Hawks - The falcons
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hawks - The falcons |
| Original title | Hawks |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Ellis Miller |
| script | Roy Clarke |
| music | Barry Gibb |
| camera | Douglas Milsome |
| cut | Malcolm Cooke |
| occupation | |
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Hawks - The Falcons (Original title: Hawks ) is a British tragicomedy directed by Robert Ellis Miller from 1988. Timothy Dalton , Anthony Edwards , and Janet McTeer play the leading roles . The film is based on a short story by Barry Gibb , a member of the Bee Gees and David English .
action
British lawyer Bancroft and American football player Decker meet in the cancer ward of a British hospital. After both of them learned of their incurable cancer, they decide to go to Amsterdam in the Netherlands and visit the brothel Paradise there. On the journey in a stolen ambulance, they take the young women Hazel and Maureen with them. While Bancroft and Hazel fall in love and thus Bancroft gains new will to live, Decker dies on the trip of his illness.
Reviews
"A questionable comedy entertainment that drives jokes with horror and is only saved from slipping into bad taste and embarrassment through a few humanly deepened plot elements and the play of the main actor."
Adaptations
The following are considered adaptations of the film:
- Knockin 'on Heaven's Door , German movie 1997
- The best comes for last , 2007 US feature film
Web links
- Hawks - Die Falken in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for "Hawks - The Falcons" . February 28, 2007. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ↑ Hawks - The Falcons. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .