Today’s movie is a fantasy film with a scene set on April 26. I hope
you will enjoy this film and watch it tonight. b
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS
When his friend Sully dies and leaves him a baseball glove
as he had promised many years ago, Bobby Garfield returns to his hometown and
when he learns that Carol Gerber is dead recalls what happened when he was
eleven. On April 26, 1960 [7:03 to
15:31] Bobby celebrates his eleventh birthday. He doesn’t get a bicycle, because
his single Mom says she doesn’t have the money since Bobby’s father left them
destitute when he died six years ago. Ted Brautigan moves into the apartment
upstairs. Bobby is friends with Sully and Carol. Ted hires Bobby to read to him
and watch out for the ‘low men’ who are looking for him. During the summer Ted
has mysterious fits and exhibits psychic powers, while Bobby wins big money at
the fair and kisses Carol. Bobby notices the lost pets posters than Ted had
warned him were signs of the ‘low men’, but says nothing as he fears Ted will leave.
When his Mom goes on a trip, she persuades Ted, even though she does not trust
him to watch Bobby. Ted forces the local bully Harry Doolin to back down by
threatening to reveal that Harry is a secret cross-dresser. Ted takes Bobby to
a pool hall to place a bet on a boxing match, and Bobby learns his father
didn’t lose money gambling and was liked and respected by everyone, contrary to
his mother’s portrait of Bobby’s father. Ted wins $2,000 by betting on the
winning underdog. Later Harry beats up Carol. While Ted is fixing her
dislocated shoulder, Bobby’s Mom returns and mistakenly thinks Ted is a child
molester. The fact that he can tell her that her boss raped her on her trip
convinces her not to call the police, but tells Ted he must leave. Bobby goes
to get Ted’s winnings, but when he returns, the ‘low men’ are carrying him off
thanks to a tip from Bobby’s Mom. Bobby later beats up Harry. Bobby and his Mom
move away after he tells Carol he loves her.
Back in the present, at his old house, Bobby meets Carol’s
daughter.
A mysterious film. You have to
figure out this plot on your own, since it is not spell out explicitly, like in
some films. A rather depressing film,
even for a Stephen King adaptation.
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King (Scribner, New
York, 1999) at page 15 gives his birthdate
Producer - Kerry Heysen
Director - Scott Hicks
Screenplay - William Goldman
Runtime - 1 hour 41 minutes
Released - September 28, 2001
Cast –
Anthony Hopkins as Ted Brautigan
Anton Yelchin as Robert "Bobby" Garfield
Hope Davis as Elizabeth "Liz" Garfield
Mika Boorem as Carol Gerber/Molly
David Morse as Adult Robert "Bobby" Garfield
Will Rothhaar as John "Sully" Sullivan
Timothy Reifsnyder as Harry Doolin
Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014.
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