as Young Boomer Dean Kreyling as Admiral De Deer Carlos Javier Castillo as Cabaco Oliver Rayon as Bulkington Durant Fowler as Doughby Michael Gaglio as XO / Millard Davis Bart Baggett as Lt. Flask Derrick Scott as Pip Carl Watts as Captain Pollard Kevin Sumethasorn as Archy Kevin Allen as Pilot Jett Turner as Essex Sonar Jeff Jones as Seaman #1 Production The film's script was written by Paul Bales, who was tasked with updating the story so that it would take place in 1975. The decision was also made to give the titular whale abilities that Melville's whale did not, such as the capability to travel on land. In an interview with Media Mikes, Bostwick described the production as "one of those ten day jobs where I did it just to see if I could do it" and that he created the harpoon gun used in the end of the film after being handed a spear gun purchased at a yard sale. Of this choice, Bostwick stated that "I didn’t want to be embarrassed by the fact that they only had a dollar and a quarter, you know, to make that movie. I still have that gun mounted in my workshop. I felt the gun had to be something reflective of the character...much larger than life." Release 2010: Moby Dick was released direct to video in the United States on November 23, 2010. Reception Dread Central rated the film at 2 1/2 out of 5, criticizing the choice to add 2010 into the film's title and stating that some viewers could find some "schlock value" but warned that they may "mash the fast forward button between the first and last fifteen minutes". Kevin Carr of 7M Pictures was more favorable, as they felt that it was "silly and it's fun, and it actually plays better than most of the Asylum knock-offs." Paul Constant of The Stranger also wrote a favorable review, noting that "It's perfect distracted holiday viewing. Watch it while you're drunkenly wrapping presents." In an article for the Journal of Film and Video'' David Dowling wrote that "The crass spectacle the film makes of the whale’s animality and agency is not uniformly sophomoric, however. One scene in particular, shot with tongue in cheek, is simultaneously selfreferential and critical, calling attention to its own place within the trappings of a campy third-rate action monster movie, while also mocking