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Moby Dick (1978)

Moby Dick poster
Directed by
Paul Stanley
Genre
disaster film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A single actor performs the entire story of Captain Ahab's obsessive hunt for the white whale. The film unfolds as a one-man show, with the actor portraying multiple characters through monologue and physical performance.

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What happens

Moby Dick is a 1978 filmed one-man version of Herman Melville's classic 1851 novel Moby-Dick. The film starred Jack Aranson, a Shakespearean actor trained in the Old Vic, and was directed by Paul Stanley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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