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See Steven Spielberg’s HOOK Midnights This Weekend at The Tivoli

By Tom Stockman | June 14, 2015

“Jack, Maggie, all you have to do is think one happy thought, and you’ll fly like me!”

HOOK screens midnights this weekend (June 19th and 20th) at The Tivoli Theater as part of their ‘Reel Late at The Tivoli’ Midnight Series.There will also be a 10am screening Saturday the 20th.

HOOK is a spin-off of the classic tale of Peter Pan. Do you ever wonder what life would have been like for Peter Pan if he had grown up? If he had kids, a wife, and a career as a lawyer? It happens here in Steven Spielberg’s 1991 tale of the boy who never wanted to grow up. Did you know that Michael Jackson originally wanted to play the role of Peter? Pretty creepy, huh? But fortunately Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman were cast and they are great together. Peter is a grown-up who just can’t seem to have fun in life; he misses his son’s baseball games, doesn’t spend much time with the family, and is always focused on work. But when he and his wife visit England with their kids to see Wendy, the lady who raised Peter when he was an orphan, his kids are kidnapped by Captain James Hook who wants to challenge Peter, but when Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts – actually less sexy than the 1953 cartoon version) takes Peter back to Neverland, he needs convincing that he is Peter Pan and is given three days to do so to get back his children. The Lost Boys help Peter battle Captain Hook and get his kids back while learning the importance of youth.