Moby Dick: The True Story (2002) Rating: Starring: Greg Atkins, Justin Chatwin, Curtis Harrison, Lucas Madigan, Shawn Reynolds Director: Christopher Rowley Category: Documentary Studio: Artisan Subtitles: Length: 52 mins     One Whale. One Ship. On November 20, 1820, a mammoth 85-foot whale viciously and repeatedly rams the Essex, sinking the hopelessly battered ship. The already exhausted crew of whale hunters is now the hunted. The gripping true story of man's courage vs. the forces of nature at sea is even more heart pounding and dramatic than the classic Herman Melville novel it inspired. The recovery of a notebook written by the Essex's cabin boy, Thomas Nickerson, provides viewers a true firsthand account of the amazing escape of the fortunate few. The startling reality of the epic struggle for survival is brought to life by leading-edge Computer Generated Imaging and elaborate re-enactments. Trapped in their pummeled boats for 90 storm tossed days, the dwindling crew is stranded about as far from land as it is possible to be anywhere on Earth. Enduring starvation, madness, and the most gruesome tests of the human spirit, they revert to the most primitive instinct- Survival.