Mr. Smee is a fictional character who serves as Captain Hook 's boatswain in J. M. Barrie 's 1904 play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and 1911 novel Peter and Wendy .
93-483: Mr. Smee seems an oddly genial man for a pirate; Barrie describes him as "Irish", the only Nonconformist among Captain Hook 's crew, and "a man who stabbed without offence" – and is portrayed in the multiple pantomimes or movies of Peter Pan as a rather stupid but entertaining man. He is more interested in loot, rather than Hook's more evil pleasures. Smee typically represents a humorous side to pirating, often portrayed as
186-470: A century and a half. Culturally, in England and Wales , discrimination against Nonconformists endured even longer. Presbyterians , Congregationalists , Baptists , Calvinists , other "reformed" groups and less organised sects were identified as Nonconformists at the time of the 1662 Act of Uniformity. Following the act, other groups, including Methodists , Unitarians , Quakers , Plymouth Brethren , and
279-648: A charity dinner in Wendy's honor at the Great Ormond Street Hospital , leaving the children with Wendy's old friend Tootles and housekeeper Liza. On returning, they find the house burglarized and the children missing, along with a ransom note signed by Captain James Hook . Peter involves the authorities, but they are unhelpful, and Wendy insists that only he can save Jack and Maggie, as he is really Peter Pan ; Peter refuses to believe her. In
372-460: A father like him before he dies, Jack reconciles with his father. Peter prepares to leave Neverland with his children before being goaded by Hook, who threatens to kidnap Peter's descendants if he does not fight him. In the ensuing fight, Peter defeats Hook with the assistance of the Lost Boys. When Hook attempts to kill Peter with his hook hand, he misses and is devoured by the reanimated corpse of
465-559: A great part of the more active members of society, who have the most intercourse with the people have the most influence over them, are Protestant Dissenters. These are manufacturers, merchants and substantial tradesman, or persons who are in the enjoyment of a competency realised by trade, commerce and manufacturers, gentlemen of the professions of law and physic, and agriculturalists, of that class particularly who live upon their own freehold. The virtues of temperance, frugality, prudence and integrity promoted by religious Nonconformity...assist
558-564: A major role in English politics. In a political context, historians distinguish between two categories of Dissenters, in addition to the evangelical element in the Church of England. "Old Dissenters", dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, included Baptists , Congregationalists , Quakers , Unitarians , and Presbyterians outside Scotland. "New Dissenters" emerged in the 18th century and were mainly Methodists. The " Nonconformist conscience "
651-515: A man for having good form is very bad form. Smee offers to save Wendy Darling from the plank, if only she promises to be his mother – an offer she refuses, in Barrie's words, "Not even for Smee". Smee's position on the Jolly Roger crew is presented inconsistently (in a sense, it could be said that "no two 'Smees' are alike"). In Peter and Wendy , he is identified as the ship's boatswain . He
744-510: A master/servant arrangement. Smee is allowed access to Hook's private quarters, is seen preparing meals for the Captain and even helps him disrobe before bed. When Hook threatens suicide, he makes it obvious that he expects Smee to stop him, to which Smee replies "not again". Hook also confides all of his darkest and most personal thoughts and concerns to Smee, seemingly exclusively. When Hook claims (untruthfully) that he wants to die, Smee embraces
837-402: A more blunt assessment in a 2013 interview on Kermode & Mayo's Film Review : "I wanna see Hook again because I so don't like that movie, and I'm hoping someday I'll see it again and perhaps like some of it." In 2018, Spielberg told Empire , "I felt like a fish out of water making Hook ... I didn't have confidence in the script. I had confidence in the first act and I had confidence in
930-658: A musical with Michael Jackson in the lead. Jackson expressed interest in the part, but was not interested in Spielberg's vision of an adult Peter Pan, who had forgotten about his past. The project was taken to Paramount Pictures , where James V. Hart wrote the first script, with Dustin Hoffman already cast as Captain Hook . It entered pre-production in 1985, with filming to begin at sound stages in England. Elliot Scott had been hired as production designer . With
1023-463: A non- Anglican church or a non-Christian religion. More broadly, any person who advocated religious liberty was typically called out as Nonconformist. The strict religious tests embodied in the laws of the Clarendon Code and other penal laws excluded a substantial section of English society from public affairs and benefits, including certification of university degrees, for well more than
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#17328021429871116-412: A portly man with a bulbous nose and red cheeks, although Barrie hinted at a darker side. When captured by Captain Hook, every child in the brig loves Smee – he cannot lay a fist on them and does their darning – despite his belief that they fear him. Hook considers that Smee has good form without knowing it, which is of course the best form of all. He almost tears into Smee for this, but knows that clawing
1209-503: A profit of $ 50 million for the studio, yet it was still declared a financial disappointment, having been overshadowed by the release of Disney's Beauty and the Beast , and a decline in box-office receipts compared to the previous years. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 29% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 66 reviews, with an average rating of 4.70/10. The site's consensus states: "The look of Hook
1302-489: A registrar was present. Also in 1836, civil registration of births, deaths and marriages was taken from the hands of local parish officials and given to local government registrars. Burial of the dead was a more troubling problem, for urban chapels rarely had graveyards, and sought to use the traditional graveyards controlled by the established church. The Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880 finally allowed this. Oxford University required students seeking admission to submit to
1395-427: A remake. So I went, 'Wow. Hook is not dead. The crocodile is. We've all been fooled.' In 1986, our family was having dinner and Jake said, 'Daddy, did Peter Pan ever grow up?' My immediate response was, 'No, of course not.' And Jake said, 'But what if he did?' I realized that Peter did grow up, just like all of us baby boomers who are now in our forties. I patterned him after several of my friends on Wall Street , where
1488-438: A sequel in a modern day setting to J. M. Barrie 's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy , focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten his childhood due to his high-powered lifestyle. In his new life, he is known as Peter Banning, a successful but career-minded lawyer with a wife (Wendy's granddaughter) and two children. However, when his old archenemy, Captain Hook, kidnaps his children, he returns to Neverland to save them. Along
1581-632: A series of disabilities on Nonconformists that prevented them from holding most public offices, that required them to pay local taxes to the Anglican church, be married by Anglican ministers, and be denied attendance at Oxford or degrees at Cambridge. Dissenters demanded removal of political and civil disabilities that applied to them (especially those in the Test and Corporation Acts). The Anglican establishment strongly resisted until 1828. The Test Act 1673 made it illegal for anyone not receiving communion in
1674-479: A stagecoach. However, he still has some side effects of being in rat form. Hook volunteers Smee to sail Henry to New York when Henry wants to run away from Storybrooke to go home. Smee appears in the film Pan , portrayed by Adeel Akhtar . His real name is Sam Smiegel , shortened to Smee. Smee is played by Ned Dennehy in the 2020 movie Come Away . Nonconformist (Protestantism) Nonconformists were Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to
1767-471: A tip of the hat to Peter Pan," Spielberg reflected in a 1992 interview. " Peter Pan was the first time I saw anybody fly. Before I saw Superman, before I saw Batman, and of course before I saw any superheroes , my first memory of anybody flying is in Peter Pan ". The genesis of the film started when Spielberg's mother often read him Peter and Wendy as a bedtime story . He explained in 1985, "When I
1860-530: A training challenge to steal Hook's prosthetic hook, Peter witnesses Jack playing in a baseball game that Hook has arranged. Dismayed to see Jack treating Hook as a father figure, Peter returns to the Lost Boys' camp with renewed determination. After seeing his shadow move independently, Peter follows it and discovers the ruins of the Hangman's tree. Inside, Tinker Bell helps Peter to remember how he left his family as an infant and how she brought him to Neverland in
1953-602: Is a point-and-click adventure game. Spielberg, Williams and Hoffman did not take salaries for Hook . Their deal called for them to split 40% of TriStar Pictures's gross revenues. They were to receive $ 20 million from the first $ 50 million in gross theatrical film rentals, with TriStar keeping the next $ 70 million in rentals before the three resumed receiving their percentage. Hook was released in North America December 11, 1991, earning $ 13.5 million in its opening weekend. It went on to gross $ 119.7 million in
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#17328021429872046-505: Is considered by many as one of his best. Filmmaker Jon M. Chu cited the film as a source of inspiration for the visual aesthetics of his two-part film adaptation of the musical Wicked (2024-2025). In the years since its release, Spielberg has admitted in interviews that he was not proud of the film, and disappointed with the final result. In 2011, he told Entertainment Weekly , "There are parts of Hook I love. I'm really proud of my work right up through Peter being hauled off in
2139-484: Is its inability to re-imagine the material, to find something new, fresh or urgent to do with the Peter Pan myth. Lacking that, Spielberg should simply have remade the original story, straight, for this generation. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine felt it would "only appeal to the baby boomer generation", and highly criticized the sword-fighting choreography. Vincent Canby of The New York Times felt
2232-493: Is lively indeed, but Steven Spielberg directs on autopilot here, giving in too quickly to his sentimental, syrupy qualities." On Metacritic , the film has a 52 out of 100 rating, based on reviews from 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on a scale of A+ to F. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: The sad thing about
2325-543: Is one of two pirates (the other being Starkey) who survive the final battle between the children and the pirates, and "henceforth wandered about the world in his spectacles, making a precarious living by saying he was the only man that Jas. Hook had feared". In Peter Pan in Scarlet (2006) by British author Geraldine McCaughrean , Smee has moved into the Underground Home of the Lost Boys. He leaves Neverland by
2418-614: Is taken to the hideout of the Lost Boys , now led by Rufio. The boys mock Peter but eventually recognize and train him, encouraging him to use the power of imagination to help restore his memory and abilities. One boy, Thud Butt, gives Peter an old bag of marbles belonging to Tootles, who was a Lost Boy and had left Neverland with Wendy. Meanwhile, Hook takes Smee's advice and begins plotting to turn Peter's children against him. Hook fails to sway Maggie because of her distrust but succeeds with Jack due to Peter's repeated broken promises. During
2511-580: Is used in a broader sense to refer to Christians who are not communicants of a majority national church , such as the Lutheran Church of Sweden . The Act of Uniformity 1662 required churchmen to use all rites and ceremonies as prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer . It also required episcopal ordination of all ministers of the Church of England—a pronouncement most odious to the Puritans ,
2604-981: The Baptists , Brethren , Methodists , and Quakers . In Ireland, the comparable term until the Church of Ireland 's disestablishment in 1869 was "Dissenter" (the term earlier used in England), commonly referring to Irish Presbyterians who dissented from the approved Anglican communion. English Dissenters such as the Puritans who violated the Act of Uniformity 1558 – typically by practising radical, sometimes separatist , dissent – were retrospectively labelled as Nonconformists. By law and social custom, Nonconformists were restricted from many spheres of public life – not least, from access to public office, civil service careers, or degrees at university – and were referred to as suffering from civil disabilities . In England and Wales in
2697-494: The English Moravians were officially labelled as Nonconformists as they became organised. The term dissenter later came into particular use after the Act of Toleration 1689 , which exempted those Nonconformists who had taken oaths of allegiance from being penalised for certain acts, such as for non-attendance at Church of England services. A census of religion in 1851 revealed Nonconformists made up about half
2790-682: The Irish Catholics in an otherwise unlikely alliance. The Nonconformist conscience was also repeatedly called upon by Gladstone for support for his moralistic foreign policy. In election after election, Protestant ministers rallied their congregations to the Liberal ticket. (In Scotland, the Presbyterians played a similar role to the Nonconformist Methodists, Baptists and other groups in England and Wales.) Many of
2883-509: The Neverland Lost Boys playground , while Stage 10 supplied Captain Hook's ship cabin . Hidden hydraulics were installed to rock the set-piece to simulate a swaying ship, but the filmmakers found the movement distracted from the dialogue, so the idea was dropped. Stage 27 housed the full-sized Jolly Roger and the surrounding Pirate Wharf. Industrial Light & Magic provided the visual effects sequences. This marked
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2976-506: The Sony Pictures Studios , so that Maggie Smith could lip-sync it on-set; it was meant to be sung by Granny Wendy to her grandchildren in their bedroom. Two additional songs, "Stick with Me" and "Low Below", performed by Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins, respectively, were also rehearsed. These three songs were ultimately cut from the film, and instead were incorporated into the instrumental score. Two remaining songs survive in
3069-626: The Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England. Cambridge University required that for a diploma. The two ancient universities opposed giving a charter to the new London University in the 1830s, because it had no such restriction. London University, nevertheless, was established in 1836, and by the 1850s Oxford dropped its restrictions. In 1871 Gladstone sponsored legislation that provided full access to degrees and fellowships. The Scottish universities never had restrictions. Since 1660, Dissenters, later Nonconformists, have played
3162-954: The Uniting Church in Sweden , was formed by merging the Baptist Union of Sweden , the United Methodist Church , and the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden . Hook (film) 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. It serves as
3255-563: The taxidermied Crocodile . Tinker Bell takes Jack and Maggie back to London, and Peter appoints Thud Butt as his successor. Peter awakens in Kensington Gardens . Tinker Bell appears and bids a tearful farewell to Peter before departing. Happily reuniting with his family, Peter decides to devote his time to them more than work, starting with forgoing his company's important business deal. He also returns Tootles's bag of marbles; Tootles joyfully sprinkles himself with pixie dust from
3348-417: The 1900s, had fantastic adventures, and had first met and had become infatuated with Wendy. After Wendy and her siblings returned to London, Peter frequently visited Wendy until she had been widowed and had grown too old to fly back to Neverland. Although both were heartbroken of missing their opportunity of romantic love, Peter fell in love with Wendy's granddaughter Moira and chose to stay. He became adopted by
3441-554: The 2011 miniseries Neverland . Mr. Smee appears as William Smee in Once Upon a Time played by Chris Gauthier . William Smee is a man capable of procuring objects that are hard to find. In the Enchanted Forest, he makes a deal with Rumplestiltskin in order to get his life extended: a magic bean for his age reversal. Captain Hook , then the pirate Killian Jones, manages to intervene and kidnaps Mr. Smee to obtain
3534-552: The 20th century, until only pockets of nonconformist religiosity remained in England. Nonconformity in Wales can be traced to the Welsh Methodist revival ; Wales effectively had become a Nonconformist country by the mid-19th century; nonconformist chapel attendance significantly outnumbered Anglican church attendance. They were based in the fast-growing upwardly mobile urban middle class. The influence of Nonconformism in
3627-486: The Bannings, followed his birth-father's legal career path, married Moira, and fathered his children with her. After reaching adulthood, Peter was stricken with amnesia when he succumbed to depression and coped with it by working. Remembering his adventurous childhood, Peter's buoyancy for his family restores his ability to fly, bringing him back as Peter Pan. Rufio gives his gold bladed sword to Peter in reverence, and
3720-475: The Church of England to hold office under the crown. The Corporation Act 1661 did likewise for offices in municipal government . Although the Test and Corporation Acts remained on the statute-book, in practice they were not enforced against Protestant nonconformists due to the passage of various Indemnity Acts , in particular the Indemnity Act 1727 , which relieved Nonconformists from the requirements in
3813-464: The Lost Boys celebrate. That night, Tinker Bell professes her love for Peter with a kiss. However, Peter remains faithful to Moira and their children, choosing life with them instead of in Neverland. Although heartbroken, Tinker Bell encourages him to save his children. Peter appears before the pirates alone declaring his love for Jack as his happy thought before being captured. Peter sounds a signal to
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3906-399: The Lost Boys to begin their attack. During the battle between the Lost Boys and Hooks pirates, the lost boys get the upper hand. When Rufio prepares to duel Hook 1-on-1, Peter intervenes but leaves when he hears Maggie calling for him. Rufio then proceeds to fight Hook, which appears even until Hook defeats and fatally stabs him. When Jack witnesses Rufio telling Peter that he wishes that he had
3999-482: The Lost Boys who are searching for Baelfire whom the pirates had rescued from drowning. In Storybrooke, Mr. Smee appears as a homeless man who kidnaps Belle under the orders of Moe French (Maurice). When Mr. Gold (Rumplestiltskin) captures Mr. Smee to learn where Hook is, he states that he wasn't able to find Hook in Storybrooke. Mr. Gold later uses him as a guinea pig for a spell that would enable anyone to cross
4092-672: The Nonconformists elected to Parliament were Liberals. Relatively few MPs were Dissenters. However the Dissenters were major voting bloc in many areas, such as the East Midlands. They were very well organised and highly motivated and largely won over the Whigs and Liberals to their cause. Gladstone brought the majority of Dissenters around to support for Home Rule for Ireland , putting the dissenting Protestants in league with
4185-629: The Old group supported mostly Whigs and Liberals in politics, while the New, like most Anglicans, generally supported Conservatives . By the late 19th century, the New Dissenters had mostly switched to the Liberal Party. The result was a merging of the two groups, strengthening their great weight as a political pressure group. After the Test and Corporation Acts were repealed in 1828 , all
4278-592: The Pirates , Mr. Smee (voiced by Ed Gilbert with an Irish accent) is Hook's right-hand man. His weapon is named Johnny Corkscrew. He is small, but not thick, has grey hair and pale blue eyes. His biggest difference from the other pirates is that he is clumsy and not able to capture one of the Lost Boys (as seen in "Slightly Duped" and "Play Ball"). In Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook , Smee (played by Bob Hoskins ) and Hook's relationship takes on an almost intimate tone, at times even resembling an old married couple or
4371-487: The Sun . Meanwhile, Paramount and Hart moved forward on production with Nick Castle as director. Hart began to work on a new storyline when his son Jake showed his family a drawing. "We asked Jake what it was and he said it was a crocodile eating Captain Hook, but that the crocodile really didn't eat him, he got away," Hart reflected. "As it happens, I had been trying to crack Peter Pan for years, but I didn't just want to do
4464-707: The Test Act 1673 and the Corporation Act 1661 that public office holders must have taken the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in an Anglican church. In 1732, Nonconformists in the City of London created an association, the Dissenting Deputies to secure repeal of the Test and Corporation acts. The Deputies became a sophisticated pressure group, and worked with liberal Whigs to achieve repeal in 1828. It
4557-710: The United States and Canada, and $ 181.2 million in foreign countries, accumulating a worldwide total of $ 300.9 million. It is the sixth-highest-grossing "pirate-themed" film, behind all five films in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series . In the United States and Canada, it was the sixth-highest-grossing film in 1991, and fourth-highest-grossing worldwide. It was the second-highest-grossing film in Japan, with theatrical rentals of $ 22.4 million. It ended up making
4650-459: The bag and flies away to return to Neverland. Despite leaving Neverland behind, Peter sees life as a big adventure with no regrets. In addition, a number of celebrities and family members made brief credited and uncredited cameos in the film: musicians David Crosby and Jimmy Buffett , actress Glenn Close , and former boxer Tony Burton appear as members of Hook's pirate crew; Star Wars creator George Lucas and actress Carrie Fisher play
4743-480: The beginning of Tony Swatton 's career, as he was asked to make weaponry for the film. It was financed by Amblin Entertainment and TriStar Pictures, with TriStar distributing it. Spielberg hired John Napier as a "visual consultant", having been impressed with his work on Cats . The original production budget was set at $ 48 million, but ended up between $ 60–80 million. The primary reason for
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#17328021429874836-537: The birth of his first son, Max, in 1985, Spielberg decided to drop out. "I decided not to make Peter Pan when I had my first child," Spielberg commented. "I didn't want to go to London and have seven kids on wires in front of blue screens . I wanted to be home as a dad." Around this time, he considered directing Big , which carried with it similar motifs and themes. In 1987, he "permanently abandoned" it, feeling he expressed his childhood and adult themes in Empire of
4929-467: The border to Storybrooke without losing their memories again. When Hook does get to Storybrooke, Smee immediately begins following orders; he gives Hook Gold's most prized possession: Baelfire's shawl. In retaliation, Gold turns Mr. Smee into a rat . Following the Dark Curse's being undone, Mr. Smee was restored to human form as he was seen in the company of Hook and his pirates when they were robbing
5022-549: The captain and kisses him on the cheek to dissuade him. He also talks Hook into trying to persuade Peter's children, Jack and Maggie, to remain in Neverland permanently by using their father's repeated broken promises and prolonged absences as examples. Though Hook is successful with Jack, Maggie refuses to be swayed and retains her faith in Peter. Smee eventually abandons Hook when he realizes how much Peter loves his children. Near
5115-475: The cook. In the first film, he is never referred to as the first mate but consistently acts as one to Captain Hook (though with varying degrees of personal loyalty). Mr. Smee appeared in the Kingdom Hearts video game series voiced by Jeff Bennett . He appears in Kingdom Hearts , Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days , and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep as an inhabitant of Neverland. He appears as one of
5208-560: The early part of the 20th century, boosted by the 1904–1905 Welsh Revival , led to the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Wales in 1920 and the formation of the Church in Wales . In other countries, the term Nonconformist is used in a broader sense to refer to Christians who are not communicants of a majority national church , such as the Lutheran Church of Sweden . The largest Nonconformist church in Sweden,
5301-522: The end of the book, and opens up a shop in London that sells souvenirs collected from Neverland. Mr. Smee appears in Walt Disney 's 1953 animated film version of Peter Pan voiced by Bill Thompson , and in the 2002 sequel Return to Never Land voiced by Jeff Bennett . In this version, he serves as Captain Hook 's first mate . He is also Hook's assistant, although he is sometimes referred to as
5394-469: The end of the film, a man bearing a striking resemblance to Smee is seen sweeping garbage in Kensington Gardens, to Peter's surprise, but whether or not he is the real Smee is left unclear. Richard Briers portrays Smee in the 2003 live-action adaptation of Peter Pan , with Jeremy Sumpter as Peter Pan and Jason Isaacs as Captain Hook . Bob Hoskins reprises the role of Mr. Smee in
