Moby Dick Review
Adapting Herman_Melville's extravagant and enigmatic novel was a daunting challenge, but director John_Huston acquitted himself well with this 1956 attempt. Huston had experience translating literary works to the screen (The_Maltese_Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Red Badge of Courage), and Moby Dick was well-suited to his usual themes of human weakness and obsession. The muted colors of cinematographers Freddie_Francis and Oswald_Morris give the film an original, washed-out look, perfectly suited to the story's era. Equally impressive is the old boat that Huston hand-selected for the Pequod and his recreation of a mid-1800s rustic fishing village. The screenplay by Huston and Ray_Bradbury is more than adequate, as is Gregory_Peck's stoic Captain Ahab. Orson_Welles, who had always wanted to film the novel himself, has a brief cameo. Brendon Hanley, Rovi
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