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HOOK
July 19, 2014  | By David Bianculli

BBC America, 7:00 p.m. ET

 

On the heels of the deliriously wonderful news that NBC has hired Christopher Walken to play Captain Hook in its upcoming live telecast of the musical Peter Pan, this seems the right time to give another look to Steven Spielberg’s 1991 version of the classic children’s story. This version starred Robin Williams as a grown-up lawyer with a Peter Pan soul, so to speak, and featured Julia Roberts as a punk-haired Tinker Bell. But since, right now, it’s fair to think ahead to the NBC version, pay particular attention to Dustin Hoffman as Hook – especially his pirate outfit. Those boots were made for Walken…

 
 
 
 
 
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