The Hawk Is Dying
The Hawk Is Dying is a 2006 film based on the book by Harry Crews. It was accepted to the 2006 Directors Fortnight Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It premiered at Cinema Village in New York City on March 30, 2007.
Gattling attempts to transcend his mundane life by training a wild redtailed hawk. He owns University Custom Auto Shop and is the disgruntled patriarch of his family his divorced sister, Precious, and her 20yearold autistic son, Fred. Hes also the unwitting case study of a lifegonewrong for Betty, a young psychology student who works in the auto shop.Gattling dreams of capturing and training hawks. It is an ancient art that requires precision you only have a few days to succeed and extremes only through practically killing yourself and the bird are you brought together. It is the obsession he shares with Fred. In the quiet predawn tracking of the birds, Gattling feels like a man temporarily freed from the absurdity of civilized life. ........
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