Hook

Hook is a 1991 American fantasy swashbuckler 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 acts as a sequel to J. M. Barrie's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten all about 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 Captain Hook, the enemy of his past, 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.
Spielberg began developing the film in the early 1980s with Walt Disney Pictures and Paramount Pictures, which would have followed the storyline seen in the 1924 silent film and 1953 animated Disney film. It entered pre-production in 1985, but Spielberg abandoned the project. Hart developed the script with director Nick Castle and TriStar Pictures before Spielberg decided to direct in 1989. It was shot almost entirely on sound stages at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.
Released on December 11, 1991, Hook received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances (particularly those of Williams and Hoffman), John Williams' musical score, and production values, but criticized the screenplay and tone. Although it was a commercial success, its box office take was lower than expected. Spielberg also later came to be disappointed with the film.[4][5] It has gained a strong cult following since its release. It was nominated in five categories at the 64th Academy Awards. It also spawned merchandise, including video games, action figures, and comic book adaptations.
== Plot ==
Corporate lawyer Peter Banning is unaware that his workaholic lifestyle in San Francisco is straining his relationship with his wife Moira and their children, Jack and Maggie, even though he loves them dearly. As the family prepare to fly to London to visit Moira's grandmother, Wendy Darling, Peter is distracted at the office and misses Jack's baseball game. In London, Peter, Moira and Wendy attend a charity dinner in Wendy's honor, leaving Wendy's old friend Tootles and her housekeeper Liza to watch over the children. When the group return they find the house vandalized, the children missing, and a ransom note written by Captain James Hook. Peter involves the authorities, but Wendy insists that only he can save Jack and Maggie, claiming that Peter is really Peter Pan.
Peter refuses to believe this, and while drinking in the nursery he encounters Tinker Bell, who uses her pixie dust to bring him to Neverland. Tinker Bell drops Peter into Hook's pirate haven, where Peter is discovered after seeing Hook displaying his children to his pirates. Surprised to see how weak Peter has become, Hook challenges him to fly and rescue his children, but then prepares to execute him when he fails to fly and reach the hands of his children. Tinker Bell persuades Hook to release Peter instead, promising to bring him back with all his skills for a climactic battle in three days. Peter is then taken to the Lost Boys, who have been led by Rufio following Pan's absence. The boys mock Peter at first, but eventually recognize him and train Peter while encouraging him to use his imagination to restore some of his abilities, much to Rufio's annoyance.
Meanwhile, Mr. Smee suggests to Hook that they turn Peter's children against him. This tactic does not work with Maggie, but Jack is swayed due to his father's recent broken promises. Hook then has the pirates play a game of baseball, which Peter spies on while trying to steal his hook. Dismayed to see Jack take to Hook as his father-figure, Peter forces himself to remember that he is actually Peter Pan and discovers Wendy's treehouse, where she and her brothers had stayed. Inside, Tinker Bell helps Peter recollect his lost memories, of how she took him to Neverland as an infant and his adventures with the Darling children. He finally recalls that he frequently returned to see Wendy after the Darlings returned to London, until Wendy grew old. Peter then stayed behind after falling in love with her granddaughter Moira, and subsequently lost all memory of Neverland before being adopted by the Banning family in America.
Recalling the day of Jack's birth, Peter finally finds a strong happy thought that restores his power to fly, bringing him back as Peter Pan. Rufio turns his sword over to him in reverence, the Lost Boys celebrate the return of Peter Pan and that night Tinker Bell professes her long-repressed love for Peter with a kiss, only for Peter to be reminded of his love for his family. Pan and the Lost Boys fight Hook and his pirates the next day, and while Peter rescues Maggie and the pirates surrender, Rufio engages Hook in a duel and is killed. With his dying breath, Rufio tells Peter he wishes he had a father like him, which causes the onlooking Jack to come to his senses. Jack reconciles with his father, and Peter duels Hook and defeats him, whereupon Hook is devoured by the taxidermied crocodile when it very briefly comes back to life. Tinker Bell takes Jack and Maggie back to London, and Peter appoints Thud Butt as his successor before leaving after them.
Peter awakens in Kensington Gardens, and sees someone resembling Mr. Smee sweeping up some empty bottles nearby. Tinker Bell appears and bids a tearful farewell to Peter before departing. Reuniting with his family at Wendy's house, Peter decides to change his life and devote more time to his family. Peter hands Tootles his lost bag of marbles (which Thud Butt had given to Peter earlier), whereupon Tootles joyfully sprinkles himself with the pixie dust inside and flies out the window. Peter tells Wendy that his adventures are not yet over as he and his family watch Tootles fly off to Neverland.
== Cast ==
* Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan
** Ryan Francis as teenage Peter Pan
** Max Hoffman as young Peter Pan
** Matthew Van Ginkel as baby Peter Pan
* Dustin Hoffman as Captain James Hook
* Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell
** Lisa Wilhoit as Tinker Bell in a flashback in which Peter is a baby
* Bob Hoskins as Smee/Sweeper in Kensington Gardens
* Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy
** Gwyneth Paltrow as teenage Wendy Darling
* Charlie Korsmo as Jack Banning, Peter and Moira's son
* Caroline Goodall as Moira Banning, Peter's wife and Jack and Maggie's mother
* Dante Basco as Rufio
* Amber Scott as Maggie Banning, Peter and Moira's daughter
* Jasen Fisher as Ace
* Laurel Cronin as Liza, Granny Wendy's maid
* Phil Collins as Inspector Good
* Arthur Malet as Tootles
* Isaiah Robinson as Pockets
* Raushan Hammond as Thud Butt
* James Madio as Don't Ask
* Thomas Tulak as Too Small
* Alex Zuckerman as Latchboy
* Ahmad Stoner as No Nap
In addition, a number of celebrities and family members made brief credited and uncredited cameos in the film: musicians David Crosby and Jimmy Buffett, as well as Oscar-nominated actress Glenn Close and former NFL player Tony Burton, appear as members of Hook's pirate crew; two major Star Wars associates, George Lucas and Carrie Fisher, play the kissing couple sprinkled with pixie dust; two of Hoffman's children, Jacob and Rebecca, both under 10-years-old during filming, briefly appeared in scenes in the "normal" world; and screenwriter Jim Hart's 11-year-old son Jake, who years earlier inspired his father with the question "What if Peter Pan grew up?", plays one of Pan's Lost Boys.
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