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By the early 1930s, Metro Goldwin Mayer bought the movie rights to shoot a film on the very fictionalized trilogy “Mutiny on the Bounty” written by J. Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff. A large part of this first version was shot in Tahiti with American stars; thousands of extras were hired for the occasion. It was a Hollywood tailor-made film, which had nothing to do with any historical truth. The three scriptwriters just could not help adding love, violence and exotic scenes.
A second version was shot in 1961 with Marlon Brando as Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard as Capt. Bligh. It was an international enterprise, which mobilised technicians and artists from the four corners of the world. The ship replica, which was 130 ft long (i.e. 30 ft longer than the original), was built in New Scotland and arrived in Tahiti with a Canadian crew. Six months of reconnaissance and 200 plans were necessary. All Tahiti was mobilised: four large outrigger canoes were built and more than 7,000 extras were hired and one thousand small canoes were used. But the shooting turned out to be delicate, due in part to artists’ mood swings and frequent changes in the script. Unexpected events sometimes postponed shots for several hours or even days. For instance 5,000 flower leis were made one day, but as many were needed for the following days and Tahiti soon ran short of flowers…
Accommodation supply could not cope with demand and rent prices skyrocketed. During the whole period of shooting, a stupefying need for consumption emerged, triggering an unprecedented inflation in Tahiti. Out of a total production cost of 24 million dollars, 2 millions were thus poured into the local economy. It was also an opportunity for many people to meet each other and it is even said that it sometimes resulted in marriages...
C. Beslu
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