Hawks (film)

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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. Their goal: 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).

The film intentionally stays away from giving any specific details regarding the two men's illness, though it is presumed they have some form of cancer. 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. The musical score was composed by Gibb.

The film is often regarded as the most overlooked and underrated in Timothy Dalton's career.^[1]

References

↑ "Review of Hawks". timothydalton.com.

External links

Hawks at the Internet Movie Database

v t e The works of 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–)

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

v t e 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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Hawks (film)

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