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Article: Movie ship undergoes repairs.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2006
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Byline: Dennis Hoey
May 2--BOOTHBAY HARBOR -- The HMS Bounty has weathered violent squalls, collisions at sea and several ownership changes during its 46-year sailing career, but has faced nothing like the crisis Hollywood filmmakers created in 1960 when MGM studio officials threatened to torch the ship.
It was lead actor Marlon Brando who reportedly threatened to walk away from the making of the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" unless he gained assurances that the vessel would not be set on fire -- an action scene that had been written into the script.
Brando saved the ship and today, thousands of nautical miles later, the 180-foot-long, ...