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Rating: Q=6, P=4 / Average OJ
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=2, Scale 4=2
Adventure, Action, Based on Book, Whaling, Philosophical
A timeless film for a timeless story--and one that I'm told is also a fine adaptation of the complicated novel (I haven't read it entirely, so I can't say). The rising anxiety and suspense is well-captured, the whaling rituals and routines are fun to observe. Gregory Peck plays the obsessed Ahab to perfection-admirable, stoic, crazy, and scary.
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