Name: The Adventures of Moby Dick
Director: Laura Shepherd
Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure
Released: 1996-01-01
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Colette Stevenson, Lawrence Bayne, Desmond Ellis, Mairlyn Smith, Allen Stewart-Coates

Moby Dick as a KID? Someone's been hitting the seaweed too hard.

90s Saturday morning energyWhale-sized audacityLiterary vandalism

Overview

Animation Family Adventure

Animated feature about a young whale named Moby Dick.

Content warning

Standout Aspects

Production

Nelvana's cursed adaptation pipeline strikes again.

Writing

"Call me Ishmael" becomes "call me Moby, I'm a baby."

Best for:Kids·Background

Heads up:Disturbing

Director

Laura Shepherd

ReleasedJan 1, 1996

Runtime45m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

Phoenix Animation Studios

Blye Migicovsky Productions

Top Cast

Colette Stevenson

(voice)

Lawrence Bayne

(voice)

Allen Stewart-Coates

(voice)

Stuart Stone

(voice)

John White

(voice)

Caroline Yeager

(voice)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Part of the 'Adventures' series that also gave us young Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn — Canada's answer to 'what if classic literature, but animals?'

Trivia

This was Nelvana's attempt to compete with Disney's direct-to-video market. They chose... poorly. The whale's design was allegedly based on a staff member's therapy sketch.