Review of Moby Dick

Conceived as mini-series, Moby Dick come out here in Brazil on full-length DVD with overlong three hours, having in the casting the legendary Gregory Peck as Father Mapple in smallest role, just acting in a few minutes making a speech at church, pryingly the quaint pulpit actually is a thumbnail bow's ship, such shortest appearance misleading the buyer, let's forget it's has been happened quite often nowadays, nonetheless has a meaningful cast as Henry Thomas, Patrick Stewart, Ted Levine, Dominic Purcell like others as well, due the length the writer could extend and deepen the story as illustrated in the H. Melville's classic novel, also due the CGI process at late nineties was enough good to display the giant white whale thoroughly meant to be, how I never read the book, thus I don't know if was accurate or not, however the picture is rather cogent with strained role-playing, at solid hands of the producer Francis Ford Coppola, further the both leading roles the already grow up Henry Thomas and the bold Patrick Stewart were on glowing acting, even with a vintage exact replica of Galleon whaling to sequence on the sea, all others sequences were shot at lavish sound stage, does not cross-check with the John Huston's classic version, nevertheless has their enchants!!

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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25