Moby Dick

1956
7
1h 56min

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El único superviviente del naufragio de un ballenero cuenta la historia de como la obsesión de su capitán por dar caza a la ballena blanca Moby Dick acabó con ellos.El único superviviente del naufragio de un ballenero cuenta la historia de como la obsesión de su capitán por dar caza a la ballena blanca Moby Dick acabó con ellos.El único superviviente del naufragio de un ballenero cuenta la historia de como la obsesión de su capitán por dar caza a la ballena blanca Moby Dick acabó con ellos.

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Premios
- 5 premios y 4 nominaciones en total

Curiosidades
Gregory Peck initially blamed the poor reviews of his performance on the script, which he felt contained "too much prose from the novel". However, he later acknowledged that he had been too young for the part at 38, since Captain Ahab was supposed to be an old man at the end of his career (Ahab's age, as implied in the book's chapter "The Symphony", is 58). He added, "The film required more. At the time, I didn't have more in me." and apologized to the screenwriters. Director John Huston admitted he didn't want Peck as Ahab, but had spoken very highly of him & was very satisfied with his performance.

Pifias
The way the ship was moved away from the pier was incorrect. The crew is shown hauling a line from the pier. This would not make the ship move forward. To move a ship out of the harbor, it is therefore, necessary to provide something to pull against. A special anchor, called a kedging anchor, is carried as far from the ship as possible by the longboat and then dropped to the seabed. The remaining crew pull the ship out to it winding the line around the capstan or winch, and then it is hauled up and the process repeated as many times as necessary.

Citas
Captain Ahab: From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned whale.

Créditos adicionales
The film finishes with 'Finis' instead of the usual 'The End'.

Conexiones
Edited into De 7 Dødssyndene: Latskap (2007)

Banda sonora
Drummer
(uncredited)
Traditional
Arranged by Edric Connor

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Calls you to the sea again...

This is a film that becomes part of you. I used to watch it over and over again on TV when it was shown during my childhood in the 1960's, and I never tire of watching it. And whenever I find myself living somewhere away from the ocean, the longing is intense to find water again. "Call me Ishmael".

The screenplay was written by Ray Bradbury, and it was his first. In his lectures and interviews, Bradbury always seems to tell the story of how John Huston contacted him out of the blue for this assignment. Evidently, he flew Bradbury and his wife to Ireland, where the science fiction writer was holed up in a hotel for a few weeks, in a wonderful agony of creation.

Bradbury has always been enamoured with classic novels. His book "Fahrenheit 451" told us how great literature somehow becomes subversive, in a controlled society. Under fascism, individuals are not encouraged to understand what it is to be truly human. Life becomes flat, and it is a deliberate process.

Before I had a VCR, I taped this movie on an audio cassette. It was an amazing experience to see it unfold in my mind's eye.

Bradbury put his whole heart into this screenplay, and the result can never be matched.