| Moby Dick | |
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| Based on | Moby-Dick by Herman Melville |
| Screenplay by | Anton Diether Franc Roddam Benedict Fitzgerald (uncredited) |
| Directed by | Franc Roddam |
| Starring | Patrick Stewart Henry Thomas Ted Levine Bruce Spence Hugh Keays-Byrne Gregory Peck |
| Country of origin | United States Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Robert Halmi Sr. Francis Ford Coppola Fred Fuchs |
| Producers | Franc Roddam Kris Noble |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production companies | American Zoetrope Hallmark Entertainment Nine Network Australia USA Pictures |
| Budget | US $20 million |
| Original release | |
| Network | USA Network |
| Release | March 15 – March 16, 1998 |
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Moby Dick is a 1998 American television miniseries directed by Franc Roddam, written by Roddam, Anton Diether, and Benedict Fitzgerald, and executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on Herman Melville's 1851 novel of the same name. It was filmed in Australia in 1997 and first released in the United States in 1998.[1][2] The miniseries consisted of two episodes, each running two hours with commercials on March 15 and 16 of 1998 on the USA Network.[3] This is Gregory Peck's final on-screen role.
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