Moby Dick Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franc Roddam
Genres: Adventure, Drama
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Director Franc_Roddam and co-scripter Anton_Diether adapted Herman Melville's 1851 classic for this four-hour TV miniseries sea adventure. Ishmael (Henry_Thomas) ignores the warnings of dockside prophet Elijah (Bruce_Spence) and joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod. Ismael befriends Polynesian harpooner Queequeg (Maori actor Piripi_Waretini), hears a sermon by Father Mapple (Gregory_Peck, star of the 1956 Moby Dick), and meets the obsessed Captain Ahab (Patrick_Stewart), who lost his leg to the great white whale Moby Dick and now seeks vengeance on the looming leviathan. For effects, Roddam used a three-sectioned Moby Dick, added computer graphics, and shot Pequod footage in a tank at an Australian military base. TV Guide described Stewart's performance as "mesmerizing and passionate." The 20 million production aired March 15-16, 1998 on the USA Network. Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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