Hearts in Atlantis

Name: Hearts in Atlantis
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-09-28
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, David Morse

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

Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

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Release date

2001-09-28

Country

Australia, United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, NPV Entertainment

Genre

Drama

Budget

$31 000 000

Revenue

$30 919 415

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Director

Scott Hicks

Actors

Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, David Morse, Alan Tudyk, Tom Bower, Celia Weston, Deirdre O'Connell, Timothy Reifsnyder
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Scenario

Producer

Kerry Heysen, Bruce Berman, Michael Flynn

Operator

Piotr Sobociński

Composer

Mychael Danna

Artist

Barbara Ling

Audition

Ronna Kress

Editing

Pip Karmel
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Short description

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

What's left behind the scenes

Jeremy Sumpter was initially considered for the role of Bobby Garfield, later gaining fame for the title role in P.J. Hogan's fairy tale "Peter Pan" (2003).
At the beginning of the film, Ted Brotygan mentions that as a child he often failed to return library books and that "if the police handled that, I'd be the most wanted criminal." This is a reference to Stephen King's novella Library Police (Three O'Clock), included in the collection Four Past Midnight (1990).
At the beginning of the film, Ted Brautigan talks about frequently not returning books to the library as a child and that “if the police had gotten involved, I would have been the main criminal.” This is a reference to Stephen King’s novella “The Library Police” (from *Four Past Midnight*, 1990).
Jeremy Sumpter, who later became famous for the title role in P.J. Hogan's cinematic fairy tale Peter Pan (2003), was initially considered as a candidate for the role of Bobby Garfield.
After the film's release, Anthony Hopkins claimed that he decided to take the offered role of Ted Brotygan due to a sense of déjà vu: he recalled that one morning someone had delivered a script for a certain film, the title of which the actor did not remember, but he clearly remembered the name of the screenwriter written on the envelope next to the title—William Goldman.
The film is dedicated to the memory of cinematographer Piotr Sobociński (1958–2001), who passed away on March 26, 2001.
Despite the film being titled "Hearts in Atlantis", it is based only on the first part of the original novel of the same name, which is called "Low Men in Yellow Coats". "Hearts in Atlantis" is the title of the part that follows "Low Men in Yellow Coats".
The parked black car that can be seen in the film is a 1958 Packard Universal. Only 159 of these cars were made.
This is the second film based on a work by Stephen King adapted by William Goldman: the first was the thriller Misery (1990), and the third was the sci-fi horror drama Dreamcatcher (2003).
In the film, in addition to Ted Brautigan, another one of these connections remains: when Ted Brautigan sets Carol’s dislocated shoulder, he says that “the pain rises up” and that to “catch the pain,” you need to bite down on a belt – the exact same words Roland says while trying to remove a bullet from Eddie Dean’s leg in the novel *The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah*.
Ted Brotygan's monologue about the football player is taken from the novel Magic by William Goldman (the film's screenwriter).
This is the second film adapted from a Stephen King work by William Goldman: the first was the thriller "Misery" (1990), and the third was the science fiction horror drama "Dreamcatcher" (2003).
Ted Brotygan also appears in Stephen King's novel The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2004).
After the film's release, Anthony Hopkins claimed that he decided to take on the role of Ted Brogan because of a feeling of "déjà vu": he remembered that one morning someone delivered a script to him for a film whose title the actor did not recall, but he clearly remembered the screenwriter's name written on the envelope next to the title – William Goldman.
The original novel *Hearts in Atlantis* has plot connections to the *Dark Tower* saga.
The film is dedicated to the memory of cinematographer Pyotr Sobochinsky (1958 – 2001), who passed away on March 26, 2001.
Castle Rock Entertainment is named after Castle Rock, Maine – the fictional town where many of Stephen King's characters live.
Ted Brautigan also appears in Stephen King’s novel *The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower* (2004).
Ted Brotigan's monologue about the football player is taken from William Goldman's (the film's screenwriter) novel "Magic".
The film company Castle Rock Entertainment is named after Castle Rock, Maine, a fictional town where the characters of many Stephen King books reside.