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In “Captain Ahab,” French writer-helmer Philippe Ramos vividly imagines the formative years of the antagonist of Herman Melville’s classic “Moby Dick.” Told in five chapters, from Ahab’s birth to his ...

In Herman Melville's classic novel 'Moby Dick', a captain loses his ship, and his leg, to a vicious whale. Revenge becomes his obsession. Captain Ahab seems to have a lot in common with Mobile Mayor ...

Call me Ishmael. It is 1851 and I have signed on with Capt. Ahab on the good ship Pequod in search of the Great White Shark - Moby Dick. Call me Juice. It is 2009 - my senior year - and I have signed ...

A modern day pirate tale of exploration, adventure, and the discovery of jungle surf spots off the remote Indonesian coastline in the 1970s. The film also explores the smuggling missions that funded ...

Captain Ahab, a 3-foot, 40-pound wooden statue, takes a hot air balloon ride over western Massachusetts with Worthington Ballooning owner Paul Sena. Captain Ahab was on display at a recent assembly at ...

Captain Ahab starring Denis Lavant, Virgil Leclaire, Dominique Blanc, Jacques Bonnaffé has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and a scheduled release date of . It received a user ...

Captain Ahab, who led the ill-fated quest for Melville's great white whale, Moby-Dick, may have been misunderstood. Today, it appears he has much... Was Captain Ahab Ahead of His Time? Is it possible?

"Captain Ahab" vividly imagines the formative years of Captain Ahab. Ahab’s gruff woodsman father (Jean-Francois Stevenin) narrates the first chapter, starting from his wife’s death in childbirth, ...