Moby Dick Movie Review 1998

TV adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel, starring a mesmerizing Stewart as the obsessive peg-legged Captain Ahab. Novice seaman Ishmael (Thomas) signs aboard the whaling ship Pequod, making friends with Polynesian native, harpooner Queequeg (Waretini). Soon enough Ishmael learns about the great white whale who claimed the captain's leg and Ahab's determination to seek revenge on the beast, no matter what the cost to himself, his crew, or the ship. Peck, who starred as Ahab in the 1956 movie version, takes on the role of Jonah-and-the-whale sermonizing Father Mapple.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 145 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Whales, Adventure Drama, Go Fish, Books to Film: Herman Melville, Deep Blue

Screenplay

Franc Roddam, Anton Diether

Cast

Patrick Stewart, Henry Thomas, Ted Levine, Piripi Waretini, Gregory Peck, Bill Hunter, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Norman D. Golden, Bruce Spence

Cinematography

David Connell

Director

Franc Roddam

Music

Christopher Gordon

Producer

Steve McGlothen, Sr. Robert Halmi, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, USA Pictures