Editing The Bounty (1984 film) (section)

==Filming==
Filming started 25 April 1983.<ref>{{cite news|title=FILM CLIPS: COPPOLA JOINS 'THE COTTON CLUB'|author=Caulfield, Deborah|work=Los Angeles Times|date=4 April 1983|page=G 6}}</ref> The final script was completed only the day before filming began.<ref name="mann"/>
[[File:Greenwich - Grand Square - View SE on Queen Mary Court Dome & Chapel.jpg|thumb|210px|right|The exterior of the [[Old Royal Naval College]], London was used during Bligh's court martial.]]
[[File:Baie de Opunohu.jpg|thumb|210px|right|[[Opunohu Bay]], Mo'orea.]]

The film was shot on location over 20 weeks in [[Mo'orea]], [[French Polynesia]], Port of [[Gisborne, New Zealand]] and at the [[Old Royal Naval College]] and the [[Reform Club]], [[Pall Mall, London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/109057595/the-bounty-roger-donaldson-remembers-when-he-brought-neeson-gibson-and-daylewis-to-nz|title=Throwback Thursday: When blackmail nearly grounded The Bounty|first=James|last=Croot|date=7 December 2018|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> Many of the shots of the ship were filmed in [[Opunohu Bay]], Moorea, the bay where Captain [[James Cook]] anchored during 1777. Below-the-deck scenes were shot at Lee Studios outside London.

The replica of the ''[[Bounty (1978 ship)|Bounty]]'' used in the film was built in [[Whangārei]], New Zealand, before the script was even completed at a cost of $4 million; the entire film cost $25 million. Donaldson said the boat "has got to be the most expensive movie prop ever built. It's exact right down to the hand stitching on the sails."<ref name="los"/>
[[File:1978 replica of the Bounty at dock in Sydney.jpg|thumb|210px|right|The ''Bounty'' used in the film at Sydney Harbour in 1996.]]
The director says filming on the ship was hard. "It's only 90 feet long and its design is archaic. So it rolled all the time and people were constantly seasick. It wasn't a pleasant experience."<ref name="los"/>

However, unlike many other films filmed on water, ''The Bounty'' was finished under budget.<ref name="Stephen Farber">{{cite news|title=Buoyed by Fresh Insight, "The Bounty" Sails Again|author=Stephen Farber|work=The New York Times|date=29 April 1984}}</ref>

As well as the New Zealand-built ''Bounty'', Lean had also looked at refitting the [[frigate]] ''[[HMS Surprise (replica ship)|Rose]]'' to play the role of ''Pandora''. The latter has since gone on to become [[HMS Surprise (novel)|HMS ''Surprise'']] in [[Peter Weir]]'s ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World|Master and Commander]]''. For the storm sequences a detailed 25-foot model of the ''Bounty'' was built.

Gibson described the making of the film as difficult because of the long production time and bad weather: "I went mad. They would hold their breath at night when I went off. One night I had a fight in a bar and the next day they had to shoot only one side of my face because the other was so messed up. If you see the film, you can see the swelling in certain scenes." Anthony Hopkins, who had battled with [[alcoholism]] until becoming [[abstinent]] in 1975, was worried about Gibson's heavy drinking, saying, "Mel is a wonderful, wonderful fellow with a marvellous future. He's already something of a superstar, but he's in danger of blowing it unless he takes hold of himself." Gibson, who likewise self-identified as an alcoholic, agreed with this concern, and added his admiration for the Welsh actor: "He was terrific. He was good to work with because he was open and he was willing to give. He's a moral man, and you could see this. I think we had the same attitudes."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Mel Gibson: Living Dangerously|author=Joan Goodman|magazine=Playgirl|date=December 1984}}</ref>

Donaldson said Hopkins "became Bligh" during filming. "So much so that you didn't want to sit with him at breakfast."<ref name="los"/>

Donaldson admits he and Hopkins clashed during filming. "I'm a bit of a hard task-master", admitted Donaldson later. "I won't give up until I really think we've wrung everything we can out of every scene... It was 90 degrees in Tahiti and the humidity was 100%, and Tony was wearing this wool-serge uniform, done up to the neck. That was demanding, just physically."<ref>{{cite news|title=Tony and I would happily have killed each other|edition=FIRST|author=ROB DRISCOLL|work=Western Mail|date=9 March 2006|page=30}}</ref>

===Music===
The [[Full score|score]] was composed by [[Vangelis]]. The soundtrack has never been officially released, but a two-CD limited edition bootleg was released by One World Music (OWM-95034) in 1995.<ref name="STN-Bounty">{{cite web|title=Soundtrack Information|url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/the-bounty-1984/|publisher=Soundtrack.Net|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="AllMus-Bounty">{{cite web|title=Vangelis The Bounty [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/the-bounty-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mr0002702920|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> The score for the tracks "Opening Titles" and "Closing Titles" were remade for the compilation album ''[[Themes (Vangelis album)|Themes]]'' released in 1989 by [[Polydor Records]].<ref>[http://vangelishistory.com/Nemo%20Era%20II/index.html Nemo Era II] (1982–1987) | Vangelishistory</ref>