Hook 1991

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 136 min

genre: fantasy

theme: children's adventure

director: Steven Spielberg

Score: 7 / 10

Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee, and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy. It serves as a sequel to J. M. Barrie's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten his childhood. In his new life, he is known as Peter Banning, a successful but unimaginative and workaholic lawyer with a wife (Wendy's granddaughter) and two children. However, when his old archenemy Captain Hook kidnaps his children, he returns to Neverland to save them. Along the journey, he reclaims the memories of his past and becomes a better person.

Plot

Though successful San Francisco corporate lawyer Peter Banning loves his wife Moira and their children Jack and Maggie, his workaholic lifestyle has begun straining his relationship with his family. After promising to attend at least one of Jack's baseball games but missing the entire season, Peter flies with his disappointed family to London to visit Moira's grandmother, Wendy Darling. In London, Peter, Moira and Wendy attend a charity dinner in Wendy's honor at the Great Ormond Street Hospital, leaving the children with Wendy's old friend Tootles and housekeeper Liza. Upon returning, they find the house burglarized and the children missing, along with a ransom note signed by Captain James Hook. Peter involves the authorities, but they are unable to help, and Wendy insists that only he can save Jack and Maggie, as he is really Peter Pan; Peter refuses to believe her.

Cast

More details

author	J. M. Barrie James V. Hart Malia Scotch Marmo Nick Castle
contentLocation	London Neverland San Francisco
director	Steven Spielberg
editor	Michael Kahn
events	adulthood childhood parent–child relationship rescue rivalry sea piracy work ethic work–life balance
genre	adventure comedy fantasy
keywords	adopt baseball game belong boys camp broken promise burglarize captain hook captain james hook corporate law corporate lawyer crocodile early 1900s father figure great ormond street hospital kensington gardens lost boys mr. smee old friend peter pan ransom note reanimated corpse smee stab sword taxidermied taxidermy tinker bell tootle train wendy darling workaholic
musicBy	John Williams
nomination	Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress
producer	Frank Marshall Gerald R. Molen Kathleen Kennedy
productionCompany	Amblin Entertainment
publisher	TriStar Pictures
recordedAt	London Los Angeles
theme	children's adventure swashbuckler