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Hudson Hawk
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.
1991 · Directed by Michael Lehmann · 100 min · Action · Adventure · Comedy · Screenplay in the scene database · 7 frames
Tagline
Shy. Sensitive. Law-abiding. Polite. Respectful... I don't think so.
Plot
Eddie Hawkins—"Hudson Hawk" (from the bracing winds off the Hudson)—is a master cat burglar and safe-cracker with a penchant for using low-tech solutions against high-tech security systems. He is also known for conducting his robberies with precise, synchronized timing (later revealed to be a robust catalog of memorized music that he and his partner(s) sing along with during jobs).
Upon Hawk's release from prison, and on his first day of parole, he and his former partner, Tommy "Five-Tone" Messina, seek out a good cup of cappuccino. However, before Hawk can drink it, he is blackmailed by various entities. These include his parole officer, the minor Mario Brothers Mafia family and the CIA, who push him into doing a few art heists. Hawk refuses each, despite mounting pressure and coercion, stating that his only natural desires are to remain out of prison and enjoy a good cup of cappuccino—though he is repeatedly interrupted before doing so. Hawk eventually relents and proceeds to case the art pieces.
Unbeknownst to Hawk, his blackmailers are all manipulated by the American corporation Mayflower Industries, run by husband and wife Darwin and Minerva Mayflower and their butler Alfred. Headquartered in the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, inside of the Esposizione Universale Roma, the company seeks to take over the world by building La Macchina dell'Oro, a machine invented by Leonardo da Vinci that converts lead into gold.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Steven E. de Souza, Daniel Waters
- Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
- Edited by: Chris Lebenzon, Michael Tronick
- Music: Michael Kamen, Robert Kraft
- Production design: Jackson De Govia
- Produced by: Joel Silver
Cast
- Bruce Willis as Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
- Danny Aiello as Tommy Five-Tone
- Andie MacDowell as Anna Baragli
- James Coburn as George Kaplan
- Richard E. Grant as Darwin Mayflower
- Sandra Bernhard as Minerva Mayflower
- David Caruso as Kit Kat
- Frank Stallone Jr. as Cesar Mario
- Donald Burton as Alfred
- Don Harvey as Snickers
Production
- Country: United States of America, Italy, United Kingdom, Hungary
- Language: English, Italian
- Studios: TriStar Pictures, Silver Pictures
- Budget: $65,000,000
- Box office: $17,218,080
- Themes: rome, italy, gangster, vatican (holy see), blackmail, painting, leonardo da vinci, master thief, conspiracy
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