"Moby Dick" (2010) TV mini-series 2010-

Director:

Mike Barker

Writers:

Herman Melville (novel)
Nigel Williams (screenplay)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

William Hurt	...	Captain Ahab (2 episodes, 2011)
Ethan Hawke	...	Starbuck (2 episodes, 2011)
Charlie Cox	...	Ishmael (2 episodes, 2011)
Eddie Marsan	...	Stubb (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Gillian Anderson	...	Elizabeth (2 episodes, 2011)
Billy Boyd	...	Elijah (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Raoul Trujillo	...	Queequeg (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Daniyah Ysrayl	...	Pip (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
James Gilbert	...	Steelkilt (2 episodes, 2011)
Matthew Lemche	...	Flask (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Billy Merasty	...	Tashtego (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Onyekachi Ejim	...	Dagoo (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Gary Levert	...	Perth (2 episodes, 2010-2011)
Richard Donat	...	Inn Landlord (2 episodes, 2011)
Sandy MacLean	...	Quaker Preacher (2 episodes, 2011)
Glen Matthews	...	Tom (2 episodes, 2011)
Stephen McHattie	...	Rachel Captain (2 episodes, 2011)
Donald Sutherland	...	Father Mapple (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Directed by
Mike Barker		(unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Writing credits
Herman Melville		(unknown episodes)
Nigel Williams		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Robert Halmi Jr.	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 2011)
Ginny Jones-Duzak	....	line producer (2 episodes, 2011)
Herbert G. Kloiber	....	producer (2 episodes, 2011)
David MacLeod	....	co-producer (2 episodes, 2011)
Rikolt von Gagern	....	producer (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Original Music by
Richard G. Mitchell		(unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Cinematography by
Richard Greatrex		(unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Film Editing by
Dean Soltys		(2 episodes, 2011)

Series Casting by
Stephanie Gorin		(2 episodes, 2011)

