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A documentary-style book by Chauvel published to coincide with the release of his film, In the Wake of the Bounty.
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In the Wake of the Bounty
( dir. Charles Chauvel
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Australia
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Expeditionary Films
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1933
6939997
1933
single work
film/TV
(taught in 1 units)
The first of two docudramas by Charles Chauvel (the other is Heritage), In the Wake of the Bounty retells the story of the mutiny led by Fletcher Christian in 1789 against William Bligh, depicting the fate of the mutineers on Tahiti and Pitcairnis. Presented as part narrative and part travelogue, the film uses introductory enacted scenes showing the mutiny, followed by documentary footage, anthropological style, of the mutineers' descendants on Pitcairn Island (including Polynesian women dancers) and an underwater shipwreck.
Works about this Work
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What Do Mad Max's Six Oscars Mean for the Australian Film Industry?
2016
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 1 March 2016; 'The career of Dr George Miller reminds me of that of Charles Chauvel, one of the greatest showmen of the Australian cinema. Both men – though separated by many decades – have employed epic cinematic forms and nationalistic themes. ...' -
The Bounty
2013
single work
drama
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 19 2013;'This script is dedicated to the memory of Susanne Chauvel-Carlsson, and was inspired by a chapter in Elsa Chauvel’s book, My Life With Charles (1973). This is the story of the making of a dream, a dream to capture the essence of a narrative set in the South Seas, a story of a mutiny of the soul when The Bounty sailed into Matavai Bay in 1789. In 1932, the young Australian filmmakers Elsa and Charles Chauvel set sail with their cameraman Tasman Higgins to travel 15,000 miles by steamer to Papeete and Pitcairn. Leaving their toddler daughter Susanne with grandparents back in Stanthorpe, the trio set out on a journey that would take six months to complete, to gather film footage never before seen, of Tahitian dancers on location in Tahiti for their film, In the Wake of the Bounty. ' (Author's abstract)
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The Pitcairn Islanders
1933
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 April 1933; (p. 4)
— Review of In the Wake of the Bounty : To Tahiti and Pitcairn Island 1933 single work -
Best Sellers and A.B.A. Recommendations
1933
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— Appears in: All About Books , 10 June vol. 5 no. 6 1933; (p. 88) -
A Reader's Notebook: New Australian Work
1933
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 May vol. 5 no. 5 1933; (p. 69-70)
— Review of The Animals Noah Forgot 1933 selected work poetry ; In the Wake of the Bounty : To Tahiti and Pitcairn Island 1933 single work ; 'Mordecaius' Overture : A Poem 1933 single work poetry ; Jonah 1911 single work novel ; Bring the Monkey : A Light Novel 1933 single work novel
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A Reader's Notebook: New Australian Work
1933
single work
review
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 May vol. 5 no. 5 1933; (p. 69-70)
— Review of The Animals Noah Forgot 1933 selected work poetry ; In the Wake of the Bounty : To Tahiti and Pitcairn Island 1933 single work ; 'Mordecaius' Overture : A Poem 1933 single work poetry ; Jonah 1911 single work novel ; Bring the Monkey : A Light Novel 1933 single work novel -
The Pitcairn Islanders
1933
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 April 1933; (p. 4)
— Review of In the Wake of the Bounty : To Tahiti and Pitcairn Island 1933 single work -
Best Sellers and A.B.A. Recommendations
1933
single work
column
— Appears in: All About Books , 10 June vol. 5 no. 6 1933; (p. 88) -
The Bounty
2013
single work
drama
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , October no. 19 2013;'This script is dedicated to the memory of Susanne Chauvel-Carlsson, and was inspired by a chapter in Elsa Chauvel’s book, My Life With Charles (1973). This is the story of the making of a dream, a dream to capture the essence of a narrative set in the South Seas, a story of a mutiny of the soul when The Bounty sailed into Matavai Bay in 1789. In 1932, the young Australian filmmakers Elsa and Charles Chauvel set sail with their cameraman Tasman Higgins to travel 15,000 miles by steamer to Papeete and Pitcairn. Leaving their toddler daughter Susanne with grandparents back in Stanthorpe, the trio set out on a journey that would take six months to complete, to gather film footage never before seen, of Tahitian dancers on location in Tahiti for their film, In the Wake of the Bounty. ' (Author's abstract)
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What Do Mad Max's Six Oscars Mean for the Australian Film Industry?
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 1 March 2016; 'The career of Dr George Miller reminds me of that of Charles Chauvel, one of the greatest showmen of the Australian cinema. Both men – though separated by many decades – have employed epic cinematic forms and nationalistic themes. ...'
