Hudson Hawk (1991)

Directed by

Michael Lehmann

Genre

comedy film, action film, heist film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 1,147 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cat burglar named Hudson Hawk gets out of prison and is forced back into a life of crime. He and his partner must pull off a series of impossible heists involving a secret society and bizarre clockwork technology.

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What happens

Hudson Hawk is a 1991 American action comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann. Bruce Willis stars in the title role and also co-wrote the story. Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, David Caruso, Lorraine Toussaint, Frank Stallone, Sandra Bernhard and Richard E. Grant are also featured. The live action film employs cartoon-style slapstick heavily, including sound effects, which enhances the film's signature surreal humor. The plot combines material based on conspiracy theories, secret societies and historic mysteries, as well as outlandish "clockpunk" technology à la Coburn's Our Man Flint films of the 1960s. A recurring plot device in the film has Hudson Hawkins and his partner Tommy "Five-Tone" Messina (Aiello) singing songs concurrently but separately, to time and synchronize their exploits. Willis-Aiello duets of Bing Crosby's "Swinging on a Star" and Paul Anka's "Side by Side" are featured on the film's soundtrack. Hudson Hawk was released by Tri-Star Pictures on May 24, 1991. The film was a huge critical and commercial failure in the United States, only grossing $17 million and earning three Golden Raspberry Awards (including Worst Picture), but it was better received internationally and grossed $80 million for a worldwide total of $97 million and it eventually amassed a cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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