Father Hood
Short description
Jack Charles is a small-time crook who has never taken fatherhood seriously, and his two children are practically strangers to him. When his daughter Kelly runs away from the institution where she and her brother Eddie have been placed, she turns up at his door with stories of children beaten and restrained for the smallest offences. Jack takes his son as the boy is being transferred back to the home, and the three of them take off, with the police treating him as a kidnapper. A newspaper article paints him as a dangerous criminal, and Jack contacts Kathleen Mercer, the Los Angeles reporter who wrote it, to demand a correction.
The film follows the fugitives as they steal cars and a boat with some ingenuity while arguing among themselves, and the children's excitement gradually gives way to the realisation that their life is not like other families'. Patrick Swayze plays Jack, Halle Berry plays Kathleen, and Sabrina Lloyd and Brian Bonsall play Kelly and Eddie. Michael Ironside and Diane Ladd appear in supporting roles. Darrell James Roodt directed from a screenplay by Scott Spencer; the film followed his Sarafina! and came before Second Skin.
Released in August 1993, Father Hood runs 95 minutes and took in about 3 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 5 out of 10 from roughly 3,700 votes, and on TMDB 5.8 out of 10 from far fewer voters, while a critics' rating of 3.1 out of 10 from 20 reviews puts it below both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Sabrine Lloyd, who played the teenage girl, was 23 years old at the time of filming.
- The character played by Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) was based on the real Mike Hardy, who worked as a technical consultant on the film.
- The kidnapping scene was recreated in meticulous detail, with the exception that in reality, it involved two girls (Mike Hardy’s daughters), while the film depicts a boy and a girl.
- By the time this film was being shot, Patrick Swayze’s addiction to alcohol was out of control. It got to the point where he would pass out right on the set in front of the cameras.
- Using a section of road closed for filming, the rock band R.E.M. recorded a music video there for their famous song "Everybody Hurts."
- The film's original title, "Father Hood," was a direct allusion to the noble outlaw Robin Hood. Due to the difficulty of a literal translation, the film received various titles in different countries' releases: "The Kidnapper" ("Der Kidnapper") in Germany, "Public Enemy Number 1… My Father" ("El enemigo público número 1... mi padre") in Spain, "Family on the Run" ("Famiglia in fuga") in Italy, and so on.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
