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Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville that describes the voyage of the whaleship Pequod, led by Captain Ahab, who leads his crew on a hunt for the whale Moby Dick. There have been a number of adaptations of Moby-Dick in various media.
Pages in category "Films based on Moby-Dick". The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dec 11, 2015 · In the Heart of the Sea: Directed by Ron Howard. With Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson. A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.
A film adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick, the film stars Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart and Leo Genn and follows the exploits of Captain Ahab in pursuing and killing a gigantic sperm whale with whom he has a personal vendetta.
Moby Dick: Directed by John Huston. With Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice. 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.
Moby Dick: With William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Charlie Cox, Eddie Marsan. 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.
Dec 11, 2015 · You could say that Ron Howard's latest feature, adapted from Nathaniel Philbrick's acclaimed nonfiction book "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex," is about the real incident that partly inspired Herman Mellville's novel "Moby-Dick"—the 1820 destruction of a whaling vessel by a murderously angry sperm whale.
