Moby Dick Part 4

Step aboard the great whaling ship Pequod and sail the seven seas with Captain Ahab and his daring crew as they search for the legendary white whale Moby Dick! All the excitement and high seas adventure of Herman Melville's classic story are captured in this faithful adaptation, told in full color animation.

Producer: Walter J. Hucker
Director: Richard Slapzynski
Script: Alex Buzo
Music Richard Bowden & John Sangster
Voices: Alastair Duncan, Bevan Wilson, Ron Haddrick, Max Osbiston, Barbara Frawley, and Peter Corbett

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[eternalhalloween1]

Interesting how Ahab starts to command respect here when he makes the 'improvised compass.' We may not agree with his actions, but as an English Major I will say that he commands reader respect and admiration because he's running 'unopposed.'

Whenever someone complains, he 'buys the crew' by raising the reward money. So the crew becomes as fixated as Ahab is.

With supreme irony, Ahab dies because of his own fixations. But MD kills everyone else because they were bought by Ahab.

[XOtericate]

Guilt by association. Thanks for watching and commenting on my Moby Dick videos!

[hmacw]

Thanks for uploading this!

My grandfather is Walter Hucker, who produced this, so it was definitely interesting to watch

[XOtericate]

You're grandfather and everyone concerned did a great job animating this classic! Thanks for commening!

[Emanuele Loffredo]

is there in italian?

[TheSDW84]

Sorry I really should've mentioned in last post, I'm in the uk, so I do need region 2 DVDs unfortunately. I saw amazon.com sells some of them on region 1, but not as much luck on .co.uk

[TheSDW84]

Anyone know where I can get this on DVD now? I had this on tape as a kid, along with loads of others in the same series, Robinson Crusoe, Swiss family Robinson, Oliver Twist, treasure island and some others. Unfortunately they were lost years and years ago while moving house. I'd absolutely love to get them again but looking for them is like trying to find a ghost! It's like they never existed! My apologies for putting this comment on all 4 parts of the video, just trying to maximise my chances!

[Makesomemotion]

in the book moby dick doesnt die

[hmacw]

None sorry.

And even if I had some that I could sell, I probably wouldn't.

[Vigilia Filmes]

Do you have any animation cels of Ahab that you can sell?

[eternalhalloween1]

No problem. As an English Major, it was a pleasure.

If someone wants to complain about Ahab, he would have to complain about the whole crew for being bought so easily. It's also interesting that towards the end, he talks more freely with the crew and shows concern about a missing man.

I don't agree with his actions, but he is the driving force in this book, and with his character 'running unopposed,' it's inevitable that we're probably going to like and admire him a bit.