Robin Williams portray the deep-driven man. From Dustin Hoffman, with whom he co-starred in "Hook", he learned to take on totally different character types, and to transform his characters by extreme preparation. Mike Medavoy, producer of "Hook", told its director, Steven Spielberg, that he intentionally teamed up Hoffman and Williams for the film because he knew they wanted to work together, and that Williams welcomed the opportunity of working with Spielberg. Williams benefited from working with Woody Allen, who directed him and Billy Crystal in "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), as Allen had knowledge of the fact that Crystal and Williams had often performed
Robin Spielberg the Arms of the Wind" (1997). Additional titles subsequently released by North Star include "Mother" (1999) and "Spa Piano" (2007). The former is a collaboration with singers Cathie Ryan and Susan McKeown featuring songs celebrating motherhood. When North Star folded in 2011, Spielberg bought back the masters for her albums released under that label. Beginning in 2000, Spielberg started releasing albums under her own playMountain Music label. Titles released under playMountain Music are "Beautiful Dreamer" (2000), "Dreaming of Summer" (2000), "The Christmas Collection" (2002), "American Chanukah" (2002), "With a Song in My Heart" (2004), "Memories of Utopia" (2005), "A New