West Side Story

. It was written by and starred David Essex. Tony runs out into the street, where he is shot by Chino; in the aftermath of his death, Maria is able to finally bring all the young people together. A musical based on the same story appeared in the West End during the 1980s. Bernardo's girlfriend, Anita, agrees to help, but when she is taunted by the Jets, she invents a story that Maria has been killed by Chino, the man she was supposed to marry. Despite the distinguished cast—including Daniel Day-Lewis and Liam Neeson in supporting roles and Laurence Olivier in a cameo appearance as Admiral Hood—the film had a tepid critical reception (the capsule review in Newsday read in its entirety as follows: "Man the bilge pumps") and was not a great commercial success. He and Maria plan to run away together. It also portrays the natives mostly nude as they would have appeared at the time of The Bounty's visit to the island (the previous films couldn't portray this because of censorship and decency concerns).

When the gangs arrange a "rumble", Maria pleads with Tony to prevent the fighting, but when Bernardo unintentionally stabs Riff to death, Tony, in a rage, kills Bernardo. This film also suggests that the motives behind the mutiny might not have been as noble as suggested in the other films. The Sharks are led by Maria's brother, Bernardo, and the Jets by Tony's best friend, Riff. It shows both Bligh and the crew as more products of their time than anything else. Tony and Maria fall in love, despite the fact that they are associated with rival gangs - Tony with the Jets, and Puerto Rican-born Maria with the Sharks. The 1984 film was probably one of the more historically accurate of the films dealing with the Bounty. The story line is a reworking of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with minor variations, set among American and Puerto Rican street gangs in New York City's Upper West Side. It then goes to Bligh's trial where he is subsequently acquitted by the Admirality.

Nominations (1). It shows the later voyages of the Bounty as they go to Pitcairn Island. Wins (10). Once Bligh's launch reaches a Dutch colony, his part in the story comes to an end. Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Like the 1935 film, this version also concentrates on the trials of Bligh and those who were forced into the launch with him. It is the only film to show that one man died because of an attack by the natives of an island where the launch stopped. On AFI's 100 years, 100 songs, "Tonight" was #59, "America" was #35, and "Somewhere" was #20. However, it does make the fact that Bligh was going to try circumnavigation as one of the reasons that some of the crew decided to mutiny.

The film was #41 on American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies and #3 on its 100 Years, 100 Passions, and has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. This film does not so much hold Bligh as responsible - rather it is the desire of some of the crew to go back to Tahiti. It won a Grammy award in 1985. In this film, the crew is shown as having more responsibility than they did in other films. Generally known as the "operatic version" of West Side Story, it stars Kiri Te Kanawa as Maria, José Carreras as Tony, Tatiana Troyanos as Anita, Kurt Ollman as Riff, and Marilyn Horne who sings "Somewhere" as an anonymous character. He tells another mutineer that he wished he had given Bligh some muskets. In 1984, Bernstein decided to re-record the musical, conducting his own music for the first time. In this film, she is more of a reason that Fletcher mutinied than in the previous two films. Afterwards, Fletcher is shown as feeling remorseful because of the mutiny.

Some of the songs include "Something's Coming," "Maria," "America," "Somewhere," "Tonight," "Gee, Officer Krupke," "I Feel Pretty," "One Hand, One Heart," and "Cool.". The feelings become much more acrimonius after the ship leaves Tahiti after Fletcher has been forced to leave his wife behind on Tahiti. Bernstein's score for the musical has been extremely popular. However over the course of the film both men turn against each other. West Side Story is still produced frequently by local theatres and is occasionally produced by classical opera companies. At first Bligh thinks so much of Christian that he asks the man to sail with him for a second time. The dark theme, sophisticated music, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in English language musical theatre, which had previously (with rare exceptions) tended toward light and fluffy themes. He is shown at first as a friend of Bligh.

The film won ten Motion Picture Academy Awards including Best Picture, the most Oscars received by any movie musical. In this film, Fletcher Christian is a more complex character. In 1961, it was made into a motion picture and released on October 18 by United Artists, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. Their motivations in this film are not always as noble as in the other two films. West Side Story debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater on September 26, 1957 and played 732 performances before going on tour - a very successful run for the time. Many of them are shown as typical sailors of the time. West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. They are shown to be a much more "rough and tumble" group than the crews in the other films.

