Hawks

Tagline : They soared above the ordinary.

Runtime : 110 mins

Genre : Drama Comedy

Vote Rating : 5.6/10

Release Date : 05 August 1988

Plot : Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.

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Cast Members

Bancroft
played by
Timothy Dalton

Deckermensky
played by
Anthony Edwards

Hazel
played by
Janet McTeer

Maureen
played by
Camille Coduri

Ward Sister
played by
Julie T. Wallace

Nurse Javis
played by
Connie Booth

Regina
played by
Sheila Hancock

Walter Bancroft
played by
Robert Lang

Vivian Bancroft
played by
Jill Bennett

Reviews

"Hawks" draws some inspiration from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) with Timothy Dalton in the role of McMurphy and single handedly instigating all manner of mischief around the hospital ward he is in. The comedy on offer in this regard is at least funny and the characters are all interesting and vividly drawn ones. The film also manages to successfully engineer some beautifully subtle changes in tone, especially when Bancroft (Dalton) poignantly ruminates upon the outstanding beauty to be found in the world around us which we generally take for granted each day of our so called busy lives and it certainly gives you a greater appreciation of a life being lived beneath the all-consuming shadow of death.

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