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Herman Melville's Moby Dick DVD
Starring: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell, Edric Connor, Mervyn Johns, Joseph Tomelty, Orson Welles.
DVD | Widescreen. | Kino Lorber, New York, NY : [2015]
  • 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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"Consumed by an insane rage, Captain Ahab ... has but one purpose in life--revenge on Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed and disfigured him."--Container.
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  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.videodisc
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2015]
  • Copyright: ©2015
  • General Note: New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1956: Best Director (John Huston) ; 2nd Place, Best Screenplay (Ray Bradbury & John Huston) ; 3rd place, Best Film.National Board of Review Awards, 1956: Best Director (John Huston), Best Supporting Actor (Richard Basehart), rated in the Top Ten Films.Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1957: Silver Ribbon, Best Foreign Film (John Huston)In English with optional English subtitles.Special features: Trailers for On the beach, Billy two hats, and Moby Dick.Widescreen.Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.Based on the novel by Herman Melville.
  • Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; film editor, Russell Lloyd ; music composer, Philip Sainton.
  • Participant or Performer Note: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell, Edric Connor, Mervyn Johns, Joseph Tomelty, Orson Welles.
  • Awards Note:
    Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1957: Silver Ribbon, Best Foreign Film (John Huston)
    National Board of Review Awards, 1956: Best Director (John Huston), Best Supporting Actor (Richard Basehart), rated in the Top Ten Films.
    New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1956: Best Director (John Huston) ; 2nd Place, Best Screenplay (Ray Bradbury & John Huston) ; 3rd place, Best Film.
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