Moby Dick (2011 miniseries)

Moby Dick is a television miniseries based on Herman Melvilles 1851 novel of the same name, produced by RHI Entertainment, Tele Mnchen Gruppe, and Gate Filmproduktion. Starring William Hurt as Captain Ahab, it was directed by Mike Barker with a screenplay by Nigel Williams. The cast also includes Ethan Hawke as Starbuck, Charlie Cox as Ishmael, Eddie Marsan as Stubb, Donald Sutherland as Father Mapple, and Gillian Anderson as Ahabs wife, Elizabeth.

Moby Dick aired on the U.S. paytelevision network Encore on Augustand 2, 2011. It is the first program to air under the Encore Originals brand, as well as the networks first miniseries. Prior to this airing, it was broadcast in Australia and some other countries.The miniseries received fairly positive reviews, with an average score of 68100 assigned by Metacritic. Linda Stasi of the New York Post gave the miniseries three stars out of four Nancy DeWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal also gave it a positive review, but warned that Purists of the novel may go wild over changes from the original story. Likewise, Hank Stuever of The Washington Post called it a lavish, exciting, wellacted and admirably thorough movie adaptation. The New York Daily News David Hinckley awarded it three stars out of five, remarking The action will hold your attention, though the miniseries is really more a drama of character and flaws and faith. At times, in fact, it lapses into melodrama. Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times wrote that while it is not entirely silly or even half bad, its an ambitious, beautifully made adventure tale that seeks to be respectful of the book while still making the characters and story accessible to modern viewers. She called the creation of scenes involving Captain Ahabs wife the most startling change to Melvilles story, noting that the wife was only fleetingly mentioned in the original book. Stanley further commented on a few modernized lines in the script, and added, Some shortcuts and substitutions are useful. Too often, however, the improvisations fall back on clichs that dont visually distill Melvilles words as much as they forcibly remind viewers of other books and movies. ........

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