1つ1つのカットが芸術品で、豊かな音楽がそれらを繋いでいます。タイトな引き締まり。雄大なスクリーン。
この作品を観ていると、総合芸術の何たるかを見せつけられるようです。中でも船出の場面は圧巻で、Rule Britaniaが響く頃には、アカデミー賞作品であるとはいえ日本で放映される機会が少なく、埋もれていた作品に出会えた歓びが込み上げてきます。
"Nobody calls me a thief but the men I steals from."
"We've beaten the sea it self."
"Fletcher, but what is out there for you?"
"Another island."
"Remember why we took the ship. They can't press-gang you there, they can't starve you, and they can't flog you. We're not afraid of a new life anywhere."
"We feel we do not exaggerate when we say that the new understanding between officers and men has come to the peak. By returning Byam to duty, your majesty will confirm that understanding. And not for today only, but for all time to come."
