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What if Peter Pan grew up?
Film Title: Hook (1991)
Julia as... Tinkerbell

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: J.M. Barrie (books)
J.M. Barrie (play)
James V. Hart (screen story) (as Jim V. Hart) &
Nick Castle (screen story)
James V. Hart (screenplay) (as Jim V. Hart) &
Malia Scotch Marmo (screenplay)
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy

Also Starring...
• Robin Williams
• Dustin Hoffman
• Bob Hoskins
• Maggie Smith

~~Official Site~~ | Photos | IMDB

Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Peter Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again.

• From The Gallery

• Movie Trivia

• In 1985, composer John Williams and lyricist Leslie Bricusse worked on "Hook", being a stage musical, but the project was scrapped after about ten songs were written. Only one song from the play, "When You're Alone," made it to the film. However, many of the play' themes can be heard in Williams' incidental music for the film.

• Bob Hoskins bought beer for 300+ extras after a lengthy and complicated scene was cut.

• There were frequent good-natured "battle of wits" exchanges between Williams and Hoffman. In one incident, Hoffman was not happy with his performance and asked for the scene to be re-shot. Williams quipped "Try acting": a reference to the Hoffman / Laurence Olivier exchange on the set of Marathon Man (1976).

• Because Tinkerbell was often in the air, Julia Roberts had an assistant whose sole responsibility was cleaning her feet.

• Smee says "Goooooooood morning Neverland!", a reference to Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987).

• When the Bannings fly to England, the pilot's voice is that of Dustin Hoffman (Captain Hook) -- "This is your captain speaking..."

• The young Peter Pan is played by Dustin Hoffman's son.

• Dustin Hoffman's three children make appearances in the movie. His youngest son, Max Hoffman plays 5 year-old Peter Pan. His daughter, Rebecca Hoffman plays Jane in the play at the beginning of the movie, and his oldest son, Jake Hoffman plays a little league player in Jack's baseball game.

• Writer James V. Hart credits the inspiration for his take on this continuing Peter Pan story to his young son Jake who one day asked him what would have happened if Peter Pan grew up.

• Carrie Fisher did some uncredited rewriting on the final draft of the screenplay.

• Carrie Fisher was Steven Spielberg's original prototype for Tinkerbell.

• Captain Hook's actual hook was largely designed by Steven Spielberg, production designer Norman Garwood and Amblin's prop master Mark Wade. Burbank blacksmith Tony Swatton was then charged with physically crafting several versions. Some of them though were made of rubber for Dustin Hoffman's fight scenes.

• The teddy bear from Captain Hook's cabin was accidentally given to 'Julia Roberts' by Steven Spielberg when she checked in to hospital for nervous exhaustion. Spielberg realized his mistake the night before he was due to shoot a scene in Hook's cabin, and the prop department had to rustle up a look-alike in a matter of hours.

• The names of the original lost boys appear on the door to Wendy's house.

• The pirate shut in the chest with the scorpion was played by Glenn Close.

• The kissing couple who begin to float when some fairy dust lands on them are actually George Lucas and Carrie Fisher in a cameo.

• One of the pirates who attempts to steal Peter's shoes when he first arrives in Neverland is played by singer Jimmy Buffett.

• Steven Spielberg admitted to being disappointed with final result of the movie.

• Both Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams's stunt doubles were named Keith. When Steven Spielberg called for Keith to come to the set, both Keith's showed up. Eventually, Hoffman's stunt double changed his name from Keith to Keifo.

• Robin Williams�s upper body and arms were shaved for his role in the film.

• As he prepares to face Hook, Peter tells his Lost Boys, "It's hook or me this time." This is the name of one of the chapters in the play, "Peter and Wendy."

• As Wendy leaves the nursery (before the kids are taken) she recites a prayer ("Nightlights, watch over my sleeping babes..." etc.) from the play "Peter and Wendy".

• The original "Peter Pan" included only six Lost Boys (Slightly, Tootles, Nibs, Curly, and the unnamed Twins).The unnamed twins appear in the imaginary food scene.

• Jack was the name of one of the boys original author J.M. Barrie wrote Peter Pan for (and later became the adopted father of). The five boys were George, Jack, Nicholas, Peter, and Michael Davies.

• In the film, Captain Hook's "hook" is where his left hand was before a crocodile bit it off. In the play, "Peter and Wendy", his hook is where his right hand used to be.

• Director Cameo: [Steven Spielberg] Leads the pirates in march onto Hook's ship with Michael's watch on a pillow.

• Director Trademark: [Steven Spielberg] [stars]

• Director Trademark: [Steven Spielberg] [music]

• Director Trademark: [Steven Spielberg] [father] "Old" Peter doesn't pay attention to his kids.

• 'Kevin Kline (I)' was originally set to play Peter Pan, but had to drop out of the film because of Soapdish (1991) which was having major reshoots, rewrites and taking much longer than expected to complete shooting.

• 'Julia Roberts' was nicknamed "Tinkerhell" because she was difficult to deal with.

• 'Sir James M Barrie' , at the end of the novel "Peter and Wendy", says that Wendy had a granddaughter -- named Margaret, not Moira. However, he has Wendy give her full name as "Wendy Moira Angela Darling".

• The word bangarang is actually Jamaican slang and is defined as a hubbub, uproar, disorder, or disturbance

• Steven Spielberg originally asked Richard Attenborough to play Tootles. Attenborough declined, as he was working on Chaplin (1992) at the time.

• 'David Bowie' turned down the role of Captain James Hook.

• Tom Hanks was considered for the role of Peter Pan.

• Originally slated to be the premier movie for Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS) in theatres, but development was delayed. SDDS premiered with The Last Action Hero instead.

• When Peter first sees Tinkerbell in the nursery, she crashes into the doll house and falls. He keeps calling her "little bug." In FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) he did Batty's voice over and said this to the main character Crysta, "Oh, you're a strange little bug."

• According to Frank Sanello's biography "Spielberg," Nick Castle was originally attached to direct the film, and had been developing the screenplay for the film for a long time. Once Steven Spielberg expressed interest in being involved, the producers (and possibly heads of the studio) quickly gave Nick Castle a six-figure settlement, gross points and a "screen story" credit so that he could step down and Spielberg could helm the production.

• Rebecca De Mornay was considered for the role of Tinkerbell.

• Samantha Mathis was one of the actresses considered for the role of Tinkerbell.

• Movie Quotes

Peter Banning: You're a... you're a complex Freudian hallucination having something to do with my mother and I don't know why you have wings, but you have very lovely legs and you're a very nice tiny person and what am I saying, I don't know who my mother was; I'm an orphan and I've never done drugs because I missed the sixties, I was an accountant.
Tinkerbell: Guess again.

Peter Banning: What's the deal? Where's the real food?
Tinkerbell: If you can't imagine yourself being Peter Pan, you won't *be* Peter Pan, so eat up.
Peter Banning: Eat what? There's nothing here. Gandhi ate more than this.

Tinkerbell: You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I'll always love you, Peter Pan. That's where I'll be waiting.

Tinkerbell: I believe in you, Peter Pan.

[Peter falls over and hits his head]
Peter Banning: Oh, look, stars.
Tinkerbell: That's right, Peter. Second star to the right and straight on till morning.

Peter Banning: I do not believe in fairies.
Tinkerbell: Every time someone says 'I do not believe in fairies', somewhere there's a fairy that falls down dead.
Peter Banning: I DO NOT BELIEVE IN FAIRIES!
[Tinkerbell falls down the stairs of the dollhouse unconscious]
Peter Banning: Oh my God, I think I've killed it.

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