Catalogue

THE "BOUNTY" FILMS (Unrealised Film Project, 1977 - 1980)

Item id: DL/12/38

Description: Correspondence and other items relating to the construction of the replica 'Bounty' at Whangerei Engineering and Construction (WECO) in New Zealand, 1977 - 1979, including: i) Brochure containing information on WECO, nd. ii) Typewritten sheet entitled: "Birth place of your Bounty", enclosing a photograph of the shipyard, nd. iii) Photocopied information regarding the whereabouts of salvaged parts of the original 'Bounty', 29 March [? 1978] iv) Photocopy of a poem entitled: "The building of the 'Bounty'" by J. McGuire with considerable help from Longfellow, nd. iv) Photocopies of letters received by Joe (Mac) McGuire, senior ship and engineer surveyor for Lloyds Register of Shipping, seconded to WECO for the 'Bounty' project, from school children on a tour of the yard and their reaction to the plans to build a replica of the 'Bounty', May 1978. v) Letter to Eddie Fowlie from A. Gifford Jackson, Industrial Designer, containing design proposal for the replica 'Bounty' and a replica of H. M. S. Pandora, 11 April 1978. vi) Letter to Dino de Laurentiis from David Lean regarding the credentials of Mac McGuire, 9 May 1978. vii) Progress reports 9 and 10 from Lloyd's Register of Shipping, showing work in progress on the replica 'Bounty', October - November 1978. viii) Letter to Eddie Fowlie from Mac McGuire explaining his current situation and enclosing letters received from various interested parties about the replica 'Bounty', 16 January 1979. ix) Various items of correspondence referring to the seizure of the replica 'Bounty', due to the financial situation of Dino de Laurentiis Corporation, September 1979.