The film is spread over two dual layered discs with some extras on both discs (1:48:00 + 1:17:24 with music and an intermission - entre'act).

I was very impressed with this image - beautifully sharp, clean and no apparent digital artefacts - it really does look marvelous. Of course the breathtaking cinematography of French Polynesia adds a huge bonus to the 2.75:1 widescreen visuals. Black levels are pitch and overall the presentation is very bright. Although I rarely make issue of this - I saw a fairly prominent layer change during some of the dance sequences on disc 1 - no biggie just thought I'd say in case you are sensitive to it. The 5.1 track sounded very good - the film actually played in cinemas with 6-channel sound on 70mm prints and 4-channel sound on 35mm prints. 

Extras are plentiful - but the four featurettes are more about the ship The Bounty with less valid material on the film or Brando's difficult nature during production (which would have been interesting to hear about). The inclusion of the alternate prologue and epilogue sequences (not seen theatrically) was interesting if essentially uneventful.

To heck with the critics, I have always enjoyed The Bounty story and really got caught up in this version. I thought Brando was great and Trevor Howard and Richard Harris too. Yeah - the final scenes goes on a bit long but it doesn't inhibit the overall grandeur. I recommend!

Gary W. Tooze