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and I was knocked out by it. I saw it as a boy wheen it first came out in theaters, and loved it. This time the wonderful language and writing (Melville, of course, with screenplay by Ray Bradbury and John Huston), characters (terrific casting across the board, with Gregory Peck as a truly scary Ahab) and feel of the place and time totally captivated me. See it again if you can. It's clear that "Master and Commander" owes a great deal to this landmark movie.
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Reportedly Huston was unhappy with the depiction of the whale, thinking it hopelessly unrealistic. Sure, it is, but it doesn't detract from the power of the action scenes where it appears. A fine, vastly underrated film with a great music score to boot by the now forgotten Phillip Sainton.
I guess the studio just couldn’t stand an unhappy ending, so in this very loosely adapted version of the story, Ahab KILLS THE WHALE and returns home to his loving wife!
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Actually, the film doesn't track the book much at all. It DID have a white whale and a guy named Ahab, but that was about it. As I recall, they dropped Ishmael's character altogether.
Huston shot this in color on black and white film stock to give it a cold New Englandy look.
GP was a failure in it. And I like the guy.
Yes, the cliche is that he is hopelessly miscast in the role of Capt. Ahab. IMO, there is a not a problem. His take on the role works for me.
I thought it was an amazing performance.
Every one his taste. I tried and failed. He just did not fit in his role.
But Peck himself did not care for his performance and would not allow Stephen Speilberg to use a part of the film in "Jaws".
How could GP refuse the rights? I thought such rights usually belong to the producer - no?
Speilberg asked him as a favor and when he declined Dpeilberg honored Peck's wishes. He wnated to start the film with Quint watching a showing of "Moby Dick" and laughing hysterically.
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Did anyone notice that the Bartenders voice sounded suspiciously like John Houston? An overdub?Thought many actors would have played a darker more tortured Ahab -Even Charlton Heston said he would have liked a shot at the role and I think he’d of played it better. In later years Peck could get “evil”. I have no complaints with Peck’s portrayal of an evil Nazi in “Boy’s From Brazil”
All that said -Orson Wells giving the sermon was worth the price of admission of Moby Dick.
a very distinctive voice. I didn't know they dubbed like that in those years. OW was great, as always.
Jonbee- Glad I'm not alone on that one. Y' know I'm *SURE* it's Houston!
Yes and a loud one ! OW was fabulous!
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