Moby Dick (1956 film) the two never spoke to each other again. Nevertheless, Huston's daughter Anjelica confirmed in a 2003 "Larry King Live" interview that her father had "adored" Peck. In the documentary accompanying the DVD marking the 30th anniversary of the film "Jaws", director Steven Spielberg states his original intention had been to introduce the Ahab-like character Quint (Robert Shaw), by showing him watching the 1956 version of the film and laughing at the inaccuracies therein. However, permission to use footage of the original film was denied by Gregory Peck as he was uncomfortable with his performance. At the age of four, Anjelica
Moby Dick (1956 film) 1972. The schooners used were "Harvest King" and "James Postlethwaite", both from Arklow, Ireland. The film went overbudget, from $2 million to around $4.4 million, which crippled Moulin Productions; "Moby Dick" was ultimately sold to United Artists (The rights would later revert to MGM starting in 1981) in order to recoup some of the Mirisch brothers' debt (Warner Bros. still distributed the film, corresponding to their original licensing agreement; When the agreement ended, United Artists took over the film's distribution rights). "Moby Dick" did not recoup its budget upon its initial release. Peck and Huston intended to shoot Herman Melville's