When the three deserters are being flogged, many of the Tahitians are shown harming themselves in protest, including Christian's consort Mauatua. However in the next shot she shows no visible scars from this.
The candles on the table during the dinner discussion immediately after the Bounty leaves Tahiti are lit/unlit between shots.
When Bligh and his launch arrive in Kupang, the launch survivors are depicted as starving and near death, seemingly to imply that they had been constantly at sea since the Mutiny on the Bounty. Historically, Bligh's launch had reached the eastern coast of Australia two weeks earlier and had repaired their boat, stocked up on food and water, and had only then set to sea again to reach the Dutch East Indies. Thus, when they reached Kupang two weeks later, the launch and her crew were in fairly good shape.
When the Bounty left Tahiti before the mutiny it actually sailed west. Cape Horn was never an option on the return journey as the breadfruit would not have survived the cold weather. So this was certainly not a factor in the mutiny.
At the beginning of a meal, the officers toast the King, but do so while sitting. British serving officers always stood while toasting the monarch, even though only in the captain's cabin of a large ship would there be enough headroom to stand upright. When William IV, a naval officer since he was about 13, became King in 1830, he allowed serving officers to toast him while sitting, but this was more than 30 years too late for the officers of the Bounty.
The film shows two little girls in Bligh's home. William Bligh actually had six daughters. *He also had twin sons who died in infancy. Some of them may not have been born yet, or there may be a reason why the filmmakers only profiled two children-not necessarily a mistake.*
At the very end of the film a ship is sinking having been set on fire. As it settles in the water with just the masts showing there's flames on the water. *There could be pitch, widely used aboard sailing ships, or oil on the surface of the water.*
When Bligh and his men arrive in the Dutch East Indies after the mutiny he steps ashore and introduces himself as 'Lieutenant Bligh', pronouncing 'Lieutenant' similar to Loo-tenant. This differs from the usual pronunciation of the word in the British Army, which sounds like Lef-tenant. The Royal Navy, however, used to prefer a pronunciation of the word which differs from that of the British Army and which is much more similar to the present-day American version, without an f.
Most of the time, the captain's cabin was stretched across the stern of the ship, where a row of windows can be seen, but when Bligh is taken by the mutineers, he is sleeping in a tiny cabin they can barely all fit into, without any sign of windows, that appears to be located on the side of the ship. Of course, Bligh could have switched cabins for some reason, but it's odd.
While the crew of The Bounty is on Tahiti, some of the local women are Polynesian, but many are obviously Caucasian.
When the men are rowing in the launch, in the middle of the ocean, after having been set adrift, there is a green reflection moving from right to left in the sea, probably of some island or ship.
When Bligh, Fryer and Christian are in Bligh's home planning the voyage, Bligh refers to a route that would take them around the coast of 'Australia'. But at the time of the Bounty's voyage in 1789 what we now know as Australia was instead universally called New Holland - a name which also appears on Bligh's map and which he later uses after being cast adrift. 'Australia' only came into common usage in the early 19th century; it gained official status in 1824.
As the Bounty is leaving Tahiti, two modern channel markers (day marks) are visible between the ship and the break in the reef.
Just before reaching Tahiti, Capt Bligh is seen shooting the sun with a sextant. Christian is taking notes with a modern pencil complete with a metal banded eraser on top.
Much of the crew have very 1980s style haircuts. Some clearly have the haircut from a razor while others have feathered cuts that were quite in vogue on men in the 1980s.
The continent of Australia is referred to as both "Australia" and "New Holland". The latter is more correct for the time - the name Australia would not be adopted until the 1800s, although it may have sometimes been referred to as "Terra Australis".
When the Bounty arrives in Tahiti, the landscape background is actually Moorea, the island close to Tahiti.
Among the midshipmen on the historical Bounty voyage were a Thomas Hayward and a Peter Heywood. These two are understandably combined in the film into a single character. It was, for example, Mr. Hayward who fell asleep on watch the night three men deserted ship, but Mr. Haywood who stayed behind when the Bounty returned to Tahiti. While this composite character is named "Thomas Heywood" in the credits, Fletcher Christian calls him "Peter" near the end of the film.