Hook is a 1991 family fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott. Hook acts as a sequel to Peter Pan's original adventures, focusing on a grown-up Peter who has forgotten his childhood. Now known as "Peter Banning", he is a successful corporate lawyer with a wife and two children. Captain Hook kidnaps his two children, and he must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit as Peter Pan in order to challenge his old enemy.
Spielberg began developing the film in the early-1980s with Walt Disney and Paramount Pictures, which would have followed the storyline seen in the 1953 animated film and 1924 silent film. Peter Pan entered pre-production in 1985, but Spielberg abandoned the project. James V. Hart developed the script with director Nick Castle and TriStar Pictures before Spielberg decided to direct in 1989. Hook was shot entirely on sound stages at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. The film received mixed reviews, but was a financial success and nominated for multiple categories at the 64th Academy Awards.
Plot
Peter Banning (Robin Williams) is a successful corporate lawyer whose relationship with his family, especially his two young children Jack (Charlie Korsmo) and Maggie (Amber Scott) is strained by continuous absences and broken promises. His wife Moira (Caroline Goodall) struggles to keep them together and grows frustrated at Peter for his callous behavior. The family flies to London to visit Moira's grandmother, Wendy Darling (Maggie Smith), who helped Peter find a family when he was a young orphan.
Upon arrival, they meet an old man who has "lost his marbles", Toodles (Arthur Malet), Wendy's first orphan. Peter, Moira, and Wendy attend a ceremony for the expansion of Wendy's orphanage. While they are out, Hook kidnaps the children, leaving a signed note. Wendy tells Peter that he is in fact Peter Pan and that his old enemy has returned and taken his children for revenge, but he fails to remember anything.
Tinker Bell (Julia Roberts) appears before Peter that night and knocks him unconscious and flies him to a pirate port in Neverland. There he awakens in disbelief, and is discovered by Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) and his second in command Smee (Bob Hoskins), who threaten the children unless he accepts Hook's challenge to a duel. Tinker Bell intervenes and is granted three days in which to prepare him for it. The Lost Boys, now led by a boy named Rufio (Dante Basco) at first dismiss him as an old man who has no hope of regaining his former glory, but he begins to learn the magic of Neverland.
Meanwhile, Hook uses Jack's frustration over his father's continuous broken promises to steal his affection. Peter is heartbroken when he sees Hook treating Jack like a son and becomes determined to win his family back. He finally remembers his past and learns how to fly by recalling his "happy thought": being a father. Peter regains the leadership of the Lost Boys and they challenge Hook and his pirates in an all-out battle. Peter regains Jack's love and saves Maggie, but during the fight Rufio is killed by Hook. Peter and Hook engage in a climactic sword fight, where the Captain is defeated and eaten by the ticking Crocodile he thought he had killed. Peter returns home with Jack and Maggie and designates the largest member of the Lost Boys, Thud Butt (Raushan Hammond) as leader of the Lost Boys in Peter's absence.
Returning home, Peter realizes the love he has for his family and the importance of having a youthful heart. Toodles, a former Lost Boy, is dismayed at missing the adventure, but discovers pixie dust in his bag of lost marbles and uses it to go flying around London. Wendy remarks to Peter that his adventures are now over, but Peter says to live would be a great adventure too.
Cast
See also: Characters of Peter Pan
- Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan : He has forgotten his childhood in Neverland, and becomes a successful corporate lawyer with a wife and two kids. Captain Hook kidnaps his two children, thus Peter Banning must reclaim his youthful spirit as Peter Pan in order to challenge Hook.
- Dustin Hoffman as James Hook : A villainous pirate who has had a long enemy-relationship with Peter Pan. Hook's motives over the years after escaping from his death include revenge against Peter, by kidnapping his two children.
- Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell : A fairy who helps Peter gain memory of his childhood and "happy thoughts". She is in love with Peter, but understands why he must continue his relationship with his family.
- Charlie Korsmo as Jack Banning : Peter's son who begins to rebel against his father by looking towards Captain Hook as a father figure.
- Amber Scott as Maggie Banning : Peter's daughter and Jack's younger sister who, after the kidnapping, does not fall under Hook's ploy of "why parents hate their children".
- Bob Hoskins as Smee : Hook's henchman who creates the plan of trying to convince Peter's children to "love" Hook. Hoskins also portrays a garbage sweeper in Kensington Gardens.
- Caroline Goodall as Moira Banning : Wendy's granddaughter and Peter's loving wife and mother to Jack and Maggie.
- Maggie Smith as Wendy Darling : After her adventures with Peter Pan, she becomes well-known for helping orphans. Gwyneth Paltrow appears as young Wendy Darling in flashbacks.
- Dante Basco as Rufio : Leader of the Lost Boys since Peter's departure from Neverland. Rufio is intimidated by his presence at first but soon wishes he had a father like Peter. He is killed by Captain Hook during a duel.
- Arthur Malet as Tootles : A senile old man living with Wendy. A former Lost Boy, Tootles is also Wendy's "first orphan". Peter helps giving him the ability to fly by finding his lost marbles, which he left in Neverland.
Gwyneth Paltrow makes a cameo appearance as young Wendy, and Genesis vocalist Phil Collins appears briefly as an English police inspector. Singers David Crosby and Jimmy Buffett appear as members of Hook's pirate crew, and Glenn Close similarly appears as a male pirate who is punished by Hook. Jasen Fisher and James Madio portray Lost Boys.
