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There are surprisingly, only a comparatively few films or TV series set at sea during this period. However, a lack of quantity is balanced by the quality of the films. Master and Commander and the Hornblower TV series, for instance, both were both met with acclaim when they were released.

One popular story for film makers has been that of the 'Bounty', with three movies being made over the years. The Bounty, the Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson version of the story, as well as being the most recent, is probably the best of the three. Another movie worth getting hold of, if you can, is HMS Defiant, starring Dirk Bogarde and Alec Guiness. It deserves to be better known than it is.

	Captain Horatio Hornblower
	Notes: Starring Gregory Peck as Hornblower, Robert Beatty as Bush, Jame Robertson Justice as Quist and Virginia Mayo as Barbara Wellesley.
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	Hornblower - The Even Chance	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The first of the TV movies.
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	Hornblower - The Examination for Lieutenant	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The second of the TV movies.
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	Hornblower - The Duchess and the Devil	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The third TV movie.
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	Hornblower - The Frogs and the Lobsters	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The fourth TV movie
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	Hornblower - Mutiny	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The fifth of the TV movies.
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	Hornblower - Retribution	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The sixth of the TV movies and the sequel to Mutiny.
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	The Bounty	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: Starring Anthony Hopkins as William Bligh and Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian, this version of the story probably gets closer to the truth than the earlier movies.
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	H.M.S. Defiant	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: US Title Damn the Defiant. Based on the novel Mutiny by Frank Tilsey the movie stars Alex Guinness as a fair-minded captain locked in psychological conflict with Dirk Bogarde, his manipulative, coldly malicious first officer. This large-scale saga, which includes some spectacularly staged widescreen naval battles, offers a realistic depiction of life in the British navy at the time.
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	Billy Budd
	Notes: Based on the Herman Melville book, the film stars Robert Ryan and Peter Ustinov.
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	Hornblower - Loyalty	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The seventh of the TV movies.
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	Hornblower - Duty	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The eighth of the TV movies, and the sequel to Loyalty.
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	Hornblower: The Collection	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: Contains all eight Hornblower DVDs.

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	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Buy the DVD at Amazon Buy the Video at Amazon
	Notes: Peter Weir's acclaimed movie starring Russel Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin. Based on a couple of Patrick O'Brian novels, the movie chronicles the voyage of the "Surprise" frigate as she chases a French privateer round the Horn and into the Pacific.
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	Mutiny on the Bounty	Buy the DVD at Amazon
	Notes: The first of three films based on the Bounty mutiny. This one features Charles Laughton as Bligh and Clark Gable as Christian, and is based on the books of Nordhoff and Hall.
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	Mutiny on the Bounty
	Notes: This version of the Bounty mutiny starred Trevor Howard as William Bligh and Marlon Brando as Fletcher Christian. Like the Laughton/Gable movie it was based on the books of Nordhoff and Hall.
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	That Hamilton Woman	Buy the Video at Amazon
	Notes: Stars Vivien Leigh as Emma Hamilton and Laurence Olivier as Nelson. The story of a beautiful woman who, through her wit and charm raised herself from a background of poverty to become the wife of an ambassador, the confidante of royalty, and the mistress of one of history's greatest men, Admiral Nelson... only to return from whence she came.
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