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Hook
1991
Steven Spielberg filters J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan through a distinctly 1990s sensibility in Hook. Peter Pan has become Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a 40-year-old mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a permanent scowl on his face and a cellular phone in his belt. Banning has lost any memory of being Peter Pan, and he is also .. Read more
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Robin Williams |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Genres | Comedy, Family |
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Hook
Steven Spielberg filters J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan through a distinctly 1990s sensibility in Hook. Peter Pan has become Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a 40-year-old mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a permanent scowl on his face and a cellular phone in his belt. Banning has lost any memory of being Peter Pan, and he is also in danger of losing his wife Moira (Caroline Goodall) and two children, Jack (Charlie Korsmo) and Maggie (Amber Scott). Peter and his family travel to London to visit Granny Wendy (Maggie Smith) who recalls Peter's lost youth and asks him, Peter, dear, don't you know who you are? With Peter's children asleep in the same bedroom where the original Peter Pan story began, there is a blinding flash. Peter comes into the room to discover a note from Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman), informing Peter that he has kidnapped his children. Granny Wendy now tells him who he really is and encourages him to re-discover his happy thoughts, transform himself into the Peter Pan of the past, and go rescue his children. With the encouragement of Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts), Peter recalls the birth of his son and once again takes wing. Then it's off to Never Land to rescue his kids.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Robin Williams, Robert Chapin, Maggie Smith, Gwyneth Paltrow |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 16 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 22 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Big Adventures |
| Genres | Comedy, Family |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | German, French |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish Blu-ray: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1991 To Rent: DVD: 24 Apr 2000 Blu-ray: 31 Oct 2011 Blu-ray: 03 Oct 2011 |
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Sprawling, overlong, often camp extravaganza with splendid special effects and settings that may appeal to the small child in most of us, even if it is time that Spielberg himself grew up.
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An entertaining journey
Hook is entertaining. The children will love the film with its over sized and colourful sets and at the same time will keep the adults mildly entertained. ... read more »
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For us - rubbish and boring rubbish at that.
This is quite an old film.
I realise why we missed it the first time round.
It is rubbish.
Such a talented cast. So little ... read more » - 1104791
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brilliant and very watchable
amazing film, very well done and greatly portrayed.
if your a fan of peter pan or even if your not you'll love everything about this film and so ... read more » - 1099303
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Childhood Favourite
I really loved this as a child, and as an adult loved it again!
I think deep down there's still a child in all of us - why should we have to grow... read more » - 1015638
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"It's all about escapism." Steven Spielberg, discussing his trade, November 2011 In his 1982 documentary Room 666, Wim Wenders set up a camera in a hotel room in Cannes and invited his colleagues to come in, sit down and talk to the (unmanned) camera for five minutes about the future of cinema. There was no interviewer, no other prompt – it was entirely up to the filmmakers to speak their piece. Godard talked (brilliantly) about television and digital. Herzog took off his shoes and... Read more
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Hook - Blu-ray
Director Steven Spielberg brings J.M. Barrie's PETER PAN to the screen with a delightfully modernized twist. Forty-year-old Peter (Robin Williams) has grown up to be a workaholic lawyer with more affection for his cell phone than his wife and two children. When the family travels to England to ...
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Hook
Steven Spielberg filters J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan through a distinctly 1990s sensibility in Hook. Peter Pan has become Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a 40-year-old mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a permanent scowl on his face and a cellular phone in his belt. Banning has lost any memory of ...
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