A cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bruce Willis | ... | Hudson Hawk | |
| Danny Aiello | ... | Tommy Five-Tone | |
| Andie MacDowell | ... | Anna Baragli | |
| James Coburn | ... | George Kaplan | |
| Richard E. Grant | ... | Darwin Mayflower | |
| Sandra Bernhard | ... | Minerva Mayflower | |
| Donald Burton | ... | Alfred | |
| Don Harvey | ... | Snickers | |
| David Caruso | ... | Kit Kat | |
| Andrew Bryniarski | ... | Butterfinger | |
| Lorraine Toussaint | ... | Almond Joy | |
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Burtt Harris | ... | Gates |
| Frank Stallone | ... | Cesar Mario | |
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Carmine Zozzora | ... | Antony Mario (as Carmine Zozorra) |
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Stefano Molinari | ... | Leonardo da Vinci (as Stephano Molinari) |
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Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy. Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>
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time bomb | neo screwball comedy | worst picture razzie winner | character name as title | prison |Taglines:
Catch the excitement. Catch the laughter. Catch the Hawk. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
24 May 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Adventures of Hudson Hawk See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$65,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$7,082,820, 27 May 1991Gross USA:
$17,218,080Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$17,218,080Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Narrator: Long ago, the Duke of Milan commissioned a little known artist to erect a Mammoth statue of a horse. The time was 1481... The artist was Leonardo da Vinci... The guy on the donkey's just a guy on a donkey.
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Written by Deanna Brown, Deidra Brown & Yamma Brown
Performed by James Brown
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One model that played a prominent role in the film was a Renaissance version of a hang-glider. This was one of the few pieces that was not a true replica of a Leonardo da Vinci work. As built and engineered by the Aero Vironment company of Simi Valley, California in the U.S. However, the glider did have its ties to da Vinci through his studies of man-powered flight. Aero Vironment picked up where da Vinci left off, and with the addition of modern aerodynamic engineering, produced a working glider based on da Vinci's designs. See more »Goofs
When Tommy is quizzing Hudson Hawk on song lengths, he asks "National Anthem, Whitney Houston, Super Bowl 17?" Whitney Houston sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl 25. Leslie Easterbrook, who played Callahan in the "Police Academy" movies, sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl 17. Also the Whitney Houston version was 116 seconds not "7 minutes 17 seconds" as Hudson claims. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: Long ago, the Duke of Milan commissioned a little known artist to erect a Mammoth statue of a horse. The time was 1481... The artist was Leonardo da Vinci... The guy on the donkey's just a guy on a donkey.
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Scene of Eddie tripping the antitheft trap over the da Vinci codex originally filmed with Maruschka Detmers as Anna. See more »Soundtracks
Body HeatWritten by Deanna Brown, Deidra Brown & Yamma Brown
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This was one of the first films that I saw when I came back from the Persian Gulf War. It is listed as among the biggest money losers of all time and when it came out it generated some of the most scathing reviews of all time. When Bruce Willis made The Last Boy Scout later that year, one reviewer said "He gets punched in the mouth so many times, he must feel like he's still reading reviews of Hudson Hawk" Willis wrote the story for this film, so I'm sure this must have particularly hurt him, this film put his career in the toilet before Pulp Fiction revived it. I don't think the film was all that bad myself, even though it wasn't Citizen Kane and wont go down in history as a classic I am at least hoping that it might generate a cult following. At least it attempts to be original, you have to give it credit for that. So many movies these days are just rip offs. Willis gives an engaging performance as the cappachino-drinking, wise-cracking cat burglar who is forced to pull off one last hiest. I really laughed at the scene where he and Danny Aiello pull off that robbery while doing such a wonderful rendition of "Would You Like To Swing On A Star". Aiello is a great actor as is Andie McDowell and James Coburn who also give great supporting performances. Coburn has a lot of fun spoofing his tough guy image. It sort of reminds me of In Like Flynt. My best advice is leave your brain at the beginning of the movie and just have a good time. Yes this film wont cure cancer or anything like that, but its still a lot of fun if you just give it a chance.