Moby Dick [1956 film]
by John Huston (Director), Ray Bradbury (Screenwriter)
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Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life-- revenge on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.Tags
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Whale hunters hunt a whale.
I can think of a lot of criticisms for the book. (And I mean a lot of them; I spent more than three months forcing myself to get through that thing, and it was a harrowing experience.) But I have to say, never did I think, "I wish this was more like a Ray Bradbury story," or, "I wish the whales were smaller and generally harmless," or, "I wish Captain Ahab was younger and more charming." According to IMDb's trivia, Ray Bradbury didn't read the book. This is obvious. One of the book's only strengths is that, while it is horribly tedious in communicating its characters, it does have what are possibly the greatest characters in American literature. So, where are they?
Concept: A
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: show more C
Pacing: D
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: D
Acting: C
Music: C
Enjoyment: D
GPA: 1.7/4 show less
I can think of a lot of criticisms for the book. (And I mean a lot of them; I spent more than three months forcing myself to get through that thing, and it was a harrowing experience.) But I have to say, never did I think, "I wish this was more like a Ray Bradbury story," or, "I wish the whales were smaller and generally harmless," or, "I wish Captain Ahab was younger and more charming." According to IMDb's trivia, Ray Bradbury didn't read the book. This is obvious. One of the book's only strengths is that, while it is horribly tedious in communicating its characters, it does have what are possibly the greatest characters in American literature. So, where are they?
Concept: A
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: show more C
Pacing: D
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: D
Acting: C
Music: C
Enjoyment: D
GPA: 1.7/4 show less
Adaptación de la novela homónima de Herman Melville. Ahab (Gregory Peck), el capitán del Pequod, un barco ballenero, vive obsesionado por dar caza a Moby Dick, la gran ballena blanca que le arrancó una pierna y lo llenó de odio y sed de venganza. Por esta razón, consagra su vida a navegar incansablemente por los siete mares con el fin de capturar a su presa.
Sep 22, 2016Spanish
- ¿Qué te hizo decidirte a aceptar el papel de Ahab?
- John Huston amenazó con dispararme si no lo hacía
⭐️Ed Sullivan entrevista a John Huston y Gregory Peck en el set de Moby Dick.
- John Huston amenazó con dispararme si no lo hacía
⭐️Ed Sullivan entrevista a John Huston y Gregory Peck en el set de Moby Dick.
Dec 6, 2024Portuguese (Brazil)
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The son of Walter Huston, the well-known movie actor, John Huston directed numerous Hollywood films, including such classics as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), for which he won an Oscar as best director, and The Asphalt Jungle (1950). He wrote the screenplays for many of them, including the quintessential hard-boiled detective movie The show more Maltese Falcon (1941), which was also his directorial debut. Huston's protagonists are often either independent professionals whose tough exteriors hide a dedication to principle, like the detective in The Maltese Falcon, or losers whose obsession with a doomed quest leads to their destruction, like the three gold-seekers in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. But, in his 46-year career, he would try his hand at almost everything, from the grand comedy of The African Queen (1952) to the shaggy dog tale Beat the Devil (1954), the offbeat western The Misfits (1961), the rather bloated epic The Bible (1966), and the medieval allegory, A Walk with Love and Death (1970). As he aged, his films seemed to get deeper and better, starting with The Man Who Would Be King (1975) and continuing with Wise Blood (1979) and Prizzi's Honor (1985). His final work, The Dead (1987), is an exquisite film adaptation of the short story by James Joyce. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 22, 1920. At the age of fifteen, he started submitting short stories to national magazines. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 600 stories, poems, essays, plays, films, television plays, radio, music, and comic books. His books include The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, The show more Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Bradbury Speaks. He won numerous awards for his works including a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1977, the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. He wrote the screen play for John Huston's classic film adaptation of Moby Dick, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He adapted 65 of his stories for television's The Ray Bradbury Theater, and won an Emmy for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree. The film The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit was written by Ray Bradbury and was based on his story The Magic White Suit. He was the idea consultant and wrote the basic scenario for the United States pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair, as well as being an imagineer for Walt Disney Enterprises, where he designed the Spaceship Earth exhibition at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center. He died after a long illness on June 5, 2012 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Moby Dick [1956 film]
- Original title
- Moby Dick
- Original publication date
- 1956-06-27
- People/Characters
- Moby Dick; Captain Ahab; Ishmael; Starbuck; Father Mapple; Captain Boomer (show all 20); Stubb; Queequeg; Manxman; Daggoo; Peleg; Peter Coffin; Captain Gardiner; Bildad; Elijah; Flask; Pip; Tashtego; Perth; Balladeer
- Important places
- Pequod; New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA; Massachusetts, USA
- Important events
- 19th century; 1840s; 1841
- Related movies
- Moby Dick (1956 | IMDb)
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the 1956 film adaptation of Moby Dick, directed by John Huston and starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab.
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- DDC/MDS
- 791.4372 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures Films; screenplays Single films
- LCC
- PN1997 .M638 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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