Sir Leigh of Somerset Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Caught up with this last night on BBC iplayer. Cracking film, closely based on the loss at sea of the American whaling ship 'The Essex' back in the 1800s, an event that inspired Melville to write 'Moby Dick'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Sir Leigh of Somerset said: Caught up with this last night on BBC iplayer. Cracking film, closely based on the loss at sea of the American whaling ship 'The Essex' back in the 1800s, an event that inspired Melville to write 'Moby Dick'. It is a cracking film. The book is excellent too - same title as the film by Nathaniel Philbrick. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 04:34, Sir Leigh of Somerset said: Caught up with this last night on BBC iplayer. Cracking film, closely based on the loss at sea of the American whaling ship 'The Essex' back in the 1800s, an event that inspired Melville to write 'Moby Dick'. Melville of course is the ancestor of the musician Moby, cracking film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Leigh of Somerset Posted January 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 6 hours ago, Med/MadHatter said: Melville of course is the ancestor of the musician Moby, cracking film Now that's something (among the many things) i didn't know. Thanks for that. Apparently. Melville was Moby's great great great Uncle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanker Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 12 hours ago, Sir Leigh of Somerset said: Now that's something (among the many things) i didn't know. Thanks for that. Apparently. Melville was Moby's great great great Uncle. That Dick was a big fish mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 11/01/2022 at 11:34, Sir Leigh of Somerset said: Caught up with this last night on BBC iplayer. Cracking film, closely based on the loss at sea of the American whaling ship 'The Essex' back in the 1800s, an event that inspired Melville to write 'Moby Dick'. Yep - based on a truth. Quite an incredible story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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