5487-622: The faction of the church which had come to dominance during the English Civil War and the Interregnum . Consequently, nearly 2,000 clergymen were "ejected" from the established church for refusing to comply with the provisions of the act, an event referred to as the Great Ejection . The Great Ejection created an abiding public consciousness of nonconformity. Thereafter, a Nonconformist was any English subject belonging to
5580-654: The film echoed Spielberg's relationship with his own father Arnold . Previous Spielberg films that explored a dysfunctional father-son relationship included E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Peter's "quest for success" paralleled Spielberg starting out as a film director and transforming into a Hollywood business magnate . "I think a lot of people today are losing their imagination because they are work-driven. They are so self-involved with work and success and arriving at
5673-560: The film he has twin sons, Squeaky and Squirmy. In the novel The Isle of the Lost he also has a son called Sammy. In the 2023 Disney live-action adaptation, Peter Pan & Wendy , Smee is played by Jim Gaffigan . Smee makes a cameo appearance in the Lego animated special Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest , voiced again by Jeff Bennett. In the Fox Kids series Peter Pan and
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#17328021429875766-424: The finished film: "We Don't Wanna Grow Up" and "When You're Alone", both with lyrics by Bricusse. The "Prologue" track later appeared in a commercial for the 68th Academy Awards in 1995, and in trailers for Matilda (1996), another film by TriStar. The original 1991 issue was released by Epic Soundtrax . In 2012, a limited edition of the soundtrack, called Hook: Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ,
5859-529: The first MPs elected for the Labour Party in the 1900s were also nonconformists. Nonconformists were angered by the Education Act 1902 , which provided for the support of denominational schools from taxes. The elected local school boards that they largely controlled were abolished and replaced by county-level local education authorities that were usually controlled by Anglicans. Worst of all
5952-585: The governance and usages of the established church in England, and in Wales until 1914, the Church of England . Use of the term Nonconformist in England and Wales was precipitated after the Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660, when the Act of Uniformity 1662 renewed opposition to reforms within the established church. By the late 19th century the term specifically included other Reformed Christians ( Presbyterians and Congregationalists ), plus
6045-500: The hated Anglican schools would now receive funding from local taxes that everyone had to pay. One tactic was to refuse to pay local taxes. John Clifford formed the National Passive Resistance Committee . By 1904 over 37,000 summonses for unpaid school taxes were issued, with thousands having their property seized and 80 protesters going to prison. It operated for another decade but had no impact on
6138-486: The household, religion, and moral behaviour. Religiosity was in the female sphere, and the Nonconformist churches offered new roles that women eagerly entered. They taught Sunday school , visited the poor and sick, distributed tracts, engaged in fundraising, supported missionaries, led Methodist class meetings , prayed with other women, and a few were allowed to preach to mixed audiences. Parliament had imposed
6231-543: The increased budget was the shooting schedule , which 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 later admitted in an interview with 60 Minutes , "It was an unfortunate time for us to work together." In a 1999 Vanity Fair interview, Roberts said that Spielberg's comments "really hurt my feelings". She "couldn't believe this person that I knew and trusted
6324-399: The journey, he reclaims the memories of his past and develops full emotional maturity. Spielberg began developing Hook in the early 1980s with Walt Disney Productions and Paramount Pictures . It would have followed the Peter Pan storyline seen in the 1924 silent film and 1953 animated Disney film . It entered pre-production in 1985, but Spielberg abandoned the project. Hart developed
6417-524: The kissing couple sprinkled with pixie dust ; two of Hoffman's children, Jacob and Rebecca, both under 10 years old during filming, briefly appear in scenes in the "normal" world; and screenwriter Jim Hart 's 11-year-old son Jake (who years earlier inspired his father with the question, "What if Peter Pan grew up?") plays one of Peter's Lost Boys. Steven Spielberg found a close personal connection to Peter Pan 's story from his own childhood. The troubled relationship between Peter Banning and his son Jack in
6510-466: The late 19th century the new terms " free church " and "Free churchman" (or "Free church person") started to replace "Nonconformist" or "Dissenter". One influential Nonconformist minister was Matthew Henry , who beginning in 1710 published his multi-volume biblical commentary that is still used and available in the 21st century. Isaac Watts is an equally recognised Nonconformist minister whose hymns are still sung by Christians worldwide. The term
