Moby Dick (1956)

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Directed by

John Huston

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Gregory Peck
Captain Ahab

Richard Basehart
Ishmael

Leo Genn
Starbuck

James Robertson Justice
Capt. Boomer

Harry Andrews
Stubb

Bernard Miles
The Manxman

Noel Purcell
Ship's Carpenter

Edric Connor
Daggoo

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Ray Bradbury
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John Huston
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9 years, 7 months ago at Oct 4 16:05

fernando

Seen again after reading Melville: all wich is freedom of time,explanation on whaling, relaxed structure in the book; in Huston is narrative conomy, selection of best lines.

An average movie

1 year, 6 months ago at Oct 14 12:29

johanlefourbe

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by John Huston, I thought I might as well check it out. On top of that, I have to admit that I never read the classic written by Herman Melville (I probably should at some point) and it was pretty cool to finally get acquainted with this famous tale. However, to be honest, I actually had some trouble to really care abo... read more

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This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. The whale caused the loss of Ahab's leg years before, leaving Ahab to stomp the boards of his ship on a peg leg. Ahab is so crazed by his desire to kill the whale, that he is prepared to sacrifice everything, including his life, the lives of his crew members, and even his ship to find and destroy his nemesis, Moby Dick.

Release date: 3 April 1959
UPC: 027616862945

Tags: Drama (12), Adventure (10), 1950s (10), Whale (7), 1956 (7), Revenge (6), Obsession (6), Ocean (6), Sea (6), Ship (5), Thriller (5), Based On Novel (5), Priest (4), Leadership (3), Based On Book (3), Sailing Ship (2), Whaling (2), Character Name In Title (2), Tattoo (2), Voice Over Narration (2)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 1 year, 6 months ago

An average movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by John Huston, I thought I might as well check it out. On top of that, I have to admit that I never read the classic written by Herman Melville (I probably should at some point) and it was pretty cool to finally get acquainted with this famous tale. However, to be honest, I actually had some trouble to really care about the damned thing though. I don’t know, maybe Huston’s approach was too straightforward, but, as far as I was concerned, it felt like a rather basic story after all. The funny thing is that I did enjoy Gregory Peck’s performance but, back then, many thought he was actually miscast (in fact, Peck himself seriously disliked his performance in this movie). Maybe it had to with the fact that, ” read more

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