For the politican faction referred to as hawks see Bush administration. For the basketball team see Atlanta Hawks, for the Australian rules football team see Hawthorn Hawks.
Hawks is a 1988 British comedy film about two terminally ill patients: an English lawyer named Bancroft ( Timothy Dalton) and a young American football player ( Anthony Edwards), who decide to sneak out of their hospital rooms and live life to its fullest for whatever time they have left.