Hook (1991)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1990
Running Times: 141 mins
Length: 12,742 ft
Format: colour 35mm 70mm (blow-up) Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby SR (35mm prints) 70mm 6-Track (70mm prints)

(Full Credits)

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Amblin Entertainment
Executive Producers: Dodi Fayed, Jim V. Hart
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gerald R. Molen
Co-Producer: Gary Adelson, Craig Baumgarten

SCRIPT
Script: Jim V. Hart, Malia Scotch Marmo
Books / Play: J.M. Barrie
Story: Jim V. Hart, Nick Castle

DIRECTION
Director: Steven Spielberg

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Dean Cundey

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Michael Kahn
Additional Editor: William Goldenberg

MUSIC
Music: John Williams

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Ron Judkins

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Christina Smith

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Makeup: Greg Cannom

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Special Effects Supervisor: Michael Lantieri

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Eric Brevig

DIGITAL EFFECTS
Digital Effects Supervisor: Bruno George

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Norman Garwood
Art Directors: Andrew Precht, Thomas E. Sanders
Set Designers: Joseph Hodges, Henry Alberti, Jacques Valin, Joseph G. Pacelli Jr, Peter J. Kelly, Thomas Betts

LOCATIONS
Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA
Studio: Sony Pictures Studios; The Culver Studios, Culver City, California
Location Manager: Stuart A. Neumann

STUNTS
Action Choreographer: Gary Hymes
Stunt Coordinator: Gary Hymes

CASTING
Casting: Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins, Michael Hirshenson

CAST
Dustin Hoffman (Captain James S. Hook)
Robin Williams (Peter 'Pete' Banning / Peter Pan)
Julia Roberts (Tinkerbell)
Bob Hoskins (Smee)
Maggie Smith (Granny Wendy Moira Angela Darling)
Caroline Goodall (Moira Banning)
Charlie Korsmo (Jack 'Jackie' Banning)
Amber Scott (Maggie Banning)
Laurel Cronin (Liza)
Phil Collins (Inspector Good)
Arthur Malet (Tootles)
Isaiah Robinson (Pockets)
Jasen Fisher (Ace)
Dante Basco (Chief Rufio)
Raushan Hammond (Thud Butt)
James Madio (Don't Ask)
Thomas Tulak (Too Small)
Alex Zuckerman (Latchboy)
Ahmad Stoner (No Nap)
Bogdan Georghe, Adam McNatt (Lost Boys)
René González Jr, Brian Willis, Brett Willis (additional Lost Boys)
Ryan Francis (Young Peter)
Maxwell Hoffman (5-year-old Peter Banning)
Kelly Rowan (Jane Banning)
Stephanie Furst, Shannon Marie Kies, Regina Russell (mermaids)
Jewel Newlander Hubbard (Peter Pan in play)
Jeannine Renshaw (drama teacher)
Rebecca Hoffman (Jane in play)
Jeannine Wagner (pianist)
Francesca Serrano, Kevin Gasca, Andre Bollinger, Lauren Friedler-Gow, Bryce Armstrong, Margie Takeda, Alyson Healing, Zoe Koehler (Lost Boys in play)
Scott Williamson (coach)
Wayne Aten, Michael Hirshenson (umpires)
Jacob Hoffman (Little League player)
Geoff Lower (Brad)
Don S. Davis (Dr Fields)
Cameron Thor (Ron)
Brad Blumenthal (Jim)
Brenda Isaacs, Jan Cobler, Ruth de Sosa (secretaries)

PLOT SUMMARY

Peter Pan has grown up to be a successful lawyer, with no memory of who he really is. He's now married to Wendy's granddaughter and has his own kids. But his comfortable life is turned on its head when Captain Hook kidnaps his children and Tinkerbell comes to take him home Never Land - but will he be able to remember who he really is in time to save the children from the dastardly Hook?

Spielberg at his very worst - sentimental, sugary and embarrassing. Robin Williams is deeply irritating here, allowed to overact and gush in that annoyingly mawkish way he seems to have made his own. Julia Roberts does little better in a terrible turn as Tinkerbell and only Dustin Hoffman's over-the-top, camp histrionics as Hook saves the day. Thankfully Spielberg recovered and went on to the much better Jurassic Park (1993) and the same year's outstanding Schindler's List.

Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
Video Distributor: LK-TEL

Germany
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (13187)
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (13187 - collector's edition; includes - interviews; stills gallery)

Spain
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar Films de Espana S.A.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia TriStar
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (LD 13187; includes - making of documentary)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (70606)
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (03930)

Argentina
Rating: Atp

Australia
Rating: PG

Chile
Rating: TE

Finland
Rating: K-8/5

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 6

Ireland
Rating: G

Spain
Rating: T

Sweden
Rating: 7

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: PG

AWARDS

1992
Academy Awards, USA
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Norman Garwood, Garrett Lewis) - nominated
Best Costume Design (Anthony Powell) - nominated
Best Effects, Visual Effects (Eric Brevig, Harley Jessup, Michael Lantieri, Mark Sullivan) - nominated
Best Make Up (Greg Cannom, Christina Smith, Monty Westmore) - nominated
Best Music, Song (Leslie Bricusse (lyrics), John Williams (music)) - nominated (for When You're Alone)

American Society of Cinematographers, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases (Dean Cundey) - nominated

Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: Comedy/Musical (Dustin Hoffman) - nominated

Golden Screen, Germany
Golden Screen - winner

Razzie Awards, USA
Worst Supporting Actress (Julia Roberts) - nominated

1993
Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Family Motion Picture - winner
Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture (Dante Basco, Jasen Fisher, Ryan Francis, Alex Gaona (stunts), Bogdan Georghe, René González Jr, Raushan Hammond, Charlie Korsmo, James Madio, Adam McNatt, Isaiah Robinson, Amber Scott, Ahmad Stoner, Thomas Tulak,
Brett Willis, Brian Willis, Alex Zuckerman) - winner
Actor under 10 in Motion Picture (Raushan Hammond) - nominated
Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Motion Picture (Dante Basco, Charlie Korsmo) - nominated
Best Young Actress under 10 in a Motion Picture (Amber Scott) - nominated

1991
December
11: USA - theatrical release

1992
January
16: Argentina - theatrical release

March
26: Australia, Germany - theatrical release
27: Spain, Sweden - theatrical release

April
1: France - theatrical release
3: Denmark, Finland - theatrical release
10: UK - theatrical release

July
21: USA - laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar (70606))

December
Day Unknown: Germany - laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar (13187))

1993
December
Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)

1995
December
25: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1997
December
26: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1999
May
3: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

2000
March
21: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (03930))

May
2: Germany - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (13187 - collector's edition))

2001
January
7: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

2002
April
1: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
21: USA - television broadcast (on KTVK)

What if Peter Pan grew up?

Hook: el capitán Garfio - Spanish title
Hook - Kapteeni Koukku - Finnish title
Capitaine Crochet - French Canadian title
Hook ou la revanche du Capitaine Crochet - French title
Hook - capitan Uncino - Italian title
Hook - Vad händer Peter Pan som vuxen - Swedish title

SEE ALSO
Peter Pan (1924)
Peter Pan (1953)
Peter Pan (1955a)
Peter Pan (1955b)
Peter Pan (1956)
Peter Pan (1960)
Peter Pan (1976)
Peter Pan (2000)
Peter Pan and the Lost Boys (1990)
Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The American Film Institute's Tribute to Steven Spielberg (1995)

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.22 no.5 (April 1992) pp.60-61 (USA)
credits, review

Cinema Papers no.87 (March / April 1992) pp.12-16 (Australia)
illustrated interview

The Dark Side November 1992 p.32 (UK)
review

Empire January 1993 p.71 (UK)
review

Films in Review vol.43 no.3/4 (March / April 1992) pp.112-114 (USA)
review

Premiere April 1992 p.19 (France)
review (by Monique Neubourg)

Premiere vol.5 no.7 (March 1992) p.100 (USA)
review

Sight and Sound vol.1 no.12; 50-51 (April 1992) pp.16-19 (UK)
illustrated article; illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Christopher Frayling)

NEWSPAPERS

Svenska Dagbladet 27 March 1992 (Sweden)
review (Hook - ett sant äventyr för alla barn by Jeanette Gentele)

KEYWORDS

peter pan; pirates; families; children; fairies; mermaids; ships

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009