Series Production Design by
Rob Gray		(unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Art Direction by
Terry Quennell		(unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Set Decoration by
Ian Greig		(unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Costume Design by
Martha Curry		(unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Makeup Department
Elizabeth Kuchurean	....	makeup assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
Colleen Ryan	....	makeup assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
Colin Penman	....	makeup department head (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Production Management
Andrew McInnes	....	unit production manager (unknown episodes, 2010)
Patrick Thomas McManus	....	assistant unit manager (unknown episodes, 2010)
Simon Sansone	....	production manager: Malta (unknown episodes, 2010)
Daniel Thornton	....	unit manager: Malta (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luke Fisher	....	third assistant director (2 episodes, 2011)
Anne Sirois	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2011)
Ken A. Smith	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 2011)
Colin Azzopardi	....	assistant director: second unit, Malta (unknown episodes, 2010)
Kenny Chaplin	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes, 2010)
Bruce Zwicker	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Art Department
Jon Banthorpe	....	art department assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
Patrick Baxter	....	whale builder (2 episodes, 2011)
Glenn Coolen	....	set designer (2 episodes, 2011)
Nick Tabone	....	ship rigger (2 episodes, 2011)
Jeremy Agius	....	painter (unknown episodes, 2010)
Lance Barney	....	set dresser (unknown episodes, 2010)
Jeff Beanlands	....	construction coordinator (unknown episodes, 2010)
Chris Brown	....	props daily (unknown episodes, 2010)
Bill Burd	....	property master (unknown episodes, 2010)
Tony Chance	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes, 2010)
Lino Chetcuti	....	scenic painter/signwriter: Malta (unknown episodes, 2010)
Jason Clarke	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes, 2010)
Gary Allen Ferguson	....	assistant property master (unknown episodes, 2010)
Shane Gosse	....	carpenter (unknown episodes, 2010)
Zane Knisely	....	key whale builder (unknown episodes, 2010)
Kevin Lewis	....	key scenic (unknown episodes, 2010)
Raymond MacDonald	....	stand-by carpenter: gimbal unit (unknown episodes, 2010)
Colin Paul	....	buyer / set decoration buyer (unknown episodes, 2010)
Marc Ridremont	....	carpenter (unknown episodes, 2010)
Leonard Underwood	....	painter (unknown episodes, 2010)
Tiffany Westwood	....	art department production assistant (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Sound Department
Mario Hubert	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 2011)
Adam Davidson	....	adr recordist (unknown episodes, 2010)
Tim Hands	....	dialogue/adr supervisor (unknown episodes, 2010)
Frank Kavanagh	....	boom operator (unknown episodes, 2010)
Heiko Müller	....	sound effects mixer / supervising sound designer (unknown episodes, 2010)
Roland Platz	....	foley artist (unknown episodes, 2010)
Jim Rillie	....	production sound mixer (unknown episodes, 2010)
Benjamin A. Rosenkind	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Special Effects by
Hauk Olafsson	....	special effects technician (2 episodes, 2011)
Gary Coates	....	special effects coordinator (unknown episodes, 2010)
Roderick Pulis	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Visual Effects by
Christian Burggraf	....	systems engineer: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Nolan Conrad	....	assistant visual effects supervisor (2 episodes, 2011)
Niko Conte	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Sean Craig	....	animation director (2 episodes, 2011)
Yves D'Incau	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Marco Aurélio Engelmann Santos	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Frank Forrestall	....	visual effects artist / matte painter (2 episodes, 2011)
Urs Franzen	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Christoph Gaudl	....	matchmove supervisor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Andrea Geiger	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Dimitri Gross	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Markus Hagemeier	....	i/o coordinator: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Carla Heinzel	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Marc Herzer	....	modeler: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Finlay Hogg	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Oliver Hohn	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Timo Hyhs	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Stefan Ihringer	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Harout Steve Kahwati	....	cgi supervisor (2 episodes, 2011)
Barbara Keydel	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Ivo Klaus	....	cg supervisor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Claudia Knorr	....	modeler: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Meier Korbinian	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Christian Kratzert	....	animation: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Sebastian Küchmeister	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Mitchel MacLatchie	....	digital compositor (2 episodes, 2011)
Dirk Matzkuhn	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Michel Mielke	....	visual effects producer: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Walid Mouawad	....	shading and lighting artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Paul Poetsch	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Shinichi Rembutsu	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Thorsten Rolle	....	animation: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Benjamin Ross	....	matte painter: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Michael Scheffler	....	systems engineer: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Roman Schmidt	....	simulation artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Timo Schumacher	....	cg supervisor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Tim Segulin	....	senior compositor (2 episodes, 2011)
Tim Stern	....	compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Mortimer Warlimont	....	senior compositor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
José Manuel Weil	....	shading and lighting artist: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Bjoern Wortmann	....	i/o coordinator: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Kai Woytke	....	compositing supervisor: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Ismat Zaidi	....	executive producer: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
Jonathan Brayer	....	compositor (uncredited (unknown episodes, 2010)
William E. Garrett	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes, 2010)
Ben Houston	....	visual effects engineer (unknown episodes, 2010)
Joel LeLièvre	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes, 2010)
Chris MacIntosh	....	visual effects artist (unknown episodes, 2010)
Yohan Wadia	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Stunts
Morgan Chetcuti	....	stunt double: Pip (1 episode, 2011)
Joel Harris	....	stunt rigger (unknown episodes, 2010)
Lubomir Misak	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes, 2010)
Randy Boliver	....	stunt safety assistant (unknown episodes)
Tomas Ereminas	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Tig Fong	....	stunt rigger (unknown episodes)
Branislav Martinak	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Nikovich Sammut	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ken Le Blanc	....	gaffer (2 episodes, 2011)
Jess MacGillivray	....	best boy electric (2 episodes, 2011)
Gary Mitchell	....	generator operator (2 episodes, 2011)
Chris Baxter	....	dolly grip (unknown episodes, 2010)
Doug Betts	....	key grip (unknown episodes, 2010)
Steve Burgess	....	first assistant camera: action unit (unknown episodes, 2010)
Jonah Claener	....	camera loader (unknown episodes, 2010)
Johnny Cochrane	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes, 2010)
Scott Cowan	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes, 2010)
Ben Goluch	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes, 2010)
Michael Jackson	....	grip (unknown episodes, 2010)
Jim Jolliffe	....	camera operator: action unit (unknown episodes, 2010)
John Preca Trapani	....	camera loader (unknown episodes, 2010)
Paul Preca Trapani	....	second assistant camera: action unit (unknown episodes, 2010)
Simon Richards	....	director of photography: action unit (unknown episodes, 2010)
Jamie Ritchie	....	first assistant camera: action unit (unknown episodes, 2010)
Ross Sangster	....	best boy grip (unknown episodes, 2010)
Octavian Sotir	....	second assistant camera: action unit (unknown episodes, 2010)
Robert Stecko	....	camera operator: "a" camera (unknown episodes, 2010)
Andrew Stretch	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Casting Department
Sheila Lane	....	casting (2 episodes, 2011)
Jeremy Zimmermann	....	casting (2 episodes, 2011)
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting (unknown episodes, 2010)
Stephanie Gorin	....	casting (unknown episodes, 2010)
Edward Said	....	casting (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sarah Dunsworth	....	costume assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
Carmen Agius	....	set costumer (unknown episodes, 2010)
Ernest Camilleri	....	costume supervisor: William Hurt (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Editorial Department
Ehren Davis	....	first assistant editor (2 episodes, 2011)
Eva-Maria Jack	....	post-production coordinator (2 episodes, 2011)
Maria Caruana Galizia	....	second assistant editor (unknown episodes, 2010)
Chris MacIntosh	....	second assistant editor (unknown episodes, 2010)
Andreas Minuth	....	conforming editor (unknown episodes, 2010)
Meike Weimann	....	colorist (unknown episodes, 2010)

