“Moby Dick” (Warner Bros., 1956), starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, and Leo Genn as Starbuck. 1976 Re-release Poster.
Adapted from Herman Melville’s 1851 novel, the film was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Huston and Ray Bradbury. It tells the tale of Captain Ahab’s self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. Ishmael is the sole survivor of Ahab’s lost whaling ship, the Pequod.
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2HfcdkOYO4
Full movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Yc8KPH-X0
[Note: "Before the Shark there was the Whale" is a veiled reference to Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" which came out in 1975, and whose success prompted the re-release of "Moby Dick,"]
“Moby Dick” (Warner Bros., 1956), starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, and Leo Genn as Starbuck. 1976 Re-release Poster.
Adapted from Herman Melville’s 1851 novel, the film was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Huston and Ray Bradbury. It tells the tale of Captain Ahab’s self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. Ishmael is the sole survivor of Ahab’s lost whaling ship, the Pequod.
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2HfcdkOYO4
Full movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1Yc8KPH-X0
[Note: "Before the Shark there was the Whale" is a veiled reference to Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" which came out in 1975, and whose success prompted the re-release of "Moby Dick,"]