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"The sea, where each man, as in a mirror, finds himself". Mysterious, haunting and most of all, honest account of the passions and tribulations of life at sea. Stand-out performance from Gregory, given free reign to let rip at a brilliant script. "Is it real? Do you see it?"; "Aye, we all see it, but that doesn't mean it's real". You can tell a quality film when the lead star is kept off screen as in this movie, for the first half hour. Extraordinary moments a-plenty here

Gregory Peck gets the role of a lifetime as Capt. Ahab, hunting for the cetacean title character who bit off his leg. This movie really gives one the feeling of going out to sea and getting swept away in everything; it was back in the days when epics actually meant something ("Alexander" has unfortunately ruined that). Equally as good as Peck is Richard Basehart as narrator Ishmael, who begins to question Ahab's modus operandi.All in all, "Moby Dick" is a tour-de-force in every way, and affirms John Huston as one of history's great directors. Granted, the part about calling Queequeg a "savage" makes us cringe a little bit - especially since he wasn't played by a Maori - but that's how movies were back then. This is definitely a movie that I recommend to everyone. It almost makes one nostalgic for 1850s New England and everything associated therewith.

I love this movie since I was 5 years old. Sometimes I watched it three or four times per week and I never got tired. It was a beautiful adventure and Gregory Peck was (and still is) one of my favorite actors. Only after, I understood all the philosophical connections, which are in the movie, but I'll think forever of it as a great adventure. Moby Dick is very frightening, especially when she jumps out of sea and falls with the mouth opened on the screaming crew of the "Pequod". But also Captain Achab is terrific with his obstination and foolish obsession. I love when he appears, dead, bound to the whale, and makes that sign to his men to follow him and also Starbuck, who seemed the most "quiet" is captured by his captain's obsession. This movie will remain forever in my heart.