About this season
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Episodes (2)
1. Part 1
6.0Aired 15 March 1998 • 90 min
This overlong remake of Moby Dick starts with Ishmael an upset young professor that wants know the water-land thru a whaling ship commanded by Cap. Ahab, which doesn't care about his assignment, he wish the unattainable whale Moby Dick.
2. Part 2
6.7Aired 16 March 1998 • 90 min
Herman Melville's towering epic of New England seafaring life pits grizzled, obsessive Captain Ahab (Golden Globe nominee Patrick Stewart, "X-Men") against the infamous great white whale, Moby Dick. Co-starring Henry Thomas ("E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial") as Ishmael and the legendary Gregory Peck, who played Ahab in the 1956 version directed by John Huston.