Hawks
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.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Released
- 1988
- Country
- United Kingdom, Australia
Details
Release year: 1988
Storyline
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 credits
Timothy Dalton — Bancroft
Anthony Edwards — Deckermensky
Janet McTeer — Hazel
Camille Coduri — Maureen
Did you know
• The name of the book that Bancroft (Timothy Dalton) was reading in bed was "Wayward Girls & Wicked Women", which is an actual compendium of 18 short stories edited by Angela Carter. The anthology had been published in 1986.
• As of 2018 has not been released on DVD.
• This is the only film written by Roy Clarke.
User reviews
A nice comedy/drama from Timothy Dalton in-between his two Bond films.
Unexpected pleasure
An enduring spark for life makes a more than tolerable film about death
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
