Mutiny on the Bounty Undeterred, Christian and an armed party surveyed the island, and decided it would be suitable for their purposes. However, to create a permanent settlement, they needed compliant native labour and women. The most likely source for these was Tahiti, to which "Bounty" returned on 6 June. To ensure the co-operation of the Tahiti chiefs, Christian concocted a story that he, Bligh, and Captain Cook were founding a new settlement at Aitutaki. Cook's name ensured generous gifts of livestock and other goods and, on 16 June, the well-provisioned "Bounty" sailed back to Tubuai. On board were nearly 30 Tahitian men and
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at Screen Novelties in Los Angeles. The film features live-action scenes directed by Mark Osborne in Santa Monica, California. The ship used during the 30-second opening featuring the pirates singing the theme song was the "Bounty", a -long, enlarged reconstruction of the 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship HMS "Bounty" built for 1962's "Mutiny on the Bounty". The ship has appeared in a number of other films, including "Treasure Island" (1999), "" (2006) and "" (2007). In film trailers, live-action scenes were taken from "Das Boot" (1981), "The Hunt for Red October" (1990) and "U-571" (2000). "Baywatch" and "Knight Rider" actor