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	Disney Movie Classics :: Nighthawks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It is touted as the first gay-themed narrative film with a "positive" outlook - in that no one is ashamed of being gay and no one dies in the end for being so.
		I will grant it that, but the life (however accurate) of a seeker of love and relationship in a world only interested in casual sex is, in the end, a negative look at a negative world.
		The film is cast with competent, though almost universally plain, actors.
	disney-movie-classics.hupsu.net /Nighthawks-6305037671.html (162 words)

	Edward Hopper and Film Noir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Film Noir is known for a strong, characteristic visual style.
		Though much of Noir film was set in the city, some scenes were set in the country (in some cases, entire films, such as Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt in 1943).
		Though classic Noir films were shot in fl and white, there is a tonal similarity between Office at Night and Noir films - a dreary, depressed world that tends to look on the darker side of things.
	www.filmsink.com /s-noir-edward-hopper.htm (4655 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Nighthawks
		Nighthawks (1981), one of the films from this uncertain time in the Italian Stallion's career, may not be the best work he's ever done, but considering the overwhelming crap he's appeared in over the years, it ranks in the upper tier of Stallone's pantheon.
		Still, the film is a decent thriller, with enough tension to keep the plot moving along, and enough decent acting to keep it from sinking into the mire of B-movie filmmaking, where it very well may have originated.
		The release of Nighthawks on DVD is nothing more than an example of Universal going through their film library looking for titles that can be sold with a modicum of ease to the public.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=10998 (1088 words)

	Silent Film Sources Monthly News
		In the past, when AMC showed silent films at all, they were either programmed in the middle of the night, or were buried in the riches of their annual film preservation festival/fund raising marathon.
		The original film was released on laserdisc by Lumivision and on homevideo by Milestone in a deluxe package that included the longest surviving version of the film, trailers and several short films.
		Two high-profile Paramount films did not appear at all, a number of films listed as "no further information on this film could be found" were in existence and readily available, the listing of songs for the musical films was often incomplete, one film appeared out of alphabetical sequence, and there were little factual errors.
	www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/97_1_mon.htm (7390 words)

	Nighthawks - Night Photography
		His images are very effective in conveying a mood of loneliness and isolation that comes from a nighttime existence, of being caught in the mysterious and timeless darkness in between the normalcy of sunlit days.
		Nighthawks kicked off better than expectations: over 500 of you visited this first week and we were highlighted in Flickr's blog, Undecided Now, Toronto Area Photoblogs, Dan Bruno, Thomas Hawk, and Joseph Trotz.
		Nighthawks spotlights photographs the night groups (Night Images, Night Lights, Nighthawks, and Urban Night Shots) on flickr.
	night-hawks.blogspot.com (901 words)

	MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: Nighthawks
		Nighthawks is also about Jim’s attempt at trying sustain his belief in his work as a teacher.
		The film’s most interesting sequence is an apparently improvisational discussion with the rowdy teens in his geography class when they find out he’s gay, too which he freely admits.
		The film’s ending is equally impressive, Jim and a friend have just left an art gallery and headed for a club filled with men dancing to a monotonously grinding disco beat.
	www.lib.unc.edu /house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=3519 (318 words)

	DVD Times - New UK Label: Second Run DVD (Updated)
		Nighthawks is the story of Jim, a geography teacher at a London comprehensive school.
		It is an autobiographical film that tells not only of the struggle to make Nighthawks but also of the director's life as a gay man growing up in late 20th century Britain.
		One of the landmarks of Polish cinema, this film is based on the documented story of the ‘possession’ of a group of nuns that led to the burning of a priest at the stake in Loudun, France in 1634.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=57884 (1405 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Review - Nighthawks
		It would be easy to miss Nighthawks on the shelf of your local Mom and Pop video store; the cover doesn't do much to distinguish it from any other early 80's cop film, especially since Sylvester Stallone's face is hidden behind a beard for the entire movie.
		All of this leads to a final climactic scene in which an old action-film convention is resurrected: a skill displayed by our hero at the beginning of the film comes in handy at the end of the film.
		Munafo is an associate producer of nearly every film Stallone has made in the last decade, and also secured walk-on parts in most of them.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/nighthawks.html (1033 words)

	Observer \| From Nighthawks to the shadows of film noir
		According to his biographer, Gail Levin, he was inspired to paint his most famous picture, Nighthawks (1942), after reading Ernest Hemingway's story The Killers, in which two hitmen arrive at a small-town diner to murder a burnt-out prizefighter for some undisclosed offence.
		The film used two typical Hopper loci for the ex-boxer's squalid lodging and humble workplace, ie the dark room in a hotel or boarding house where a single person broods, and the desolate roadside filling station as in Gas and Four Lane Road.
		Hopper's greatest contribution to film noir was his way of rendering in colour those dark shadows, that contrast between light and dark.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4909408-102281,00.html (1133 words)

	DVD Times - Strip Jack Naked : Nighthawks II
		His voice-over is the one constant which serves to ground the film and is illustrated, in a conventional manner, through photographs, film excerpts and other archive footage.
		Being the first major gay film to come from the UK it was understandably met with some criticism as it didn’t fulfil everyone’s expectations as to what it should encompass or represent.
		Indeed, it is now a film which stands out for its honesty and the way in which it reflects the society of its time.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=58331 (1341 words)

	DVD Authority - Printable DVD Review of Nighthawks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Overall, Nighthawks is a film that even today stands up better than most cop thrillers that rely on the couple of days to retirement and the new partner cliche.
		Nighthawks was released a few years ago by Goodtimes full frame and the picture quality was decent and clear but with it's share of grain and specks throughout.
		Recently, Universal cleaned up most of it in an anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen transfer (the first time in any medium for this film) and the results are better but not a drastic improvement as fls still show a hint of grain and specks but they're put to a minimum and are evident.
	www.dvdauthority.com /print_friendly.asp?reviewid=3862 (920 words)

	Nighthawks :: Nighthawks :: Eastern Conference Records
		The conclusion of this futile search should have been that it doesn't matter what "Nighthawks" the movie is like, because "Nighthawks" the rap album has to stand on its own.
		It should be noted, however, that, far from being a cinematographic masterpiece, "Nighthawks" the movie seems to contain at least some of the bugs typical for the genre.
		From a hip-hop perspective however, considering everything from beats and rhymes to the actual content, "Nighthawks" the album is firmly planted in the hip-hop universe.
	www.rapreviews.com /archive/2002_11_nighthawks.html (1599 words)

	Edward Hopper: Nighthawks
		Edward Hopper painted Nighthawks as an oil on canvas in 1942.
		The museum writes: "Hopper explained that Nighthawks was inspired by 'a restaurant on New York's Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet.' The diner has since been destroyed, but the image, with its carefully constructed composition and lack of narrative, has a timeless quality that transcends any particular location.
		Nighthawks prints are for sale from AllPosters, one of the largest and most reputable online poster stores.
	www.edwardhopper.info /Nighthawks.html (560 words)

	Ziggy's Video Realm: Stallone in Nighthawks (1981) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He easily holds the attention of the audience throughout the film, and is very much believable as a deadly terrorist, proving to be a very satisfying villain who doesn't have to go over the top to be a presence on screen.
		Hauer's true "presence", however, is disguised for the early scenes of the film; that's neither his real nose nor his real jawline, though he looks perfectly natural at the time.
		Finally, though it may be difficult to notice at first with a full head of hair, Persis Khambatta (Megaforce), who plays Wulfgar's compatriot, Shakka, would probably be most recognizable to audiences were she sporting a bald head, as she did as Lt. Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
	www.reelcriticism.com /ziggyrealm/reviews/nighthawks.html (1546 words)

	Film & TV: Nighthawks (Newcity Chicago . 08-03-98)
		When it was released in 1979, "Nighthawks," directed by Ron Peck and Paul Hallam, was a progenitor of the many, many coming-out tales that have been made by young gay directors in the time since.
		Almost twenty years on, there's still strength in his story of Jim, a closeted man (Ken Robertson) who goes about a mundane workaday life as a London schoolteacher, but haunts gay bars and discos by night.
		It is a question with graver implications than when "Nighthawks" was first released.
	weeklywire.com /ww/08-03-98/chicago_videotip.html (241 words)

	Rutger Hauer Fans Strike Back!
		Rutger mentioned that according to his point of view in that film there was the possibility to tell something more about terrorism, but instead he was forced to walk around like a cow-boy : he had only to play tag with Stallone and nothing else.
		Nighthawk was a very good movie, why don't you pick on actors that cannot act their way out their hat!!
		"Nighthawks" was just the beginning of the 80's when he made many great films like Ladyhawk, Blade Runner, The Hitcher, Flesh and Blood, Blind Fury, Blood of Heroes, The Legend Of The Holy Drinker and the list goes on into the 90's.
	www.stomptokyo.com /sings/rutger-fans.html (1522 words)

	NESTA - Ron Peck awardee profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He says: “Improvisation in film is not about a group of people walking into a room and ad-libbing.
		Ron is unhappy with the film, which confirms to him a preference for a more intimate and personal way of filmmaking.
		As the film production centre expands into Phases 2 and 3, Ron is invited to apply for a NESTA Fellowship.
	www.nesta.org.uk /ourawardees/profiles/2983/print.htm (1438 words)

	Nighthawks Movie with Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams @ The 80's Movies Rewind -- Home of 80s Movies
		The film's director, Bruce Malmuth, can be seen as the ring announcer in the "Karate Kid" series.
		Many of the film's crew, including editor Christopher Holmes, and cinematographer, James Counter, eventually moved on to the cult classic, "The Last Dragon".
		The original trailer showed a scene in which Wulfgar is in the subway looking at a map and stares at a cop next to him which was never in the final cut.
	www.fast-rewind.com /nighthawks.htm (1341 words)

	Amazon.ca: Video: Nighthawks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The film's international background (which includes scenes shot in Europe and use of subtitles) give it class and sense of time.
		Nighthawks (a rather nonsensical title) concerns international terrorist Wulfar (Rutger Hauer's American film debut), now persona non grata among major terrorist networks after an overdone IRA-commissioned bombing in London, fleeing to New York in order to garner maximum publicity and sell himself back to major terrorist organizations.
		His talents would be highlighted in films like Blade Runner, Flesh and Blood, and The Hitcher over the years, though unfortunately he seems to have fallen to straight-to-video material in the last 10 years.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6300182665 (1132 words)

	Professional Seminars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The class was entranced and learned a great deal about acting in film, the realities of working on the set, working with directors, filmmaking, and much, much more.
		Although he was a leading man in his early Dutch films and has starred in many English-language movies in recent years, Hauer is at his best when playing icy villains like the rogue replicant in Blade Runner (1982), which first drew him the attention of mainstream American audiences.
		OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1975:The Wilby Conspiracy 1983:The Osterman Weekend 1984:A Breed Apart 1985: Eureka 1986:The Hitcher (in one of his most chilling villainous roles); 1988:The Legend of the Holy Drinker 1989:Bloodhounds of Broadway (curiously but effectively cast as a Damon Runyon gangster); 2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
	www.americanfilmactor.com /seminar.html (371 words)

	Nighthawks Film Review - Time Out Film
		If you were registered for Time Out Film you would automatically see the cinemas near you showing this film.
		Packed with news, reviews and listings on everything from film to theatre, music to nightlife, the arts to comedy and much more.
		The annual Time Out Film Guide includes 15,000 films reviewed over the last 36 years by Time Out critics, covering every area of cinema: Hollywood mainstream and B-movie horrors, documentaries and avant garde, French, Far Eastern, classic silents and 1930s comedies.
	www.timeout.com /film/63340.html (234 words)

	Amazon.com: DVD: Nighthawks (1981) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The film is good, but needs to be viewed in the context of its era.
		NIGHTHAWKS introduced the concept of homeland terror to the Big Apple twently years before it would actually happen on September 11, 2001.
		Taking a break from their brand name film franchises, Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams (known more for something called Rocky and Star Wars respectively), made a good team in the underrated action thriller Nighthawks.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001FGBWK?v=glance (1558 words)

	Film-Archive: Nighthawks
		Because of the complicated love affair between the two main actors the director as well as his team are on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
		Dmitri Popov was born in Moscow in 1963.
		He studied studies at the Moscow Film School from 1980-1985, followed by studies at the Academy for Television & Film (HFF/M) in Munich from 1993-1999.
	www.german-films.de /archive/film_view.php?film_id=673 (101 words)

	Nighthawks (1981)
		There are some other little flaws in the plot, but perhaps I've given you enough of a feeling for the quality of the plot by now...
		This film is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is 16x9 enhanced.
		There is some aliasing, some shimmer, some moire, and quite a variety of film artefacts.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=987 (858 words)

	Arts&culture - August 14, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Artist Edward Hopper's famous 1942 painting “Nighthawks” has a mesmerizing quality to it--an all-night diner illuminating the dark New York night with its fluorescent glow.
		Simple and stark, the painting evokes a big-city loneliness that makes you curious about those lost souls who wandered in for a jolt of java and a bit of late-night conversation.
		Playwright Evan Guilford-Blake took that curiosity and wrote a one-act play, Nighthawks, that imagines the moment that drew these four unlikely people together--who they were, where they came from and why they ended up at the counter together.
	www.newsreview.com /issues/sacto/2003-08-14/theater.asp (652 words)

	Nighthawks Movie: Nighthawks DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Nighthawks Movie: Nighthawks DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Two N.Y. cops (Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams) whose regular beat is street crime get involved in a fight against international terrorists.
		"Nighthawks" was Dutch actor Rutger Hauer's first American film.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/025192090622IE (143 words)

	Films by Ron Peck on DVD & VHS - MovieMail UK
		It is an autobiographical film that tells not only of the struggle to make Nighthawks but also of the director's life...
		One of the first commercially-regarded gay feature films from the UK, Nighthawks consciously sought to redress the negative and moralistic stereotypes presented by mainstream cinema.
		Follows the struggles of a group of young East End boxers as they take their first steps up the professional ladder under the wing of legendary trainer Jimmy Tibbs, and tracks former British Commonwealth Champion Mark Kaylor as he prepares for his...
	www.moviemail-online.co.uk /directors/880 (264 words)

	film news from Channel4.com/film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Director Oliver Stone is rumoured to be bringing the story of the September 11 attacks to the big screen.
		The city has to give permission before film sets spring up on every street corner.
		Stone is said to be at pains to reassure officials that the subject will be handled sensitively.
	channel4.com /film/newsfeatures/new_news_story.jsp?... (173 words)

	The Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access
		The Ashcan School influenced Hopper’s style, though he tended to depict not the chaos of urban living but the sense of urban isolation.
		Hopper explained that Nighthawks was inspired by "a restaurant on New York’s Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet." The diner has since been destroyed, but the image, with its carefully constructed composition and lack of narrative, has a timeless quality that transcends any particular location.
		The moody contrast of light against dark and the air of menace inside has been linked to film noir, a movement in American cinema that featured stories of urban crime and moral corruption.
	www.artic.edu /artaccess/AA_Modern/pages/MOD_7.shtml (298 words)

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