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Screenplay by
  
Anton Diether

Original language(s)
  
English

Director
  
Franc Roddam

Number of seasons
  
1

6.5/10
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6.2/10
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Directed by
  
Franc Roddam

Initial release
  
1998

Network
  
USA Network

Producer
  
Francis Ford Coppola

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Based on
  
Moby-Dickby Herman Melville

Starring
  
Patrick StewartHenry Thomas

Country of origin
  
United StatesAustralia

Cast
  
Patrick Stewart, Gregory Peck, Henry Thomas, Dominic Purcell, William Hurt

Similar
  
Patrick Stewart movies, Adventure movies

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Moby Dick was a television miniseries based on Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name, filmed in Australia in 1997 and first released in the United States in 1998. The miniseries consisted of two episodes, each running two hours with commercials on March 15 and 16 of 1998 on the USA Network.

Contents

Cast

  • Patrick Stewart as Captain Ahab
  • Henry Thomas as Ishmael
  • Gregory Peck as Father Mapple
  • Ted Levine as Starbuck
  • Bruce Spence as Elijah
  • Hugh Keays-Byrne as Mr. Stubb
  • Piripi Waretini as Queequeg
  • Dominic Purcell as Bulkington
  • Norman D. Golden II as Little Pip

    • Patrick Stewart took the lead role shortly after making a striking reference to the book, and quoting from it, in Star Trek: First Contact.

    Gregory Peck appeared as Father Mapple more than forty years after he played Ahab in the 1956 film adaptation directed by John Huston.

    Awards

    Gregory Peck won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor. The series also won awards for its music, and was nominated for several Emmy Awards.

    References

    Moby Dick (1998 miniseries) Wikipedia
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