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Sorta loses Melville's point, doesn't it. (nt)

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In Reply to: Ever catch the 1930 version with John Barrymore as Ahab? posted by LesF on July 26, 2005 at 14:44:04:

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I was gobsmacked when I saw it. - LesF 12:10:21 07/27/05 (0)
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.

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