Hawks (film)

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Hawks
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Directed by	Robert Ellis Miller
Written by	Barry Gibb (story) David English (story) Roy Clarke (screenplay)
Starring	Timothy Dalton Anthony Edwards Janet McTeer Camille Coduri Geoffrey Palmer
Music by	Barry Gibb
Production company	Pinewood Studios
Release dates	1988
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Hawks is a 1988 British comedy film about two terminally ill patients, an English lawyer named Bancroft (Timothy Dalton) and a young American football player (Anthony Edwards), who decide to sneak out of their hospital rooms and live life to its fullest for whatever time they have left.^[1] Their goal is to reach a famous brothel in Amsterdam. Along the way, they encounter various characters including a pair of misfit British women played by Camille Coduri and Janet McTeer.

It was filmed on location in London's Charing Cross Hospital and in the Netherlands.

The film was directed by Robert Ellis Miller and based on a short story written by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and David English, and the screenplay was written by Roy Clarke.^[2] The musical score was composed by Gibb.

The film has been regarded by some as one of the most overlooked and underrated in Timothy Dalton's career.^[3]

Cast

Timothy Dalton - Bancroft
Anthony Edwards - Deckermensky
Janet McTeer - Hazel
Camille Coduri - Maureen
Jill Bennett - Vivian Bancroft
Robert Lang - Walter Bancroft
Bruce Boa - Byron Deckermensky
Pat Starr - Millie Deckermensky
Sheila Hancock - Regina
Geoffrey Palmer - SAAB Salesman
Caroline Langrishe - Carol
Benjamin Whitrow - Mr. Granger
Connie Booth - Nurse Jarvis
Julie T. Wallace - Ward Sister

References

↑ Maslin, Janet (10 November 1989). "Hawks (1989) Review/Film; Making The Best Of Being Terminal". The New York Times.
↑ Radio Times guide to film 2016. London: Radio Times. 2015. p. 552. ISBN 9780992936426.
↑ "Review of Hawks". Timothydalton.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2006.

External links

Hawks at the Internet Movie Database
Hawks at Box Office Mojo

Roy Clarke

Situation comedies	The Misfit (1970–71) Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010) Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! (pilot, 1974) Open All Hours (1973, 1976–85) The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975) Rosie (1977–81) Potter (1979–83) The Magnificent Evans (1984) First of the Summer Wine (1988–89) Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95) Ain't Misbehavin' (1994–95) Still Open All Hours (2013–) Young Hyacinth (2016)

Other	The Bass Player and the Blonde (1977) Hawks (1988) The Sharp End (1991) A Foreign Field (1993) The Wanderer (1994)

Films directed by Robert Ellis Miller

Any Wednesday (1966) Sweet November (1968) The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968) The Buttercup Chain (1970) The Girl from Petrovka (1974) The Baltimore Bullet (1980) Madame X (1981) Reuben, Reuben (1983) The Other Lover (1985) Hawks (1988) Brenda Starr (1989) Bed & Breakfast (1992) The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996)

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