TICKETS $10/$9 – Eppes 330-seat Auditorium at The Park
70th Anniversary of the classic Herman Melville story’s adaptation to film!
One of the Top Ten films of 1956.
John Huston won the NY Film Critics Award for Best Director.
John Huston’s sweeping 1956 adaptation of Herman Melville’s immortal novel stars Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, the scarred and fanatical commander of the Pequod. Narrated by young seaman Ishmael (Richard Basehart), the story follows Ahab’s relentless pursuit of Moby Dick—the enormous white whale that cost him his leg. As the voyage carries the crew farther into dangerous waters, Ahab’s thirst for vengeance becomes an all-consuming obsession that threatens every man aboard. Huston combines spectacular seafaring adventure with the haunting, mythic power of Melville’s tale.
Filmed in richly textured color that recalls 19th-century whaling prints, Moby Dick features an exceptional cast that includes Leo Genn as Starbuck, Orson Welles as Father Mapple, Friedrich von Ledebur as Queequeg, Harry Andrews as Stubb, James Robertson Justice as Captain Boomer, Bernard Miles as the Manxman and Royal Dano as Elijah. Directed and produced by John Huston, the screenplay was written by Huston and Ray Bradbury, with cinematography by Oswald Morris, music by Philip Sainton and editing by Russell Lloyd. See this epic adventure as it was meant to be experienced—on the giant screen in The Park Theatre’s 330-seat Eppes Auditorium, with immersive 17-speaker surround sound.
Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutes
Rating: Not Rated; generally suitable for audiences comfortable with intense adventure and whaling imagery
Director: John Huston
Screenplay: Ray Bradbury and John Huston, based on the novel by Herman Melville
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, Orson Welles, Friedrich von Ledebur, Harry Andrews, James Robertson Justice, Bernard Miles and Royal Dano
From the critics:
- “John Huston’s 1956 production of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick…is a model of its kind.” — Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
- “Often staggeringly good.” — Time Out
- “A grand movie adventure.” — Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus