Coeurs perdus en Atlantide

Original title: Hearts in Atlantis

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6.9/10

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Anthony Hopkins in Coeurs perdus en Atlantide (2001)

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A young boy's life changes for the better when a mysterious man with psychic powers moves into the family home that he shares with his widowed mother.A young boy's life changes for the better when a mysterious man with psychic powers moves into the family home that he shares with his widowed mother.A young boy's life changes for the better when a mysterious man with psychic powers moves into the family home that he shares with his widowed mother.

Director
- Scott Hicks
Writers
- Stephen King
- William Goldman
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

42K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Scott Hicks
Writers
- Stephen King
- William Goldman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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Trivia
Sir Anthony Hopkins discussed psychic ability and synchronicity with director Scott Hicks in an interview included on the DVD. In that exchange, he tells how he had been in Florence, filming Hannibal (2001), and reading a non-fiction book by William Goldman. In the book, Goldman discussed previously working with Hopkins, and discussed Kathy Bates in Misery (1990). Hopkins recalled thinking that it would be interesting to work with Goldman again, and it would be interesting to work on a Stephen King story. Two days later, a call came that there was a script for him to read, by Goldman, based on a King story. Hopkins accepted immediately.

Goofs
The shot is flipped at the end of the movie when Bobby is riding his Schwinn bike. The kickstand is on the right side and the chain on the left (at around 1h 35 mins), opposite of where they should be (at 15:32-15:56). Also, note that one can clearly see the name "Schwinn" reversed on the side of the bike in this scene (at around 1h 35 mins).

Quotes
Ted: I wouldn't have missed a minute of it, Bobby. Not a single minute. Not for the whole world, Bobby.

Crazy credits
Thanks to the citizens of Richmond and Staunton, Virginia

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Hearts in Atlantis/The Killing Yard/Dinner Rush (2001)

Soundtracks
Ain't That a Shame
Written by David Bartholomew (as Dave Bartholomew), Fats Domino (as Antoine "Fats" Domino)
Performed by Fats Domino
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

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Featured review

9/10

A big, fat 'wow'

For some, Stephen King is just a mere auteur of horror stories. If you look closer, you'll see he is much more. Nearly all his stories are melancholic tales about the loss of childhood innocence. With a paranormal twist, but that really isn't the most important. I even think that Hearts in Atlantis would have worked even better, if the whole paranormal thing would have been left out. The most interesting aspects of the story are Bobby Garfield and his relationship with his mother, girlfriend and Ted. Whenever Ted brought up the low-men, my personal interest curve got a bit of a dip, but hey it's a Stephen King movie, I guess we'll have to live with it.

As it is, Hearts in Atlantis remains a wonderful film. It's the kind of film where the scenes in the present are filmed in gloomy blue and grey tones, and all the flashbacks get a golden sepia treatment. Sure it's been done before, but rarely have the effects been of such a shattering beauty.

Anthony Hopkins, never shy of giving a bombastic performance, is remarkably soft-spoken in this one, though I doubt that he was really interested in this movie. The star of the show, however, is Anton Yelchin as Bobby Garfield. He looks like the young Elijah Wood, with the same angelic blue eyes, and he's truly captivating. He even has genuine chemistry with the girl that plays his love interest. A big fat wow' is in order here, let's hope he'll get the chance to exploit his talents further.

It's a shame this movie failed at the box-office, but then again so did The Shawshank Redemption. So let's all rent/buy this wonderful film, and boost that IMDb score.

I gave this one a 9/10.