A large part covered the voyage of the Essex which is the basis for Moby Dick. Catch a rerun if you can, it is very well done and lays out an important era of American history that has parallels relevant to todays issues.

There are 2 earlier adaptations. 1956 with Gregory Peck and Orson Welles. Then another in 1998 with Patrick Stewart and Gregory Peck. The latter is more complete, but nothing can compare to the novel. It's not just a story, it's a whole experience. It is long, but it is interesting. It can be read in pieces because it has one long story with many diversions.

The new 2010 video looks like a horror movie, not an adventure story.

Didn't know about a movie. Haven't seen it.

I was underwhelmed, though it got a pretty good score at Metacritic. Many critics liked it.

Ethan Hawke was Ishmael.

Good whale effects.

Where was it shown?

If you finding reading something that big, I recommend buying Moby Dick on dvd and listening to it, unabridged. You get the scope of a year long sea voyage that the book conveys, but also you'll get much more of the humor--19th century literary humor is very different than ours. And there is some real slapstick in Moby Dick as well as some bawdy jokes that a modern reader might miss. But a good reader will play it out for you just right.