Hearts in Atlantis
Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2001
Country: USA, Australia
Runtime: 101
Rating: 2.6 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Scott Hicks
Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
Taglines:
Writing by: Stephen King - (book)
William Goldman - (screenplay)
Produced by: Bruce Berman - executive producer
Michael Flynn - executive producer
Kerry Heysen - producer
Jodi Zuckerman - associate producer
Cast: Anthony Hopkins - Ted Brautigan
Anton Yelchin - Bobby Garfield
Hope Davis - Liz Garfield
Mika Boorem - Carol Gerber
David Morse - Adult Bobby Garfield
Alan Tudyk - Monte Man
Tom Bower - Len Files
Celia Weston - Alana Files
Adam LeFevre - Don Biderman
Will Rothhaar - John Sullivan
Timothy Reifsnyder - Harry Doolin (as Timmy Reifsnyder)
Music: Mychael Danna
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Plot Outline: A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enter their lives.
Plot: This is a gentle, innocent film about the reflections of an aging man (David Morse), who returns to his home town after the death of his best friend. Memories of life at age 11 floods back as it was a magical time that changed his life. Three 11 year old children (Anton Yelchin as Bobby, Mika Boorem as Carol, and Will Rothaar as Sully) share their lives. Carol & Bobby have a special affection for one another including sharing a kiss “by which all others will be measured”. Bobby lives with his mother (Hope Davis), a bitter, vain woman who looks for pleasures for herself without sharing much with her son. Into their lives comes a mysterious new boarder (Anthony Hopkins), who befriends the boy but generates distrust from the mother. As time passes, the man and boy share confidences and special powers are revealed. The man warns the boy to be on the lookout for the “lowmen”, who were seeking him. The two share a summers adventures and come to love one another before the inevitable happens. A confrontation with a school bully (Timothy Reifsnyder) also changes everyone.
Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Thanks to the citizens of Richmond and Staunton, Virginia
Goofs: We know about 10 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: On the front porch, Bobbys newspaper switches from folded to unfolded between shots.
Trivia: There are 9 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- The monologue which Anthony Hopkins gives about the footballer who returns from retirement is from the novel “Magic”, by William Goldman, who wrote the screenplay for this film as well as the movie version of “Magic” (Magic (1978)). In addition, Hopkins also played the lead role in “Magic”.
- Early in the movie, Ted mentions the Library Policemen. This is a reference to a story by Stephen King (who also wrote the source novel for the movie) that appears in his anthology, “Four Past Midnight”.
- Jeremy Sumpter was originally considered for the role of Bobby Garfield.
