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Aug. 26, 1991: Hook, Line And Tinkerbell
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Aug. 26, 1991 Science Under Siege
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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PEOPLE, Page 65
Hook, Line And Tinkerbell
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<p>By Alexander Tresniowski/Reported by Wendy Cole
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<p> It had to happen. Steven Spielberg, the director who never
grew up, has made a big-budget movie about Peter Pan. It's
called Hook, and it features Robin Williams as the flying
sprite, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook and Julia Roberts as
Tinkerbell. "It's a dream cast and a dream project," says
Spielberg, and it's also a Hook with a twist: Peter Pan is a
grown-up arbitrager who must recapture his lost youth to save
his children. "The idea of a revisionist Peter Pan was so full
of magic," says the director, "that I was immediately hooked,
so to speak." He wasn't the only one: Hoffman wanted to make the
movie for his kids, while Williams says, "The fantasy part is
incredible. Part Errol Flynn, part Amelia Earhart, with no
bags." A visit to the set was this summer's hot ticket in
Hollywood.
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<p> But the biggest fuss surrounding Hook had to do with
Roberts. She ignited a media fire storm by calling off her June
wedding to Kiefer Sutherland, then stoked the flame by playing
public footsie with a new beau, Jason Patric. Her big summer
film, Dying Young, died young, just as rumors raged that she
might be replaced on Hook by Michelle Pfeiffer. "Next I expected
to hear that Elvis was playing Captain Hook," says Williams.
Spielberg admits "the rumors were a bit disruptive," but adds,
"Julia's been terrific to work with. She's surviving, she's
O.K." Still, some of the shine is off her star. Her characters
embody enduring innocence, but the odds against Roberts, only
23, are greater; her heartbreaks are public spectacle. Like a
grown-up Peter Pan, she could use a little fairy dust these
days.
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