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - Ernest Lehman. The crew is shown in a different light than in the previous two films. Academy Award for Sound - Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD), and Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD). While some savage beatings were carried out under Bligh's watch in this film, it seems to be in this film no different from any other captain would have done. Academy Award for Original Music Score, of a Musical Picture - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Irwin Kostal, and Sid Ramin. Bligh is not so much portrayed as a cruel tyrant in this film, but rather as a traditional ship's captain - a man of his times. Academy Award for Film Editing - Thomas Stanford. In this movie, the events of the voyage up to and after the mutiny are shown as a series of flashbacks.

Academy Award for Directing - Jerome Robbins, and Robert Wise. William Bligh upon arriving home after the mutiny had occurred. Academy Award for Costume Design, Color - Irene Sharaff. The movie is set during the trial of Lt. Fapp. In 1984, the movie The Bounty starring Anthony Hopkins as Bligh and Mel Gibson as Christian was released. Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color - Daniel L. However most historical evidence shows that Fletcher lived on the island for several years before being murdered, and some even believe that he eventually returned to England some years later.

Gangelin, and Boris Leven. Fletcher Christian dies towards the end of the film right after the discovery of Pitcairn Island. Academy Award for Best Art Direction- Set Decoration, Color - Victor A. Bligh was asleep during the inital stages of the uprising, this movie shows him as awake. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Rita Moreno. This movie has Bligh and Fletcher meeting for the first time - in reality Bligh and Christian had sailed together before. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - George Chakiris. This movie has the unfortunate distinction of being the least historically accurate of the films.

Academy Award for Best Picture - Robert Wise, producer. It only shows the beginning of the voyage of the launch and then Bligh's participation in the inquiry into the mutiny in England. However the movie does not spend too much time on what happened to those in the launch after being put off the Bounty. Like the 1935 version, this movie also portrayed Captain Bligh as a cruel tyrant whose abuse lead the crew to mutiny. This version did not win any Oscars but was nominated for seven:.

The second Mutiny on the Bounty movie was made in 1962 under the directorship of Lewis Milestone and starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard. Fletcher Christian's father had died many years before Christian's travels on board the Bounty - the movie shows the elder Christian at the trial. At the time he was halfway around the world on a second voyage for breadfruit plants. Captain Bligh was never on board HMS Pandora, nor was he present at the trial of the mutineers who stayed on Tahiti.

However, the movie does contain a few historical inaccuracies. It also deals with the aftermath. It contains scenes of the trials of those who had been put off the ship on the launch. This movie portrays Captain Bligh as an abusive villain whose cruelty towards the crew and most of the officers lead Fletcher Christian to mutiny.

The only Oscar won by the movie was for Best Picture for its producers, Irving Thalberg and Albert Lewin, but it also received seven additional nominations:. David Niven and James Cagney also had bit parts in the movie. The first American film Mutiny on the Bounty was a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. He played Fletcher Christian.

The first dipiction of the mutiny on the Bounty was an Australian film called In the Wake of the Bounty and it is noteworthy as the first film to introduce Errol Flynn to movie audiences. From the novel have arisen a number of movies that deal with the mutiny, each dealing with the events of the voyage of the Bounty in different ways. He, and several other members of the crew, are eventually acquitted. He subsequently returns to Tahiti, and is eventually arrested and taken back to England to face a court-martial.

Byam, although not one of the mutineers, remains with the Bounty after the mutiny. The 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall tells the story through a fictional first-person narrator by the name of Roger Byam, based on actual crew member Peter Heywood. Mutiny on the Bounty is the title of a novel and several films based on the Mutiny on the Bounty, the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of HMAV Bounty in 1789. Bligh, published 1791 and 1793 by Georg Forster and his father in Berlin as "Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen".

Description of actual travel logs by W. William Bligh, Meuterei auf der Bounty, Erdmann Verlag Tübingen. Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, Viking Penguin, 2003, hardcover, 512 pages, ISBN 067003133X. Best Music, Song - Bronislaw Kaper (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "Love Song from Mutiny on the Bounty (Follow Me)".

Best Music, Score - Substantially Original - Bronislaw Kaper. Best Film Editing - John McSweeney Jr. Lory (audible). Arnold Gillespie (visual) and Milo B.

Best Effects, Special Effects - A. Best Cinematography, Color - Robert Surtees. McMillan Johnson. Davis, Henry Grace, Hugh Hunt and J.

Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color - George W. Academy Award for Best Picture - Aaron Rosenberg. Best Writing, Screenplay - Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings and Carey Wilson. Finston (head of department) and Herbert Stothart ("Love Song of Tahiti" written by Walter Jurmann, uncredited).

Best Music, Score - Nat W. Best Film Editing - Margaret Booth. Best Director - Frank Lloyd. Franchot Tone.

Charles Laughton. Clark Gable. Best Actor in a Leading Role -