journal of James Morrison, the
Mutiny (2002 film) Mutiny (2002 film) Mutiny is the fifth episode of the British film series "Hornblower". It was released on 24 March 2002, nearly three years after the first four films. It is based on the book "Lieutenant Hornblower" by C.S. Forester. In 1802 in Kingston, Jamaica, Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower is imprisoned on a charge of mutiny. On a visit, he explains to his former captain, Commodore Sir Edward Pellew, why he is in prison. In a six months flashback, Hornblower is the 3rd Lieutenant aboard the HMS "Renown", under the command of the famous Captain James Sawyer, a hero from the