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Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

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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.

Directed byRic Burns

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 0m
Language
EN
Released
May 10, 2010
Studios
Steeplechase Films

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Narrator

Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Sean Leonard

Herman Melville (voice)

Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton

Owen Chase & Peleg Folger (voice)

Vincent Kartheiser

Vincent Kartheiser

Thomas Nickerson (voice)

Callie Thorne

Callie Thorne

(voice)

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

(voice)

Creative team
Directed by
Ric Burns
Ric Burns
Written by
Ric Burns
Ric Burns

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