In 2011, I attended the 2nd annual TCM Film Festival. The late Robert Osborne was introducing a film (not this one) and invited the audience to ask questions prior to the showing. After a few Q and A's, an audience member stood and asked "Do you still maintain your unreasonable position that the 1962 version of Mutiny in the Bounty is a pointless, self-indulgent remake of a genuine classic from 1935?"
"Pointless, self-indulgent and ghastly," came Osborne's reply. The questioner, 3 seats to my right, pointedly disagreed. He also turned out to be Osborne's great friend Alec Baldwin. This repartee had all been set up, based on Baldwin's knowledge of Osborne's contempt for the 1962 version.
It was great a fun, except for the fact that Osborne was right - and Baldwin knew it. The Brando version is indeed ghastly and overblown - and Brando has never been worse.
The 1 point I gave this thing is for Kaper's music.
It was great a fun, except for the fact that Osborne was right - and Baldwin knew it. The Brando version is indeed ghastly and overblown - and Brando has never been worse.
The 1 point I gave this thing is for Kaper's music.