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Moby Dick: A Screenplay

by Ray Bradbury (Author), William F. Touponce (Editor), Jonathan R. Eller (Editor) Format: Hardcover
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  1. Print length
    191 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Subterranean
  4. Publication date
    June 30, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    5.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1596061804
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1596061804
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Subterranean
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 30, 2008
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 191 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1596061804
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1596061804
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars (3)

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In a career spanning more than seventy years, Ray Bradbury, who died on June 5, 2012, at the age of 91, inspired generations of readers to dream, think, and create. A prolific author of hundreds of short stories and close to fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, teleplays, and screenplays, Bradbury was one of the most celebrated writers of our time. His groundbreaking works include Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. He wrote the screen play for John Huston's classic film adaptation of Moby Dick, and was nominated for an Academy Award. He adapted sixty-five of his stories for television's The Ray Bradbury Theater, and won an Emmy for his teleplay of The Halloween Tree. He was the recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the 2004 National Medal of Arts, and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, among many honors.

Throughout his life, Bradbury liked to recount the story of meeting a carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. At the end of his performance Electrico reached out to the twelve-year-old Bradbury, touched the boy with his sword, and commanded, "Live forever!" Bradbury later said, "I decided that was the greatest idea I had ever heard. I started writing every day. I never stopped."

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  • R. Robinson
    4 out of 5 stars
    Perhaps the greatest screenplay ever wriiten.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2008
    Format: Hardcover
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    The only thing that they could of added to this book was Bradbury's essay on how he overcame the struggles to write the screenplay, which is very intriguing. Buyer Beware...you can find the screenplay online for free but I wanted to have something I can hold and take with me. I also thought that maybe there would be essays in the book detailing either Bradbury's struggle or a profound synopsis to act as a companion but alas, there is not. Still a great read though.

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    Great Screenplay
    Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020
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    I don't have this edition; I have a xeroxed copy of the screenplay as typed. It's the best adaptation into screenplay form from another source I've ever seen. I think it's better than the book, which almost never happens in movies. It was a great movie, and undergirded by a this great screenplay. It would have been a better movie had the screenplay been followed more closely. For instance when the Pequod is leaving the harbor Starbuck's wife is waving from her house. The movie has a shot of this, but Mrs. Starbuck isn't identified, and is so small as to be hardly noticeable.

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  • Mark A. Cauble
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    A Great Screenplay
    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2009
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    "Moby Dick" is both my favorite novel and a favorite movie of mine. Recently, I re-read the novel and then sat down yesterday with Bradbury's screenplay and John Huston's movie. I wondered who did what and how much of the book had found its way into the movie. Most of the movie comes from the book. It is one of the best adaptations of a great novel I have ever seen. I know there was an authorship dispute between Bradbury and Huston. Consequently, I did a line by line comparison. The movie's dialogue is roughly sixty percent Bradbury and forty percent Huston. Additionally, Father Mapple's sermon was rewritten by Orson Welles. Huston greatly expanded Ahab's "... mild, mild day..." speech, which he took from the book. Another addition from the book was Huston's inclusion of the blacksmith's remaking of the harpoon blades. He also created the "Ahab beckons..." sequence. He specifically added a "...beckons..." statement to Elijah's prophecy. This he developed from Bradbury's dialogue on page 159 "...he will rise from the grave and beckon..." Huston made this line literally true instead of being implied. Huston cut out Bradbury's sailor songs and added his own. He also increased the number of songs. On page 180 of his script Bradbury kills Moby Dick "...the dying whale." Huston decided to return to the book and have Moby Dick survive. Thus I believe the title card at the beginning of the movie that says Screen play by Ray Bradbury and John Huston is an accurate reflection of the significant contributions by both men. Bradbury's name is rightly first because he was the majority author.

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