Hawks
"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.
Top Cast
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Timothy Dalton
Bancroft
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Anthony Edwards
Deckermensky
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Janet McTeer
Hazel
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Camille Coduri
Maureen
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Julie T. Wallace
Ward Sister
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Connie Booth
Nurse Javis
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Sheila Hancock
Regina
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Robert Lang
Walter Bancroft
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Jill Bennett
Vivian Bancroft
Overview
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.
Rating
5.7
/ 10
20 Reviews 1 Popular
1 Reviews
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kevin201910 Apr 12, 2024"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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