Julian Goldberger

The Hawk Is Dying -- George Gattling's unsatisfying life is transformed by a family tragedy, sending him into a battle of the wills with a wild red-tail hawk.

Starring Academy Award nominees Paul Giamatti (SIDEWAYS) and Michelle Williams (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN), and Michael Pitt (LAST DAYS). George Gattling (Giamatti) finds little fulfillment as an auto upholsterer, the patriarch of a broken family, and the occasional lover of a lonely psychology student (Williams). When stricken with a family tragedy, George becomes obsessed with taming a wild, red-tail hawk. At his weakest moment, he locks himself into a battle of wills with a fierce creature that would rather die than succumb. THE HAWK IS DYING is Julian Goldberger's second feature film following TRANS, his critically successful feature debut. HAWK was selected in competition in both the Sundance Film Festival and Director's Fortnight in Cannes 2006.

Starring Academy Award nominees Paul Giamatti (SIDEWAYS) and Michelle Williams (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN), and Michael Pitt (LAST DAYS). George Gattling (Giamatti) finds little fulfillment as an auto upholsterer, the patriarch of a broken family, and the occasional lover of a lonely psychology student (Williams). When stricken with a family tragedy, George becomes obsessed with taming a wild, red-tail hawk. At his weakest moment, he locks himself into a battle of wills with a fierce creature that would rather die than succumb. THE HAWK IS DYING is Julian Goldberger's second feature film following TRANS, his critically successful feature debut. HAWK was selected in competition in both the Sundance Film Festival and Director's Fortnight in Cannes 2006.