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5.8/10 • 16

1988-08-051h 50m

DramaComedy

They soared above the ordinary.

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.

Directors
Robert Ellis Miller
Editors
Malcolm Cooke

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Timothy Dalton

    Timothy Dalton

    Bancroft

  2. Anthony Edwards

    Anthony Edwards

    Deckermensky

  3. Janet McTeer

    Janet McTeer

    Hazel

  4. Camille Coduri

    Camille Coduri

    Maureen

  5. Julie T. Wallace

    Julie T. Wallace

    Ward Sister

  6. Connie Booth

    Connie Booth

    Nurse Javis

  7. Sheila Hancock

    Sheila Hancock

    Regina

  8. Robert Lang

    Robert Lang

    Walter Bancroft

  9. Jill Bennett

    Jill Bennett

    Vivian Bancroft

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kevin2019

Apr 12, 2024

10/10

"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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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
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Keywords
terminal illness