Moby Dick (1956)
- Directed by
- John Huston
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, monster film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 477 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Captain Ahab leads a whaling crew on a relentless hunt for a giant white whale. The story follows the voyage and the crew's growing fear of their obsessed captain.
epictensesomberseafaringobsessivevisually starkdeliberatebrooding
What happens
Moby Dick is a 1956 adventure film directed and produced by John Huston, adapted by Huston and Ray Bradbury from Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. It stars Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, and Leo Genn as Starbuck, with supporting performances by James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell and Orson Welles as Father Mapple. A co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, the film was distributed by Warner Bros. on June 27, 1956. It received positive reviews from critics and audiences and was a commercial success. The National Board of Review ranked the film in its Top 10 Films at their 1956 awards, with Huston winning Best Director and Basehart winning for Best Supporting Actor. Huston was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 9th Directors Guild of America Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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