Moby Dick
(DVD)
Contributors
Barker, Mike, 1966- film director.
Williams, Nigel, 1948- screenwriter.
Halmi, Robert, 1957- film producer.
Kloiber, Herbert G., film producer.
Gagern, Rikolt von, 1965- film producer.
Williams, Nigel, 1948- screenwriter.
Halmi, Robert, 1957- film producer.
Kloiber, Herbert G., film producer.
Gagern, Rikolt von, 1965- film producer.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (184 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
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Language
English
UPC
883476060194
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by Herman Melville.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
General Note
Originally broadcast on television on the U.S. pay-television network Encore (Starz Entertainment, LLC) on August 1 and 2, 2011.
General Note
Release date: Oct. 4, 2011.
General Note
Filmed on location in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and in Malta.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Richard Greatrex ; editor, Dean Soltys ; production designer, Rob Gray ; costume designer, Martha Curry ; composer, Richard G. Mitchell.
Participants/Performers
William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Charlie Cox, Eddie Marsan, Gillian Anderson, Billy Boyd, Donald Sutherland, Raoul Trujillo, Daniel Gordon, Daniyah Ysrayl (aka Daniel J. Gordon).
Description
In this two-part made-for-TV retelling of the legendary Herman Melville tale, Ishmael, sole survivor of the lost whaling ship The Pequod, relates the tale of monomaniacal Captain Ahab 's self-destructive obsession to hunt and slay the elusive great white whale, Moby Dick, who disfigured him, forcing his tired and mutinous crew to travel the seas until they find it.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language
Closed captioned.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Ahab, -- Captain (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Film adaptations.
Ship captains -- Drama.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Whales -- Drama.
Whaling -- Drama.
Whaling ships -- Drama.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Film adaptations.
Ship captains -- Drama.
Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Whales -- Drama.
Whaling -- Drama.
Whaling ships -- Drama.
Other Subjects