Movie Description
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
(2010)Overview
Examine the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, the tragedy of the Essex, and the career of Moby Dick's Herman Melville, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ric Burns
- Writer : Ric Burns
- Editor : Li-Shin Yu
- Cast : Willem Dafoe,Robert Sean Leonard,Josh Hamilton,Vincent Kartheiser,Callie Thorne,Philip Bosco
Cast
Narrator
Herman Melville (voice)
Owen Chase & Peleg Folger (voice)
Thomas Nickerson (voice)
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Posters
Facts
Original TitleInto the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
Status Released
Release Information
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2010-05-10
Original Language
Runtime 02h 00m
Production CompaniesSteeplechase Films
Genres
- Documentary
- History
