Ahab in 1999 s moby dick

All rights reserved. Conceived and Composed by Rinde Eckert. Performed by Rinde Eckert and Nora Cole. Directed by David Schweizer.

The music score was written by Philip Sainton. Set in 19th-century New England , the story follows the whaling ship Pequod and its crew. Leading them is Captain Ahab , who was almost killed in an encounter with the "great white whale", Moby Dick, which bit off much of his left leg. Now he is out for revenge. With the crew that has joined him, Ahab is out to destroy the huge sperm whale sea mammal , but his obsession with vengeance is so great that he cannot turn back, eventually leading to the death of Ahab and all of his crew, save his newest able seaman, Ishmael. Peck was initially surprised to be cast as Ahab part of the studio's agreement to fund the film was that Huston use a "name" actor as Ahab. Peck later commented that he felt Huston himself should have played Ahab.

Sign in. Kelvin Harrison Jr. Watch now. 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. 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 is a American television miniseries based on Herman Melville 's novel of the same name. It was filmed in Australia in and first released in the United States in Ishmael is a young sailor who joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod.