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In London, Peter Banning works as a lawyer, and his wife, Moira, and their children, Jack and Maggie, get little of his time. At Christmas the family visits Wendy Darling, Moira's grandmother, who looked after Peter when he was an orphan. Peter snaps at the children when they interrupt a call, and Moira reminds him how quickly their time together passes. While Peter and Moira attend a dinner in Wendy's honor, Jack and Maggie remain at the house with Wendy's old friend Tootles. The couple return to find the children missing and a note signed by Captain James Hook. Wendy Darling then reveals to Peter that he is Peter Pan, and that only he can bring the children back. Peter remembers nothing of that childhood and doubts her, until Tinker Bell arrives and carries him to Neverland.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Hook (1991)
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- The original production budget was set at $48 million but ended up between $60 and $80 million, mainly because the shoot ran 40 days over its original 76-day schedule. Spielberg explained: "It was all my fault. I began to work at a slower pace than I usually do."
- Spielberg's on-set relationship with Julia Roberts was troubled, and he told 60 Minutes in 1992 it was "an unfortunate time for us to work together". Roberts said in 1999 that the remark hurt her and that she felt she had a "turncoat" in her midst.
- Spielberg, Williams and Hoffman took no salaries for Hook. Their deal split 40% of TriStar Pictures' gross revenues, paying them $20 million from the first $50 million in theatrical rentals, with TriStar keeping the next $70 million before their percentage resumed.
- Screenwriter Hart began work on a new storyline when his young son showed the family a drawing. Asked what it was, the boy said it was a crocodile eating Captain Hook, but that the crocodile really didn't eat him, he got away.
- The screenwriter traced the grown-up Peter Pan to a 1986 family dinner. His son asked, "Daddy, did Peter Pan ever grow up?" and when told no, replied, "But what if he did?" He realized Peter did grow up, just like the baby boomers then in their forties.
- In the early 1980s Spielberg began developing a Peter Pan film with Walt Disney Pictures and considered directing it as a musical with Michael Jackson in the lead. Jackson was interested, but not in Spielberg's vision of an adult Peter Pan who had forgotten his past.
- Robin Williams signed on, but he and Hoffman had creative differences with the original director, Castle. Medavoy saw the film as a vehicle for Spielberg, and Castle was dismissed, though he was paid a $500,000 settlement.
- Kevin Kline was also considered for the role but was unable to commit due to reshoots for Soapdish. Joseph Mazzello auditioned for the role of Jack Banning and was turned down as too young, then was cast later as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park.
