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Director
  
Donald Shebib

Music director
  
Samuel Matlovsky

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
Blanche Hanalis

Country
  
Canada

Fish Hawk (film) movie poster

Release date
  
August 22, 1979 (1979-08-22) (Moscow)

Based on
  
Old Fish Hawk  by Mitchell Jayne

Writer
  
Blanche Hanalis, Mitchell Jayne (novel)

Cast
  
Will Sampson
(Fish Hawk),
Don Francks
(Deut Boggs),
Charles Fields
(Corby Boggs),
Michael J. Reynolds
(Mr. Gideon)

Similar movies
  
Sarah T – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975)

Tagline
  
An Adventure of the Heart

Fish hawk 1979


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.

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Fish hawk 1979 can full movie


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.

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:

    References

    Fish Hawk (film) Wikipedia
    Fish Hawk (film) IMDb Fish Hawk (film) themoviedb.org