Moby Dick: Season 1

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Encore | Season Premiere Date: August 1, 2011

Summary: Moby Dick is adapted by Encore for its first foray into original programming. It includes William Hurt as Captain Ahab; Ethan Hawke as Starbuck; Gillian Anderson as Ahab's wife, Elizabeth; and Donald Sutherland as Father Mapple.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E2. Part 2
Air Date: unknown
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S1:E1. Part 1
Air Date: August 1, 2011

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Nancy DeWolf Smith

Aug 1, 2011

The glory of this particular adaptation, intentional or not, is that what we bring to it with today's sensibilities can actually enhance the experience. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Aug 1, 2011

A lavish, exciting, well-acted and admirably thorough movie adaptation of Herman Melville's 1851 classic. Read full review

Linda Stasi

Aug 1, 2011

Dopey? Yes. But the action scenes are terrifically exciting and very well done, and Hawke does his damndest to survive the overacting of Hurt and the underacting of Cox, who is so wooden he should be the one hobbling around on that wooden stump. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

Aug 1, 2011

For all its flights of fancy the Encore mini-series is not entirely silly or even half bad. Shot mostly in Nova Scotia, it's 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. Read full review

David Hinckley

Aug 1, 2011

The action will hold your attention, though Moby Dick is really more a drama of character and flaws and faith. At times, in fact, it lapses into melodrama. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Aug 1, 2011

Call me bored. Encore's adaptation of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the cable network's first original miniseries, is about as thrilling as a three-hour tour of Boston Harbor while blindfolded on a sweltering summer day. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Aug 1, 2011

The film aims for a dry authenticity that only fractionally reflects the big, wild volume on which it's based, cutting away nearly all of its poetry and most of its madness. Read full review

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IraqBobby

Aug 14, 2011

Absolutely the BEST version that has been brought to screen! Every actor/actress plays their role to perfection. The perfection of acting talent is only matched by the astounding attention to detail of the costuming, tools, sets, and atmosphere of the period. The only complaint that IAbsolutely the BEST version that has been brought to screen! Every actor/actress plays their role to perfection. The perfection of acting talent is only matched by the astounding attention to detail of the costuming, tools, sets, and atmosphere of the period. The only complaint that I could have is that there were scenes cut, that aired in the forward to part 2 of the miniseries. I almost never give anything a 10 of 10 rating, but this production definitely deserves it.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 1, 2011
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  S1:E2. Part 2
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E1. Part 1
  Air Date: August 1, 2011