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Herman Melville's Moby Dick

Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life-- revenge on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.

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Other Authors:	Huston, John, 1906-1987 (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter), Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 (Screenwriter), Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003 (Actor), Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984 (Actor), Genn, Leo, 1905-1978 (Actor), Robertson Justice, James, 1907-1975 (Actor), Andrews, Harry, 1911-1989 (Actor), Miles, Bernard, 1907-1991 (Actor), Johns, Mervyn (Actor), Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Actor), Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English French Spanish
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001]
Series:	Vintage classics (MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
Subjects:	Ahab, > Captain (Fictitious character) > Drama. Whaling > Drama. Mentally ill > Drama. Action and adventure films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:	Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab has but one purpose in life-- revenge on the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him.
Item Description:	Originally produced as motion picture 1956. Based on the novel by Herman Melville. Full screen 1.33:1. Includes the original theatrical trailer.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1, NTSC, full-screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience:	Not rated. CHV rating: G.
Awards:	New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1956: Best Director (John Huston). National Board of Review, USA, 1956: Best Director (John Huston) ; Best Supporting Actor (Richard Basehart); Top Ten Films.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Russell Lloyd ; music, Philip Sainton.
ISBN:	0792850149 9780792850144
Access:	For private home use only.
Author Notes:	Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6, 1915. He was as an actor, writer, director, and producer on radio, film, and television. He began his career on stage, directing and acting in plays under the Federal Theatre Project and then with his company Mercury Theatre. From 1938 to 1940, he wrote, directed, and acted in the Mercury Theatre of the Air, and as part of its programming, he broadcast H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds. He co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the movie Citizen Kane. He was also the director of the movies The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil, and Chimes at Midnight. In addition to playing major roles in some of these films, he also starred in The Third Man and appeared in Someone to Love. He received a Special Oscar in April 1971 for "superlative artistry and versatility" and a Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 1975. He died on October 10, 1985 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography)