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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, English, Spanish, Korean, Subtitled
A high-flying adventure from the magic of Steven Spielberg, Hook stars Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the infamous Captain Hook. Joining the fun is Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell, Bob Hoskins as the pirate Smee, and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy Darling, who must convince the middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning that he was once the legendary Peter Pan. And so the adventure begins anew, with Peter off to Neverland to save his two children from Captian Hook. Along the way, he rediscovers the power of imagination, of friendship, and of magic. A classic tale updated for children of all ages, Hook was nominated for 5 1991 Academy Awards(r) including best visual effects. A film that will entertain generations, generations from now.-Gary Franklin, KABC-TV.
"A film that will entertain generations..." Gary Franklin, KABC-TV
"Get ready for adventure. Steven Spielberg has scored another triumph." Gene Shalit, The Today Show
Editor's Note
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 visit Granny Wendy (Maggie Smith), Peter's son and daughter are kidnapped by the villainous Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman). Peter's faithful pal, Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts), helps him return to Neverland--"Second star to the right and straight on ?til morning"--to the world Peter has forgotten. There the Lost Boys welcome Peter back and try to get him in shape for his fight with Captain Hook. Peter must somehow remember his long-forgotten boyhood in Neverland and learn how to fly again before he can rescue his children away from the evil clutches of Captain Hook. Bob Hoskins costars as Hook's right-hand man, Smee, and Gwyneth Paltrow, in her first film role, plays the young Wendy. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song for John Williams's "When You're Alone."
Plot Summary
Steven Spielberg directed this delightfully grown-up fairy tale about an adult Peter Pan and his evil nemesis, Captain Hook. Peter Banning (Robin Williams) is a 40-year-old corporate lawyer too busy with his work to notice his family. But when Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) kidnaps his children, he is forced to remember who he really is: Peter Pan. With the help of Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts), he returns to Neverland and leads the Lost Boys in a fight against Hook's dastardly pirates.
| Features | Subtitles: English | | Widescreen Presentation | | Theatrical Trailers | | Talent Files | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround | | Interactive Menus | | Production Notes |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 7/19/2005 |
| Running Time: 142 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 03930 | | UPC: 00043396039308 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1992) | | | Norman Garwood, Garrett Lewis, Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration | | | Anthony Powell, Nominee, Best Costume Design | | | Leslie Bricusse, John Williams, Nominee, Best Music, Song "When You're Alone" | |
Golden Globe (1992) | | | Dustin Hoffman, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Williams is a hoot..." 01/09/1992 p.54-5New York Times
"...Gargantuan....A hugely funny bravura performance by [Hoffman]..." 12/11/1991 p.C17 Los Angeles Times
"...Smith has the regal, otherworldly air of the perfect fairy-tale enchantress..." 12/11/1991 p.F1 Total Film
"...Dustin Hoffman is excellent..." 07/01/2000 p.110 Film.Com 7 of 10
...for a while Hook rises above the formula... The film is sprinkled with lovely Spielberg touches: a latch on a window that resembles Hook's hook; a kissing couple on a bridge who levitate when they're accidentally sprinkled with pixie dust; the young Peter chasing his shadow; the grown-up Peter trying to resist the proof of Tinkerbell's existence by dismissing her as a a firefly from hell; a spectacularly funny comeuppance for Hook that's stolen from the finale of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah. Some of the most poignant touches are lines lifted directly from Barrie's play and applied in a different context. Smith's Wendy, like the aging model for Alice in Wonderland that Coral Browne played in Dreamchild, is a creature who must contend with the rich fantasy life that has grown up around the books she inspired... There are clever touches throughout the second half, but they don't build toward anything... It's difficult to assign a rating to a movie like this... Parts of it are well worth a three-star rating, but maybe 135 minutes is too long for any version of Peter Pan. Still, the good moments represent Spielberg at his best, and that's something we haven't seen enough of lately. - John Hartl
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