Production
J.M. Barrie considered writing a story in which Peter Pan grew up; his 1920 notes for the latest stage revival of Peter Pan included possible titles for another play: The Man Who Couldn't Grow Up or The Old Age of Peter Pan . The genesis of Hook started when director Steven Spielberg's mother often read him Peter and Wendy as bedtime story. Spielberg explained in 1985, "When I was eleven years old I actually directed the story during a school production. I have always felt like Peter Pan. I still feel like Peter Pan. It has been very hard for me to grow up, I'm a victim of the Peter Pan syndrome.
In the early 1980s, with Walt Disney Pictures, Spielberg began to develop the film which would have closely followed the storyline of the 1953 animated film and 1924 silent film. He also considered directing Peter Pan as a musical with Michael Jackson in the lead. The project was taken to Paramount Pictures, where James V. Hart wrote the first script with Dustin Hoffman already cast as Captain Hook. Peter Pan entered pre-production in 1985 for filming to begin at sound stages in England. Elliot Scott had been hired as production designer. With the birth of his first son, Max, in 1985, Spielberg decided to drop out. "I decided not to make Peter Pan when I had my first child," Spielberg commented. "I didn't want to go to London and have seven kids on wires in front of blue screens. I wanted to be home as a dad." Around this time, Spielberg considered directing Big , which carried similar motifs and themes with Peter Pan. In 1987, Spielberg "permanently abandoned" Peter Pan , feeling he expressed his childhood and adult themes in Empire of the Sun .
Meanwhile, Paramount and Hart moved forward on production with Nick Castle as director. Hart began to work on a new storyline when his son, Jake, showed his family a drawing. "We asked Jake what it was and he said it was a crocodile eating Captain Hook, but that the crocodile really didn't eat him, he got away," Hart reflected. "As it happens, I had been trying to crack Peter Pan for years, but I didn't just want to do a remake. So I went, 'Wow. Hook is not dead. The crocodile is. We've all been fooled'. In 1986 our family was having dinner and Jake said, 'Daddy, did Peter Pan ever grow up?' My immediate response was, 'No, of course not'. And Jake said, 'But what if he did?' I realized that Peter did grow up, just like all of us baby boomers who are now in our forties. I patterned him after several of my friends on Wall Street, where the pirates wear three-piece suits and ride in limos."
By 1989, Hart and Castle changed the title of Peter Pan to Hook , and took it from Paramount to TriStar Pictures, ran by Mike Medavoy, who was Spielberg's first talent agent. Robin Williams signed on, but Williams and Hoffman had creative differences with Castle. Medavoy saw Hook as a vehicle for Spielberg and Castle was fired, but paid a $500,000 settlement. Spielberg briefly
Baby-Toddler Fairy Dresses - Costumes-Fairy.com Fairy Dresses,Costumes ...
Baby-Toddler Pink Rose Fairy Dress. Fairy Dress costume in Lovely colors of pink, includes ... Baby-Toddler Tinkerbell Sprite Fairy Dress. For your tiny Tinkerbell Fairy Sprite!
Tinkerbell Costume | Tinkerbell Costumes | Tinker bell Costume ...
We have the best tinkerbell costumes , Disney tinkerbell costume , infant tinkerbell , and even baby tinker bell costumes ... Fairy Infant Tiny Tinker Learn More
Tinker bell baby costume Baby Costumes at BizRate - Shop online for ...
Baby Tiny Tinker Bell Costume Halloween Costumes for Babies ? This adorable Baby Tinkerbell Costume will have you believing in fairies all over again!
infant tinkerbell costume, great deals on Clothing, Shoes Accessories ...
Buy infant tinkerbell costume, Clothing, Shoes Accessories on eBay. Find great ... Small Toddler Baby Tiny Tinker Bell Costume - Pixie or
Baby Tiny Tinker Bell Costume - Pixie or Fairy Costumes
Halloween Costumes for Babies û This adorable Baby Tinkerbell Costume will have you believing in fairies all over again! Baby Tinkerbell Costume includes bodysuit and wings.
Tiny Tiger Infant Costume in Children Baby Costumes
Online Only! It's amazing how one tiny tiger can put out an incredible roar. Have a roaring good time when you dress your little one in this classic Tiny Tiger infant costume and ...
baby tinkerbell costume - - Compare Prices and Buy on Shopping.com
Costume Craze Baby Tiny Tinkerbell... ... Halloween Costumes for Babies û This adorable Baby Tinkerbell Costume will have ...
Peter Pan & Tinkerbell Costumes
Baby Tiny Tinker Bell Costume - Pixie or Fairy Costumes - Halloween Costumes for Babies û This adorable Baby Tinkerbell Costume will have you believing in fairies all over again!
The Buzz Log - Top Costumes: Dressing Up Baby - Yahoo! Buzz
Um, how about a baby in a teeny-tiny halloween costume? Yes, oh yes. Although they'd probably ... Baby Tinkerbell Costume; Baby Dorothy Costume; Baby Witch Costume; Raggedy Ann Baby ...
Children New for 2009 Baby Costumes
100% Secure Shopping Cart ... Classic Baby Costumes; Cartoon, TV & Movie Baby Costumes ... View Detail for Tiny Tiger Infant Costume Reg $49.99 Now Only $19.99