Moby Dick: The True Story is a one-hour docu-drama produced by the Discovery Channel. It tells the true story of Owen Chase, upon which Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick was based.
Setting out from Nantucket in August of 1819, Chase and his crew had a devastating encounter with a charging sperm whale that weighed a remarkable 80 tons.
The whale ended up stranding them on three small whaleboats, thousands of miles away from land.
The encounter left 20 desperate men to face a three-month journey into hell – one that would see death, execution and cannibalism.
This hour-long recreation is a fascinating and informative account of one of the world's best known stories of man against nature.