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- This song's entire melodic line is directly based on a piece of classical music: Pachelbel's "Canon in D."
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Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan , Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook , Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell , Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee , Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy and Charlie Korsmo as Jack Banning.
- Maggie Smith Was 56 In Hook (But Her Character Was Much, Much Older) Best known for her role as Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter, Smith looks incredibly younger than in Hook 10 years prior.
- Bob Hoskins Reprised His Role For The Neverland Series. As Captain Hook’s right-hand man, Bob Hoskins reprised his role of Mr. Smee for SyFy’s Neverland.
- The Mysterious Floating Couple Is Well Known. George Lucas and Carrie Fisher cameo in Hook as a kissing couple on the bridge. When Tinkerbell is flying an adult Peter back to Neverland, pixie dust falls onto the duo on the bridge, which also causes them to float.
- Dodi Fayed Has An Executive Producer Credit On Hook. Dodi Fayed, a film producer and the romantic partner of Princess Diana when the duo was killed in a car crash in 1997, is an executive producer for Hook.
A hook is the part of the song that people like; the part that makes you remember the song. Normally it's the chorus, but not always. Lead singer John Popper, who wrote this song, is saying that no matter what you put in a song, if it has a hook people like, you can say whatever you want and people will like the song and buy into it - "It doesn ...
- Six Months Were Spent Building The Sets For Neverland. The distant island of Neverland, where aging is of no concern and pirate ships can fly, is an invention of J.M.
- Julia Roberts Was Filmed On Oversized Sets To Appear Tiny As Tinker Bell. Some of the sets built specifically for Hook actually give the term “large” a whole different meaning, as seen in the same inside look at the film we mentioned previously.
- A Young Leonardo DiCaprio Auditioned For Hook. Speaking of casting what-if’s, there are several familiar faces who were up for a variety of roles in Hook (including an especially intriguing one we will get to eventually), and Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most notable names on that list.
- Dante Basco Had To Speak Backwards For A Scene When He Stops His Sword Right In Front Of Robin Williams’ Face. Some have speculated that Leonardo DiCaprio may have been auditioning for the part of Rufio, who becomes the successor to the role of “Pan” in the Lost Boys after Peter grows up.
Aug 7, 2012 · This song was written by a big music-theory nerd! I wanted to spring up from the piano bench and testify: “Hook” is a really clever example of a meta-song, in the tradition of “Hook” by ...
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"Hook" is a song by American rock band Blues Traveler, from their fourth studio album, Four (1994). The title of the song is a reference to the term hook : "A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener". [2]
Hook is a 1991 Steven Spielberg film starring Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams. The film's story line is based on the books written by Sir James Matthew Barrie in 1904 and is the sequel to the first book.