Series Music Department
Peter Whitfield	....	music associate (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Transportation Department
Kristin Arason	....	driver: cast (2 episodes, 2011)
Rodney Dominey	....	transport coordinator (2 episodes, 2011)
Emmanuel 'Manny' Taylor	....	transport captain (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Other crew
Cora Balzan	....	production secretary (2 episodes, 2011)
Chris Bonello	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
Michaela Braun	....	production assistant: ScanlineVFX (2 episodes, 2011)
B.J. Dainard	....	production accountant (2 episodes, 2011)
William Flower	....	marine coordinator / animal wrangler coordinator / ... (2 episodes, 2011)
Charlie Galea	....	co-marine coordinator / co-marine coordinator malta (2 episodes, 2011)
Elizabeth Garner	....	script editor (2 episodes, 2011)
Lee Anne Gillan	....	shipping coordinator (2 episodes, 2011)
David Hyslop	....	location manager (2 episodes, 2011)
Adele MacDonald	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2011)
Valerie Pringle	....	assistant to director (2 episodes, 2011)
Andrew Sheridan	....	assistant location manager (2 episodes, 2011)
Heather Soper	....	animal wrangler assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
Jon Sperry	....	dialect coach for Charlie Cox (2 episodes, 2011)
Maggie Thomas	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 2011)

Production Companies

• Gate Filmproduktion (in association with)
• Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG)

Distributors

• Concorde Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Special Effects Atlantic

Other Companies

• CinePostproduction  sound post-production
• Peter Anderson Studio  title design
• Wavefront Studios  post-production sound services
• Wavefront Studios  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Country:

Germany | Austria

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG13

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Gate Filmproduktion

Trivia:

This is the second time William Hurt and Donald Sutherland have worked together on a miniseries. The first was in 2004's "Frankenstein" (2004).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.190" (2011)

Well worth watching!

(7.5/10) My husband and I picked it up at our local rental place and we were surprised at how well it was done. Really strong performances from William Hurt and Ethan Hawke as Ahab and Starbuck, and the rest of the roles were well-cast, too. The filmmakers managed to capture a lot of the symbolism and themes of Melville's novel, and if you think about what was happening in Melville's time (civil war was brewing, American society seemed to be disintegrating), the mini-series makes it clear that the story was about much more than a Nantucket whaling expedition. Melville was issuing a warning to his fellow Americans that still has resonance today. We're Canadian, so it was fun to see that much of the movie was filmed in Nova Scotia. The whale special effects were a little weak at times, but otherwise, well worth watching.