6603-477: The linkage between the Nonconformists and Liberal Party was weakening, as secularisation reduced the strength of Dissent in English political life. Today, Protestant churches independent of the Anglican Church of England or the Presbyterian Church of Scotland are often called " free churches ", meaning they are free from state control. This term is used interchangeably with "Nonconformist". The steady pace of secularisation picked up faster and faster during
6696-411: The magic bean. He later becomes a crewman on Hook's ship (like the original Peter Pan story) as the ship sails off to Neverland where he and his crew will never age. In Neverland, Mr. Smee serves as an adviser to Hook, assisting in his murderous aspirations to kill Rumplestiltskin and his aspirations to obtain information and raise the newly arrived Baelfire. He worries of the crew being murdered by
6789-821: The main characters in the Disney Junior TV show Jake and the Never Land Pirates . He also appears in a cameo in the Disney Fairies film The Pirate Fairy . Both are voiced by Jeff Bennett . Mr. Smee appears in the Disney Parks and Resorts as a meetable character alongside Captain Hook in Adventureland . Mr. Smee is interpreted in Disney Channel 's live-action film Descendants 3 by actor Faustino Di Bauda. In
6882-495: The next plateau that children and family almost become incidental. I have even experienced it myself when I have been on a very tough shoot and I've not seen my kids except on weekends. They ask for my time and I can't give it to them because I'm working." Like Peter at the beginning of the film, Spielberg has a fear of flying . He feels that Peter's "enduring quality" in the storyline is simply to fly. "Anytime anything flies, whether it's Superman , Batman , or E.T., it's got to be
6975-521: The number of people who attended church services on Sundays. In the larger manufacturing areas, Nonconformists clearly outnumbered members of the Church of England. Nonconformists in the 18th and 19th century claimed a devotion to hard work, temperance, frugality, and upward mobility, with which historians today largely agree. A major Unitarian magazine, the Christian Monthly Repository asserted in 1827: Throughout England
7068-443: The nursery, Peter encounters Tinker Bell , who brings him to Neverland . She drops Peter into Hook's pirate haven, where he reveals himself to Smee and Hook. Surprised to see how weak Peter has become, Hook challenges him to fly to rescue his children, preparing to execute him when he fails. Tinker Bell intervenes and persuades Hook to instead release Peter, promising to train him over the next three days for their grand battle. Peter
7161-446: The parachute out the window, heading for Neverland. I'm a little less proud of the Neverland sequences because I'm uncomfortable with that highly stylized world that today, of course, I would probably have done with live-action character work inside a completely digital set. But we didn't have the technology to do it then, and my imagination only went as far as building physical sets and trying to paint trees blue and red." Spielberg gave
7254-462: The pirates wear three-piece suits and ride in limos ." Many fans believed Tom Hanks was Spielberg's original choice for the role of Peter Pan. Hanks has debunked that rumour. Joseph Mazzello auditioned for the role of Jack Banning, but was turned down because he was deemed too young for the role. Mazzello was cast later as Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park . By 1989, Ian Rathbone changed
7347-571: The school system. The education issue played a major role in the Liberal victory in the 1906 general election , as Dissenter Conservatives punished their old party and voted Liberal. After 1906, a Liberal attempt to modify the law was blocked by the Conservative -dominated House of Lords ; after 1911 when the Lords had been stripped of its veto over legislation, the issue was no longer of high enough priority to produce Liberal action. By 1914
7440-524: The score presentation. The second disc features the additional musical tracks, and the third disc features alternate cues, source music, and Leslie Bricusse's songs. A video game based on the film and bearing the same name was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. The game was released for additional game consoles in 1992. Another game was released for personal computer and Commodore Amiga , and
7533-672: The screenplay and tone. The film also received five nominations at the 64th Academy Awards . Although it was a commercial success, its box-office take was lower than expected. Since its release, Hook gained a strong cult following , and it is considered by many to be a cult classic. In San Francisco, American-raised British corporate lawyer Peter Banning strains his relationships with his wife Moira and their children, Jack and Maggie, because of his workaholic lifestyle. After failing to keep another promise to Jack to attend his baseball game, he takes his family to London to visit Moira's grandmother, Wendy Darling . Peter, Moira and Wendy attend
