Hearts In Atlantis

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, David Morse, et al.

A young boy who lost his father develops a relationship with a strange man that moves in upstairs.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 085392208128
• Release Date: February 2002
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: WarnerBrothers
• Director: Scott Hicks
• Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, David Morse, Anton Yelchin, Mika Boorem, Will Rothhaar, Dierdre O'Connell, Rachel Brewer, Eric Eggen, Bourke Floyd
• Runtime: 1 hour, 41 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

Lots of Scott Hicks, a dose of William Goldman, & a tad of King

Stephen King thought that the movie was one of the best interpretations of his work. However, if you are looking for crazed space monsters or spooky girls, then this is not the movie for you. No movie can cram a whole novel into the limited time available, and William Goldman did an excellent job of picking while still making the story coherent. The funeral scene and ending scene make a complete story bracketing the "Low Men" story. He removed all the supernatural references except for being psychic. Then Scott removed all the supernatural gimmicks and let the actors do their jobs. William removed King's potty mouth, and Scott moved the gory scenes off-screen, as viewing these is not necessary to the story. What's left is "Hearts in Atlantis.” As with many movies, such as "The Thin Man" (1957) by Dashiel Hammett, the movie transcends the writer to become something better than just an animated version of the book. Goldman added a story about a football player to give Bobby Garfield extraordinary stamina when it was needed. Naturally, being a DVD, there are all the DVD goodies, such as the voiceover commentary that adds annotation and an extra dimension to the story by explicitly pointing out what they just infer in the movie.