Moby Dick

United Kingdom, Australia, United States

1998

180 Min

Color

1.33:1

English, Maori

Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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EXEC Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Robert Halmi Sr.

PROD Steven R. McGlothen, Kris Noble, Franc Roddam, Lulee Fisher

SCR Franc Roddam, Anton Diether, Benedict Fitzgerald, Herman Melville

CAST Henry Thomas, Bruce Spence, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robin Cuming, Shane Connor, Patrick Stewart, Gregory Peck, Piripi Waretini, Vivianne Benton, Dominic Purcell, Norman D. Golden II, Harold Hopkins, Ted Levine

Herman Melville’s classic 1851 sea tale about the vengeful sea Captain Ahab who seeks to kill the great white whale who took his leg and is willing to forego the safety and endurance of his crew to do it. The tale is told from the vantage of the only surviving member, Ishmael, a young man who joins the crew of the Pequod for his first seafaring with the aid of his harpoonist friend, Queequeeg. —IMDb

Director

Franc Roddam

Francis George “Franc” Roddam (born 29 April 1946) is an English film director, businessman, screenwriter, television producer and publisher. He is married to photographer Leila Ansari and has six children from previous marriages. He currently lives in London.

Roddam’s films include “Quadrophenia”, “K2”, “Aria”, “Lords of Discipline” and “War Party”. He created the worldwide TV phenomenon, “Masterchef”, which is shown in 150 countries worldwide, and there are 20 locally-produced versions. He also produced formats for “Auf Wiedersehen, Pet”, “Making Out”, and “Harry”, all of which were highly successful TV dramas. He directed the award-winning TV drama “Dummy”, which won the prestigious Prix Italia Drama Prize. He directed the Grammy-nominated/Golden Globe nominated US mini-series Moby Dick and Cleopatra. He won awards for his BBC documentaries, “Mini” and “The Family”. He is the founder and Chairman of Ziji Publishing, whose many titles include The Last Templar which sold over… read more