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== Film Version ==
== Film Version ==
A famous 1956 screen adaptation was directed by John Huston and starred Gregory Peck, with a skillful screenplay by [[Ray Bradbury]]. When it was released, ''New York Times'' reviewer Bosley Crowther devoutly recommended it as "one of the great motion pictures of our times." He said it was "composed like a symphony" and that "Space does not possibly permit us to cite all the things about this film that are brilliantly done or developed."<ref>Crowther, Bosley (1956), "Screen: John Huston and Melville's White Whale, ''The New York Times,'' July 5, 1956, p. 18</ref>
A famous 1956 screen adaptation was directed by John Huston and starred Gregory Peck, with a skillful screenplay by [[Ray Bradbury]]. When it was released, ''New York Times'' reviewer Bosley Crowther devoutly recommended it as "one of the great motion pictures of our times." He said it was "composed like a symphony" and that "Space does not possibly permit us to cite all the things about this film that are brilliantly done or developed."<ref>Crowther, Bosley (1956), "Screen: John Huston and Melville's White Whale, ''The New York Times,'' July 5, 1956, p. 18</ref>
== Quote ==
*"...to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.” - Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
==References==
==References==