The read
It runs a compact 22m.
Synopsis
An unfinished 1971 film project in which Orson Welles performs readings from Moby Dick against a minimalist blue-screen setting, conceived as a stylized, abstract adaptation but never edited or completed. (Note: Not to be confused with Welles’s separate 1955 filmed stage project Moby Dick—Rehearsed.)
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Orson WellesDirector
Cast
- Orson WellesCaptain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookbased on play or musicalshort film