7626-449: The screenplay for Hook is that it's so correctly titled: This whole construction is really nothing more than a hook on which to hang a new version of the Peter Pan story. No effort is made to involve Peter's magic in the changed world he now inhabits, and little thought has been given to Captain Hook's extraordinary persistence in wanting to revisit the events of the past. The failure in Hook
7719-466: The script before hiring Malia Scotch Marmo to rewrite Captain Hook's dialog, and Carrie Fisher for Tinker Bell 's. The Writers Guild of America gave Hart and Marmo screenplay credit, while Hart and Castle were credited with the story. Fisher went uncredited. Filming began February 19, 1991, occupying nine sound stages at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City , California. Stage 30 housed
7812-442: The script with director Nick Castle and TriStar Pictures before Spielberg decided to direct in 1989. It was shot almost entirely on sound stages at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City , California. Released on December 11, 1991, Hook received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances (particularly those of Williams and Hoffman), John Williams 's musical score, and the film's production values, but criticized
7905-409: The story structure was not well balanced, feeling Spielberg depended too much on art direction . Hal Hinson of The Washington Post was one of the few who gave it a positive review. Hinson elaborated on crucial themes of children, adulthood and loss of innocence. However, he said Spielberg "was stuck too much in a theme park world". John Williams 's musical score was particularly praised, and
7998-412: The temporal prosperity of these descriptions of persons, as they tend also to lift others to the same rank in society. The emerging middle-class norm was for women to be excluded from the public sphere—the domain of politics, paid work, commerce and public speaking. Instead, it was considered that women should dominate in the realm of domestic life, focused on care of the family, the husband, the children,
8091-522: The title to Hook , and took it from Paramount to TriStar Pictures , headed by Mike Medavoy , who was Spielberg's first talent agent . Robin Williams signed on, but he and Hoffman had creative differences with Castle. Medavoy saw the film as a vehicle for Spielberg, and Castle was dismissed, but paid a $ 500,000 settlement. Dodi Fayed , who owned certain rights to make a Peter Pan film, sold his interest to TriStar in exchange for an executive producer credit. Spielberg briefly worked with Hart to rewrite
8184-443: Was 11 years old, I actually directed the story during a school production. I have always felt like Peter Pan. I still feel like Peter Pan. It has been very hard for me to grow up, I'm a victim of the Peter Pan syndrome ". In the early 1980s, Spielberg began to develop a film with Walt Disney Pictures that would have closely followed the storyline of the 1924 silent film and 1953 animated film . He also considered directing it as
8277-439: Was a major achievement for an outside group, but the Dissenters were not finished. Next on the agenda was the matter of church rates , which were local taxes at the parish level for the support of the parish church building in England and Wales. Only buildings of the established church received the tax money. Civil disobedience was attempted but was met with seizure of personal property and even imprisonment. The compulsory factor
8370-570: Was actually hesitating to come to my defense... it was the first time that I felt I had a turncoat in my midst." The film score was composed and conducted by John Williams . He was brought in at an early stage when Spielberg was considering making the film as a musical . Williams wrote approximately eight songs with lyricist Leslie Bricusse for the project at this stage. Williams and Bricusse finalized it to five songs. Several of these songs were recorded, and some musical segments were even filmed. Julie Andrews recorded one song, "Childhood", at
8463-421: Was finally abolished in 1868 by William Ewart Gladstone , and payment was made voluntary. While Gladstone was a moralistic evangelical inside the Church of England, he had strong support in the Nonconformist community. The marriage question was settled by Marriage Act 1836 which allowed local government registrars to handle marriages. Nonconformist ministers in their own chapels were allowed to marry couples if
8556-411: Was released by La-La Land Records and Sony Music . It contains almost the complete score, with alternates and unused material. It also contains liner notes that explain the film's production and score recording. In November 2023, La-La Land Records announced a remastered and expanded three-disc ultimate edition of the film's score in its entirety, to be released December 1, 2023. The first disc includes
8649-518: Was their moral sensibility which they tried to implement in British politics. The "Nonconformist conscience" of the Old group emphasised religious freedom and equality, pursuit of justice, and opposition to discrimination, compulsion, and coercion. The New Dissenters (and also the Anglican evangelicals) stressed personal morality issues, including sexuality, family values, and temperance . Both factions were politically active, but until mid-19th century
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