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Fish Hawk (film)

Fish Hawk
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Directed by Donald Shebib
Screenplay by Blanche Hanalis
Based on Old Fish Hawk
by Mitchell Jayne
Starring Will Sampson
Don Francks
Charles Fields
Music by Samuel Matlovsky
Cinematography René Verzier
Edited by Ron Wisman
Production
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Distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures
Release date
  • August 22, 1979 (1979-08-22) (Moscow)
Running time
94 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

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.

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

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


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