Moby Dick (1998 miniseries)
| Moby Dick | |
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| Based on |
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville |
| Screenplay by | Anton Diether |
| Directed by | Franc Roddam |
| Starring |
Patrick Stewart Henry Thomas |
| Country of origin | United States Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Robert Halmi Sr. Francis Ford Coppola Fred Fuchs |
| Producer(s) |
Franc Roddam Kris Noble |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
American Zoetrope, Nine Network Australia, USA Pictures |
| Budget | US $20 million |
| Release | |
| Original network | USA Network |
| Original release |
United States: March 15, 1998 March 16, 1998 |
Moby Dick was a television miniseries based on Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name, filmed in Australia in 1997 and first released in the United States in 1998. The miniseries consisted of two episodes, each running two hours with commercials on March 15 and 16 of 1998 on the USA Network.
Patrick Stewart took the lead role shortly after making a striking reference to the book, and quoting from it, in Star Trek: First Contact.
Gregory Peck appeared as Father Mapple more than forty years after he played Ahab in the 1956 film adaptation directed by John Huston.
Gregory Peck won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor. The series also won awards for its music, and was nominated for several Emmy Awards.
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