Fish Hawk (film)

Fish Hawk is a 1979 Canadian drama film directed by Donald Shebib. The screenplay was written by Blanche Hanalis, based on the novel Old Fish Hawk by Mitchell Jayne. The film was nominated for several Genie Awards including for direction, editing and best performance by a foreign actor. It was also entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]

Fish Hawk
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Directed byDonald Shebib
Screenplay byBlanche Hanalis
Based onOld Fish Hawk
by Mitchell Jayne
StarringWill Sampson
Don Francks
Charles Fields
Music bySamuel Matlovsky
CinematographyRené Verzier
Edited byRon Wisman
Production
company
Distributed byAVCO Embassy Pictures
Release date
  • August 22, 1979 (1979-08-22) (Moscow)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[1]

The film sold to US TV for $1.5 million.[1]

Plot

A young boy befriends a Native American man who has become an alcoholic after the death of his wife and children from small pox.

Principal cast
ActorRole
Will SampsonFish Hawk
Don FrancksDeut Boggs
Charles FieldsCorby Boggs
Mary PirieSarah Boggs
Karen AustinMrs. Gideon
Allan RoyalWill Fellows
Michael J. ReynoldsMr. Gideon
Chris WigginsMarcus Boggs

Filming locations
  • Kleinburg, Ontario and Forks of the Credit, Ontario

Critical reception

Vincent Canby of The New York Times did not give high praise to the film:

It's not quite a nature film, but it's not strong enough to be classified as an adventure... The performances are adequate but never for a minute especially affecting.[3]

gollark: Several thousand GPUs, for purposes.
gollark: Secret conspiracy running the US government, get on it.
gollark: It would be HIGHLY humorous if there was an exact tie in the next US election.
gollark: Besides this, we let people take on the difficult and important job of parenting with literally no training.
gollark: Much of a child's life and development is affected by their family and they don't get to choose it.

References
  1. Lee, Grant (13 Jan 1979). "FILM CLIPS: Canadians Shooting for the Big Leagues". Los Angeles Times. p. b10.
  2. "11th Moscow International Film Festival (1979)". MIFF. Archived from the original on April 3, 2014. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  3. Vincent Canby (16 January 1981). "Movie Review - 'FISH HAWK' AT GUILD". The New York Times.


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