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Hook is a 1991 Steven Spielberg film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams. The film's story line is based on the books written by Sir James Matthew Barrie in 1904 and is the sequel to the first book. Technically, the film is the first live-action Peter Pan movie to be made and is known for it's spectacular acting, dazzling special effects, whimsical and adventurous score by John Williams. 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.
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The film centers around Peter Banning, an orphan who was found by Wendy Darling, who found him adoptive parents, and has become a successful business lawyer, while also marrying Wendy's granddaughter, Moira, and having two children, Jack and Maggie. However, he is constantly obsessed with work, such as when he answers his cell phone for a business call during Maggie's school production of Peter Pan and schedules a morning meeting to settle his affairs before he and the family leave for London, as Wendy is being honored for her work with orphans. However, Jack reminds Peter he promised to be at his final baseball game tomorrow, but Peter says he will still show up. Swamped by all of his co-workers the next day, Peter sends one of his associates to the game with a camcorder to record what he misses; Jack, upset at not seeing his father, strikes out, losing the game for his team, and an embarrassed and crushed Peter arrives moments after the game to find the field empty.
The family flies out to London and is greeted by the elderly Tootles (Wendy's first orphan) and Wendy's caretaker Liza at the home. Wendy greets Peter and the family, and when she hears about Peter's line of work, she remarks how he has "become a pirate". As such, when Peter's business partner calls about a huge deal going down the drain, leading to Peter yelling at his loud and playful children, Wendy is horrified. Moira hands the children to her grandmother, scolds her husband for not appreciating the children more, and throws his cell phone out the window, telling him that if he is not careful, he will miss out on his children and they may grow to resent him.
After tucking the children into bed, the adults head to a party at the Great Osmond's Children's Hospital where Wendy is being commemorated for her orphanage. At the house, a mysterious strange green wind blows through and Tootles barks the name "Hook" repeatedly. Peter, Moira, and Wendy return to find the house and walls deeply scratched by something sharp. Peter and Moira rush up to the nursery to find the children missing, the nursery window wide open, and a gleaming dagger pinning a note to the door; the note requests Peter's presence and is signed by "Jas. Hook, Capt." When the police leave the house, Wendy reveals to a disbelieving Peter that he was once the legendary Peter Pan and says that Hook still wants his revenge, and Peter must find a way to remember his childhood. When he wanders into the nursery, a strange light follows Peter all around the room, revealing itself to be his old fairy friend, Tinker Bell. Disheartened to see how much Peter has grown up, Tink nonetheless trips him up and wraps him in a parachute Maggie made for him, and flies off with him to Neverland.
Peter wakes up to find himself in Pirate Town, and to a giant crocodile made into a clock tower. After being attacked and saved by Tink from several pirates, she disguises him and has him follow a pirate named Smee, who leads the pirates while carrying a sharpened hook to a ship, The Jolly Roger. Smee introduces the captain, James Hook, to the crew, who states his hopes to kill Peter Pan. When Jack and Maggie are lifted out in a net, Peter ditches his disguise and demands they be released. Hook cannot believe that this man is Peter Pan, but Smee reveals a scar received from Hook when Peter rescued Tiger Lily of the Indians. He gives Peter a chance to free his children by flying to them, but his fear still gets the better of him. Realizing the war will never happen, Hook orders Peter to walk the plank. Tink then negotiates with Hook to allow her to train Peter for three days to get him back in shape. After being accidentally knocked into the sea and saved by mermaids, Peter wanders onto the mainland and stumbles upon the village of the Lost Boys, who are at first unconvinced that this adult was once Peter Pan. The current Pan, Rufio, draws a line in the dirt for the Boys who say Peter is not himself anymore. All the Boys join Rufio's side, except for little Pockets, who sees Peter through the wrinkles of age, and convinces to Boys to retrain Peter.
Meanwhile, Hook laments to Smee how he hates how he has to wait for Peter to be ready. He has accomplished all he has wanted: killing the crocodile and luring Peter with his children, but it is not enough unless he can end his war with Peter. He even attempts suicide, but Smee stops him. Smee then offers an idea to break Peter's spirit: make Peter's kids love Hook. Hook likes it and decides to do it. On day one, Peter begins intense training with the Lost Boys; getting himself into shape, dueling with Rufio, and trying to be young again. However, he has a lot of trouble trying to fly because he cannot find a happy thought. Hook begins teaching Peter's children about why parents hate their children; though he is unsuccessful with Maggie, the neglected Jack finds some truth in Hook's words. That evening, at dinner time, Peter is distraught that there is no food when the lids open. Rufio states Peter will never truly become Pan and they both get into a heated name-calling contest, which Peter manages to win with his superior intellect. He uses his imagination to throw food at Rufio and is surprised when the food becomes real. As they eat, the Boys get an idea and begin a huge food fight, which Peter finds himself enjoying. Rufio jealously throws a coconut; a Boy throws Peter a sword, and he slices it cleanly in half before the stunned eyes of the Boys. Later, Thud Butt tells Peter how Tootles used to be one of them that Thud Butt still remembers and gives Peter Tootles' lost marbles. Hook is woken up in the morning by the ticking of Jack's pocket watch, and takes him to the clock museum. There, he goads Jack into smashing it and any other clock to take his rage out on how neglectful his father is. Hook then seduces Jack by transforming Pirate Town into a baseball stadium. Peter and some Boys disguise themselves so Peter can steal Hook's hook and then crow. However, Peter watches Jack play, and Jack hits a home run. Peter sees how Jack now looks to Hook as a father figure and is determined to fly.
