Moby Dick (1998)

5.9 (58 votes)

1 Season

March 15, 1998

English

Drama Action & Adventure

Synopsis

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

Creator

Robert Halmi Sr., Fred Fuchs, Francis Ford Coppola

Network

USA Network

Episodes

Part 1

Mar 15, 1998

90 min

6.0

This overlong remake of Moby Dick starts with Ishmael an upset young professor that wants know the water-land thru a whaling ship commanded by Cap. Ahab, which doesn't care about his assignment, he wish the unattainable whale Moby Dick.

Part 2

Mar 16, 1998

90 min

6.7

Herman Melville's towering epic of New England seafaring life pits grizzled, obsessive Captain Ahab (Golden Globe nominee Patrick Stewart, "X-Men") against the infamous great white whale, Moby Dick. Co-starring Henry Thomas ("E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial") as Ishmael and the legendary Gregory Peck, who played Ahab in the 1956 version directed by John Huston.