Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.7/10   

Réalisateur:

Scott Hicks

Writers (WGA):

Stephen King (book)
William Goldman (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 septembre 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Mystery | Thriller

Accroche:

What if one of life's great mysteries moved in upstairs?

Plot:

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enter their lives.

Plot Keywords:

Kiss | Bully | Mysterious Stranger | Stephen King | First Kiss

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Wouldn't've missed a minute of it.

Ensemble

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)
Deirdre O'Connell	...	Mrs. Gerber
Terry Beaver	...	Mr. Oliver
Joe T. Blankenship	...	Richie O'Rourke
Brett Fleisher	...	Willie Shearman

Autre(s) titre(s):

Coeurs perdus en Atlantide (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Le viel homme doué de clairvoyance (Canada: French title) (TV title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and thematic elements.

Durée:

101 min

Pays:

USA | Australia

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38401) | South Korea:12 | Japan:U | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Dinwiddie, Virginia, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Anecdotes:

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".

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Harry Doolin and the other boys are bulling Bobby and Carol, Carol's hair clip changes in each shot.

Guillemet:

Bobby: Why do we always expect home to stay the same? Nothing else does.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Wouldn't've missed a minute of it.

To many, Stephan King is a well of horror, Lovecraftian chill that creeps upon us in the dead of night. So when his fantasy of insight comes along, they are struck blind, disappointed, let down by the mildness of the tale.

Director Hicks, screenplay writer Goldman, and the superlative team of Mr. Hopkins and young Yelchin have brought alive this artist's touch of Mr. King, in a finely crafted, sensitive film that just departs from the four walls of our mundane reality. In many subtle touches throughout the film, we -- even those of us Constant Readers who would read Mr. King's laundry list if he published it -- are guided through Goldman's skillful adaptation of the original novel.

Better than the book? Worse? No, this humble viewer will just say that the film can stand on its own, if we are just willing to let our eyes be opened to what can be.