Director: John Huston
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Directed by the legendary John Huston (Prizzi's Honor), this " brilliant film" (Time) is a spectacular retelling of the Herman Melville classic which was masterfully co-written by Huston and Ray Bradbury(The Martian Chronicles) and is, to this day, unsurpassed in entertainment, imagination and high adventure ! Starring acting veteran Gregory Peck (To Kill A Mockingbird) and the incomparable Orson Wells (Citizen Kane), Moby Dick is as timeless as the sea itself.
Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab (Peck) has but one purpose in life revenge on Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him. The obsessed skipper of a whaling boat, Ahab uses his command as an excuse to sail the seven seas in an unrelenting search of his prey. Battling a mutinous crew, tropical heat, and violent storms, Ahab finally catches up to his quarry and begins a confrontation that culminates in an epic struggle of non-
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