Product Details

• Actors: Will Sampson, Don Francks, Charles Fields, Mary Pirie, Chris Wiggins
• Directors: Donald Shebib
• Writers: Blanche Hanalis, Mitchell Jayne
• Producers: Jon Slan, Stanley Chase
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: GT Media / GAIAM Americas
• DVD Release Date: July 11, 2006
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FDFSWM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,628 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Fish Hawk" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

FISH HAWK A Young Boy Helps an Indian Regain His Self-Respect Will Sampson (One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Outlaw Josey Wales) is Fish Hawk, an Osage Indian whose self-respect is drowning in a sea of whiskey until he befriends young Corby Boggs (Charles Fields). Having lost his wife and son to smallpox many years ago, Fish Hawk gets by on odd jobs for which he’s usually paid with a jug, and Deut Boggs (Don Francks) hires him to hunt down a bear that’s killing his stock. Giving up whiskey after it costs him the dog that was his only companion, Fish Hawk spends the winter with the Boggses, but when a wild boar ravages the countryside it puts his friendship with Corby to the test. Blanche Hanalis, who developed the Emmy Award-winning series Little House on the Prairie for television, adapted this family drama, filmed in the beautiful Canadian wild, from Mitchell Jayne’s novel Old Fish Hawk. WILL SAMPSON * DON FRANCKS * CHARLES FIELDS * MARY PIRIE CHRIS WIGGINS and featuring GEOFFREY BOWES as Towsack Charlie Executive Producers EDGAR J. SCHERICK STANLEY CHASE and DANIEL H. BLATT Produced by JON SLAN Directed by DONALD SHEBIB Screenplay by BLANCHE HANALIS From the novel Old Fish Hawk by MITCHELL JAYNE Approximately 95 minutes Color

Customer Reviews

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25 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fish Hawk, October 29, 2001

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Frieda Stewart (Albuquerque, NM United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fish Hawk [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As a Native American, I was very displeased with the sterotyped negative image presented by the character Fish Hawk. Once again, the portrayal of a Native American as "a drunken Indian" is set forth in the yet another film. The usual portrayal of Native Americans in film is that of being blood-thirsty, savage, or ignorant. Films also portray Native Americans as being noble savages, vanishing, or one-with-earth individuals. This film was no exception! Hawk Fish was raised by white people according to the narrative in the film yet at the film's end, he walks off into the setting sun fully dressed in his Indian regalia. The film was offensive.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, January 18, 2005

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Bob Barker "Jimmay" (Me be in the US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fish Hawk [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I Liked this movie but it had to many stero types. Me as a Native Indian it really bugged me. There are some Native Indians who are drunks but not alot. I liked it but not the stero types.

5.0 out of 5 stars Family movie, June 4, 2011

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Lynn Schneider - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fish Hawk (DVD)

This is a wonderful movie that shows how people can be prejudiced against others just because of their race or habits. The little boy in the movie just sees a nice man that is very brave while other people see him as a drunk.