The Donaldson film tries to address the three aspects of the story, which were covered (I read the Nordhoff and Hall novels as a teen too) unevenly or not at all in the other films. And yes, you're right, I think the Bolt was credited for THE BOUNTY screenplay with the man who wrote the book from which it was adapted. I did not know how little or much of Bolt's writing was used.
I recently watched A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS with a reasonably intelligent woman who thought that the writing was "corny." The fast-camera, fast editing, telescoped writing of the last twenty five years had rendered the writing "corny" for her. GO FIGURE. K. On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > I think Bolt started the screenplay for The Bounty, but had a stroke and the > eventual film contains little of his original writing. > > I imagine the movie with a screenplay by the Bolt of the early 1960s, and it > would have been wonderful. > > I first read the three novels by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall > (Mutiny on the Bounty, Men Against the Sea, and Pitcairn's Island) as a teen, > and I know there is still a great series of movies (or an epic TV > mini-series) waiting to be made of the entire story (only parts of which were > addressed in the earlier versions). > > Bruce > > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > He also co-wrote the script for THE BOUNTY (1984), the mutiny on the HMS > Bounty story, which David Lean had always wanted > to film, but was never able to get financed. > > This film takes a fuller look at the BOUNTY epic, and is enjoyable enough, > directed by Roger Donaldson. But one > can only imagine that tale with the Lean camera and editing synergy and > perfectionist sensibility. Maybe the > financiers remembered all too well the MGM experience with the Brando > version. I have always liked that version. > > LEAN went on to make A PASSAGE TO INDIA, a thoroughly wonderful film, in my > opinion. I think that's > out on BLU - RAY now. > > K. > > On Jun 12, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > >> Robert Bolt, who wrote Lawrence, quickly followed with Doctor Zhivago, A Man >> for All Seasons (from his earlier play), and Ryan's Daughter, a pretty >> amazing string of wonderful screenplays. >> >> Of course he didn't manage to include a tagline as great as "Get off my >> lawn!" in any of them, but he did his best. >> >> Bruce >> >> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 1:06 AM, Phil Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: >> Odd, we nearly always think of LAWRENCE in terms of its epic scope and >> spectacular visuals, but it has one of the most literate and >> precise screenplays of almost any film I can think of. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Kirby McDaniel >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 2:06 PM >> Subject: [MOPO] OT; BLIGH ME, GUVNOR >> >> Tony Hayward: I am reminded of the wonderful line Claude Rains (Dryden) >> gets in LAWRENCE: >> >> >> Prince Feisal: You, I suspect, are chief architect of this compromise. What >> do you think? >> Mr. Dryden: Me, your Highness? On the whole, I wish I'd stayed in Tunbridge >> Wells. >> >> >> >> http://www.theonion.com/articles/massive-flow-of-bullshit-continues-to-gush-from-bp,17564/ >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] >> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >> The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
