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This is based on the DVD chapter times: * 01 = 00:00:00 - Storytelling, then ready for bed * 02 = 00:02:49 - The aunt speaks * 03 = 00:05:50 - Sinking follows the speaking * 04 = 00:11:15 - The shadow * 05 = 00:14:13 - Wendy and Peter meet * 06 = 00:19:33 - To Never Never Land * 07 = 00:25:20 - A greeting from Hook * 08 = 00:31:06 - Wendy saved by Peter's kiss * 09 = 00:35:31 - Mother of the lost boys * 10 = 00:37:56 - Two brothers captured twice * 11 = 00:41:06 - Prisoners unchained * 12 = 00:44:16 - Wendy's first proper sword fight * 13 = 00:48:03 - Hook left with the croc * 14 = 00:50:30 - Fairy dance, Tinkerbell cries * 15 = 00:53:31 - Peter fights to hold Wendy * 16 = 00:57:17 - Tinkerbell fights to hold Peter * 17 = 01:02:51 - Tinkerbell's escape * 18 = 01:06:19 - And the lost boys captured * 19 = 01:09:02 - They believe in fairies, they do they do * 20 = 01:14:41 - Red Handed's last story * 21 = 01:16:58 - Plank * 22 = 01:20:01 - Fight * 23 = 01:21:42 - A flying Hook * 24 = 01:23:45 - Bleaked Peter * 25 = 01:28:06 - The end of The Hook * 26 = 01:30:08 - Some lost boys in London * 27 = 01:36:00 - A farewell to Peter * 28 = 01:38:14 - end credits

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This is a metaphor mentioned briefly in J.M. Barrie's original book. It seems to have a double-meaning: (1) It is the first sign of a girl's emerging womanhood, and (2) it refers to a woman's finding her true love ("Tis a powerful thing", as both Slightly and Tootles point out). Mrs. Darling later makes a comment about her husband (her own true love) needing her "special kiss" the night of the party. And Wendy tells Peter that the kiss(thimble) she gives to him is only for him. By giving Peter her "hidden kiss", she both saves him from doom and gives in to the inevitable -- she's becoming a woman.

This is not technically true about Mrs Darling. In the book Barrie reveals to the reader that in fact Mrs Darlings kiss was always meant for Peter Pan.

EDIT: In the book, J.M.Barrie refers to Peter being in the faces of many women who are not yet mothers and some who are. One interpretation of his meaning is that for girls becoming women, there is one kiss (which is physically portrayed by the dimples at the side of the mouth) that is for Peter Pan, partly due to the inner child in whose imagination Never Land and Peter Pan are wonderful and idealistic, and partly due to the growing up woman who sees Peter as a friend and a love, even if they are older (such as Mrs. Darling), he is like a childhood crush that you meet when you are grown, and the kiss is still reserved for him.

"Clocks" by Coldplay.

This same music has appeared in several other media, from department store commericials to industrial films. It seems to be a public domain piece popular with editors.

No. In the original play and book by J.M. Barrie, it is indeed the RIGHT hand that Peter cuts off. However, in the Disney cartoon and in Spielberg's "Hook", the captain is missing his left hand. These are both incorrect. Walt Disney thought that Captain Hook would lose to much movement if he did not have a right hand. Therefor, he had animators switch the hook to the left hand.

No one knows. In his novel, J.M. Barrie mentions cryptically that Hook is not his true name, and that if his real identity were ever revealed, "it would set the country ablaze." Barrie drops several hints here and there to keep the reader guessing, such as Hook's resemblance to the Stuart royal family and his past as the most feared pirate of the seven seas. Theories abound as to whom he could be, but Barrie himself most likely did not have anyone in particular in mind and probably preferred his audience to come up with their own answers.

A common belief, and one that is used in the movie and other adaptations, is that his first name is James.

The older Wendy is played by Saffron Burrows (also the film's narrator), and Jane is played by Sophie Wyburd.

This is a tradition in productions of Peter Pan going back to the show's premiere as a play in 1904. Originally, Hook was a much smaller, less developed character, and simply for practicality's sake, the actor playing Mr. Darling simply took on both roles. This soon became habitual even as Hook's character broadened, and was probably adopted by Barrie himself when embedding several Freudian themes in his novelization of the play in 1911. Ever since, nearly all productions have followed this tradition, including Disney's cartoon -- Mr. Darling and Captain Hook were both voiced by Hans Conried.

The Freudian ethic is also that Wendy is supposed to see her father in Hook and therefore this is part of the reason why she finds him so facinating. It is also the fact that it is based upon the belief in the book that "All grown-ups are pirates."

First of all, one must understand that J.M. Barrie's original novel was, for all intents and purposes, an adult fable disguised as a children's fairy tale. He deals with several grown-up themes, many of them quite dark in nature. P.J. Hogan does not shy away from these more mature, often disconcerting images and ideas. Therefore, this movie would probably not be appropriate (or even interesting) to a child under seven or eight. However, there is enough swashbuckling and spectacle to keep a pre-teen interested. Some of the more sophisticated material, however, is clearly geared toward an older crowd.

Due to Britain's strict policy a head butt had to be cut in order to receive the PG rating. Again, this master was used for several European releases as well. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.