Hook Steven Spielberg Digital Life DVD

Hook
starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith
directed by: Steven Spielberg

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767836326
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767836324
Label: Sony Pictures Home Ent
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 21, 2000
Running Time: 142 minutes
Sales Rank: 1262
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 1991

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Robin williams is a grown up peter pan and dustin hoffman is the infamous captain hook. Granny wendy darling and tinkerbell must convince the middle-aged lawyer peter banning that he was once the legendary peter pan in order to save his children from the evil hook. Features: subtitles in english and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 07/19/2005 Starring: Dustin Hoffman Robin Williams Run time: 142 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg's deeply flawed but sporadically fun and moving update of the Peter Pan legend stars Robin Williams as the grown-up Pan, a corporate-takeover type who must embrace his old identity in order to save his kids from Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman). The stars put on a good show, including Hoffman's read of Hook's hysterical personality, Julia Roberts mini-turn as a tiny Tinker Bell, and Maggie Smith's touching performance as the aged Wendy. The visual contrast between the adult Pan's bustling outside world and the insulated fantasy of Neverland is striking, but Spielberg's ideas about the Lost Boys--politically correct in their ethnic diversity, energetic on skateboards--are contrived and cheapening. On the plus side, the story's theme about adults finding their innocence again through their children is very touching (though some people have found it cloying). If you can look beyond the glaring problems, there's plenty to like here. --Tom Keogh

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- View with an open mind...
I am a true-blood, die-hard fan of Barrie's original Pan, and inconsistencies and the ways modern adaptations/sequels/prequels can skew the original concept usually bug me. It's easy to be put off by the premise of Peter growing up. Of course he would never grow up to be a stuffy businessman! Even so, I can't help but like this movie to some extent. This may sound kind of cheesy, but they way I've come to regard it is not so much as a literal "when Peter grew up" story, but kind of more metaphorical... playing towards the idea that we all have a bit of Pan-ness in us, finding your inner child etc etc. Does that make sense? Maybe I just say that to justify not completly hating it, lol. It's not the best movie out there, but there's no denying it's a fun one.

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- Great moral
Hook was a movie that reminded me of what life should be about. Having fun and not pushing the ones you love aside for business. It was an enchanting revisit to a place we all forgot about when we grew up, even Peter Pan.

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- Film resonates with contemporary lifestyle
I saw Hook for the first time, years after it's release. With its premise, and musical score, it certainly was an emotional atmosphere for a story that still resonates with busy families,and those where one parent or both are absorbed in work. It's a relevant metaphor even though it is a fairy tale. Great, playful and endearing accomplishment by Spielberg and a complimentary cast that clearly had chemistry. The movie was a bit long, and some of the sets/effects clearly were not as sophisticated as those that we may see today. However, this is a great family film, but at 32 years old, and not having kids, did not prevent me from enjoying a bit of "enchantment" before returning to the "real world". Well done!

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- Yes, there are a thousand and one flaws over which one can complain, but this is a movie that gets in your heart
I remember being amazed with this movie as a young child. As I grew older, I was amazed to learn that this movie had been scorned by critics as was considered "bad". Now I do not claim to be an expert on what is good or bad with movies beyond what the basic girl knows and what I like, but I still cannot see anything wrong with this.

Yes, part of me hates the idea that someone would take Barry's Peter Pan and ruin everything about him by making him grow up. Yet that just so happens to be the very idea with this film and ironically what makes it work. A grown-up Peter Pan leads to an amazingly creative and poignant story about the oh-so-touching priorities in life.

The special effects and set are, I believe, quite nice for when the movie was made. But still what makes this movie work is the great story and the awesome cast. Oh, and the many bones it tosses out to those who have actually ... Read More

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