During his attempt to fly, Peter's shadow coming to life and guides him to the Never Tree, where he finds the old hideout. Tink greets him there in a sparkling dress and slowly helps him rekindle his repressed memories. As a baby, he heard his mother discussing his future, and fate seemed to draw wind that allowed Peter to run away. He was found by Tink who brought him to Neverland; he still missed his family, but he found they had forgotten about him and had another baby, in doing so, barring the windows to him. He flew to other windows that were not shut on him, and one was where his detached shadow had fled led to Wendy's nursery. After that, Peter came for Wendy many times for spring cleaning, until the one day when Wendy felt she was far too old to come with him anymore, for she had reached an age where her children had now had their own children. She even shows him her teenage grandchild, Moira, sleeping in the nursery bed, and Peter falls in love with her at first sight. After that, he decided not to return to Neverland because he realized something he wanted to do: start a family of his own and become a father. Realizing this happy thought, Peter finds himself able to fly. He flies through the trees and is dressed in his Pan clothes once again. He flies to the Boys and plays games with them. A stunned Rufio brings out the Pan sword and offers it and leadership back to Peter. Peter visits Tink's house and finds her depressed because she knows he will leave once he rescues his kids. She grows to a normal human size and kisses Peter, saying she has always loved him, and urges him to go save his children.
The third day has come, and the Boys suit up for the war. Hook has dressed Jack up exactly as himself and is about to give him his first earring when Peter cuts a shape of himself out of the mast and reveals himself. Excited, Hook sends his men to attack. Peter holds them off and the Lost Boys appear and begin to attack with their child-made weapons. Peter goes to rescue Maggie while Rufio duels Hook. As the Boys force the pirates to surrender, Hook catches Rufio off-guard and stabs him through with his sword. Rufio falls into Peter's arms, and his dying words are that he wished he had a father like him. Jack, moved by the words and seeing his father has changed (and being told he is Peter's happy thought), tells his father that he wants to go home. Peter walks off with his children, but Hook warns him that he will always follow him until the end. Peter goes back and they both begin the final duel. The duel ends at the crocodile clock tower where the Boys distract Hook with working clocks, allowing Peter to disarm Hook. His children urge him not to kill the pirate and Peter tells Hook to never return to Neverland; Hook draws out a secret sword and pins him to the crocodile and brings his hook down for the kill. Tink saves Peter, who runs the hook into the crocodile. The crocodile seems to come to life and falls on and eats Hook. Peter has Tink fly his children home so he can have one final moment with the Lost Boys. They do not want him to leave, fearing he will forget them all again, but he assures them he never will. He passes the Pan sword and leadership to Thud Butt, making him promise to take care of anyone else smaller than him, and flies home.
Jack and Maggie surprise everyone back at Wendy's house with their return. Peter wakes up outside with his old clothes back on and is found by the groundskeeper who looks like Smee. Tink appears one last time and tells Peter that, at that moment between sleep and awake, she will always love and wait for him. Grabbing his recovered cell phone, Peter climbs a drain pipe to the window and greets everyone; Peter shows his changed way of life by telling Jack he can always keep the windows open, and when Brad calls his phone, Peter tosses it out the window again. Peter gives Tootles his marbles and cries as he hugs Wendy, saying each tear is a happy thought. Tootles shows his by showing what was really in his pouch of marbles: fairy dust. He pours it on himself and flies back to Neverland. As they watch, Wendy says Peter's adventures are over, but Peter says they are not, saying, "To live would be an awfully big adventure!" As Tootles flies away, the stars toward Neverland shine through the day.
Characters[]
- Peter Banning, played by Robin Williams
- Ryan Francis, Max Hoffman and Matthew Van Ginkel also played as younger versions of Peter
- Captain J. Hook, played by Dustin Hoffman
- Tinker Bell, played by Julia Roberts
- Mr. Smee, played by Bob Hoskins
- Wendy Darling, played by Maggie Smith
- Gwyneth Paltrow plays younger versions of Wendy Darling
- Moria Banning, played by Caroline Goodall
- Jack Banning, played by Charlie Korsmo
- Maggie Banning, played by Amber Scott
- Rufio, played by Dante Basco
- Ace, played by Jasen Fisher
- Liza, played by Laurel Cronin
- Inspector Good, played by Phil Collins
- Tootles, played by Arthur Malet
- Thud Butt, played by Raushan Hammond
- Pockets, played by Isaiah Robinson
- No Nap, played by Ahmad Stoner
- Latchboy, played by Alex Zuckerman
- Don't Ask, played by James Madio
- Too Small, played by Thomas Tulak
- Sooner and Later, played by Brian and Brett Willis
- Lost Boys, played by Bogdan Georghe, René González Jr. and Adam McNatt
- Lost Boy, played by an uncredited Jake Hart (son of writer [James Hart])
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- Hook by Geary Gravel
- Hook by Terry Brooks
- Peter and the Lost Boys
- Tinkerbell's Challenge
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