Moby-Dick

Summary The most mysterious character in American literature may well be a great white whale. It represents what is at once beautiful, terrifying and incomprehensible in the universe. The story of an obsessed captain and his quest to hunt down and kill the great white whale has become part of our consciousness re-told in everything from comic books to Hollywood movies. It's a tall tale about pursuit into the unknown, a tale encompassing humankind's history on earth, and its struggle between reason and madness, good and evil.

S3.E4 ∙ Moby-Dick

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Donald Sutherland Anne Rice David Bryan Jackson Bill Toscano

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Sep 13, 1996

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Summary The most mysterious character in American literature may well be a great white whale. It represents what is at once beautiful, terrifying and incomprehensible in the universe. The story of an obsessed captain and his quest to hunt down and kill the great white whale has become part of our consciousness re-told in everything from comic books to Hollywood movies. It's a tall tale about pursuit into the unknown, a tale encompassing humankind's history on earth, and its struggle between reason and madness, good and evil.

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Sep 13, 1996

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

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