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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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- <article>
- <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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