Bounty
Encyclopedia
Bounty may refer to:
In transportation:
, an 18th century British Royal Navy ship
In geography:
In film, television, and radio:
In other fields:
- Bounty (reward)Bounty (reward)A bounty is a payment or reward often offered by a group as an incentive for the accomplishment of a task by someone usually not associated with the group. Bounties are most commonly issued for the capture or retrieval of a person or object. They are typically in the form of money...
, an amount of money or other reward offered by an organization for the capture of a person or thing
In transportation:
, an 18th century British Royal Navy ship
- Bounty IIBounty IIThis article is about the replica ship. See for information on the original ship.The Bounty II is a reconstruction of the original sailing ship HMS Bounty, which served in the Royal Navy....
(actually Bounty, without suffix), commonly used name for the 1960 built replica of the 18th century ship
In geography:
- Bounty, Saskatchewan, a ghost townGhost townA ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
located in SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. - Bounty BayBounty BayBounty Bay is an embayment of the Pacific Ocean into Pitcairn Island.Bounty Bay is named after the Bounty, a British naval vessel whose 18th century mutiny was immortalized in the novel Mutiny on the Bounty, and the numerous subsequent motion pictures made of it...
, an embayment of the Pacific Ocean into Pitcairn Island, named for the ship - Bounty IslandsBounty IslandsThe Bounty Islands at are a small group of 13 granite islets and numerous rocks, with a combined area of , in the south Pacific Ocean that are territorially part of New Zealand. They are located between 47°44'35" and 47°46'10" S, and 179°01' and 179°04'20" E, southeast of the South Island of New...
, a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand
In film, television, and radio:
- The BountyThe BountyThe Bounty is a 1984 British historical film directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, and produced by Bernard Williams with Dino De Laurentiis as executive producer. It is the fifth film version of the story of the mutiny on the Bounty. The screenplay was by Robert Bolt...
, a 1984 film with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins - The Bounty HunterThe Bounty Hunter (2010 film)The Bounty Hunter is a 2010 American action comedy film directed by Andy Tennant, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. The story centers on a bounty hunter hired to retrieve his ex-wife who has skipped bail...
, a 2010 film directed by Andy Tennant, starring Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston. - Bounty, a 1993 documentaryDocumentary filmDocumentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
, the first KinopanoramaKinopanoramaKinopanorama is a three-lens, three-film widescreen film format. Although Kinopanorama was initially known as Panorama in the Soviet Union the name was later revised to include its current name prior to the premier screenings in Moscow in 1958. In some countries, including Cuba, Greece, Norway and...
production shot in AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. - "Bounty" (Enterprise episode), a second season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- "Bounty" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
- "Bounty" (The A-Team), an episode from the TV series The A-Team
- Bounty (Doctor Who audio), a Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
audio production based on the television series - "Bounty", a first-series episode of Blake's 7Blake's 7Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...
. - The iamamiwhoamiIamamiwhoamiiamamiwhoami is an electronic music and multimedia project headlined by Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee. Videos released from the project's YouTube channel have spread virally. The first clip was uploaded on December 4, 2009, and was forwarded to a number of music journalists and blogs. Another...
's video series released all in 2010.
In other fields:
- Bounty (chocolate bar)Bounty (chocolate bar)Bounty is a chocolate bar manufactured by Mars Incorporated and sold internationally. It is not marketed in the United States , where a similar product, Mounds, is marketed by Hershey's...
, a brand of coconut-filled chocolate bar - Bounty (comics)Bounty (comics)Bounty is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She is a space bounty hunter who "always gets her man."-Fictional character biography:...
, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe - Bounty, an evil entity that possessed and took over the identity of the DC Comics character DawnstarDawnstarDawnstar is a fictional superheroine in comic books published by DC Comics. She was created by Paul Levitz and Mike Grell.- Fictional character biography :...
- Bounty (brand)Bounty (brand)Bounty is a paper towel product manufactured by Procter & Gamble in the United States. It was introduced in 1965.- Sale of British rights :...
, a brand of paper towel manufactured by Procter & Gamble. - Bounty DayBounty DayBounty Day is a holiday on both Pitcairn Island, destination of the HMS Bounty mutineers, and on Norfolk Island. It is celebrated on January 23 on Pitcairn, and on June 8 on Norfolk Island, the day that the descendants of the mutineers arrived on the island...
, the national holiday of Norfolk Island, celebrated on Pitcairn Island on a different day, commemorating the ship - Bounty (parenting club)Bounty (parenting club)Bounty is a pregnancy and parenting club. The pregnancy club gives advice in the areas of pregnancy, baby names and baby products. Bounty products also include pregnancy calendars, forums for parents, pregnancy chat rooms, toddler forums, pregnancy guides, and product samples.The organization is...
, a UK parenting and pregnancy club.
See also
- Bounty hunter (disambiguation)Bounty hunter (disambiguation)A bounty hunter is an individual who seeks out fugitives for a monetary reward.Bounty hunter or bounty hunters may also refer to:In gaming:* Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter, a first person shooter on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC...
- Mutiny on the Bounty (disambiguation)Mutiny on the Bounty (disambiguation)The Mutiny on the Bounty was a historical mutiny in 1789, may also refer to:Literature* The Mutineers of the Bounty, a 1879 short story by Jules Verne* Mutiny on the Bounty , a 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall...