Talk:Moby Dick (1956 film)

References to use

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Metz, Walter C. (2007). "The Cold War's 'Undigested Apple-Dumpling': Imaging Moby-Dick in 1956 and 2001". In Welsh, James M; Lev, Peter (eds.). The Literature/Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810859491.

References

RE: Footnote 17. Fedallah, a Pharsee, is caught in harpoon lines and stuck to the whale. That doesn’t happen to Ahab in the movie. Dell paperback, 1959, pages 593, 595. Ahab speaks the lines, “for hates sake …” from the small boat he is on, p 606.

Real whale hunting?

Does anyone know if this 1956 film used footage of real whale hunting? r3 01:35, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot 04:16, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Like a man posessed"

In the film, when the dead Ahab "beckons" to the crew (an incident caused by the whale rolling back and forth while Ahab is tied to its back), Starbuck, who had previously bitterly opposed Ahab's quest for vengeance, is so moved by the sight that he becomes like a man possessed, and orders the crew to attack Moby Dick.

Is this description accurate? I saw this film yesterday, and while it is true that Starbuck (recklessly) persuaded the crew to go after Moby-Dick, I'm not sure its accurate to describe his as accting "a man posessed" (which to me would imply an Ahab-style lust for vengence). It seemed to me more like an act that was unusually reckless but otherwise consistent with his established attitude of "its just a whale; it's our job to kill whales; we shouldn't be motivated (or detered) by the fact that it has killed or injured anyone; treating this whale as different from any other is blasphemy". 62.172.108.23 (talk) 12:00, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Changes from the original novel

That entire section appears to be pure synthesis. The one citation provided merely points to a copy of the book, rather than documenting thee differences. Those statements should be either supported or removed. The Dissident Aggressor 21:17, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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