Hearts In Atlantis

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin Director: Scott Hicks Original UK Premiere: 2002 Dvd Release: 2nd September, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish Dubbed In: French, Italian

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DVD Extras: Hearts in Atlantis on disc offers the trailer, a gallery of stills , a 29-minute one-to-one interview between the director & Hopkins that teases out some interesting material. Also included is a thoughtful & detailed if unassuming commentary track from Hicks.

A film of real quality whose strengths might be a tad too familiar, Hearts in Atlantis is based on a chunk of a Stephen King novel which reprises the themes found in the film Stand By Me. David Morse, in the traditional role of grown-up version of the kid, goes to his old home for a funeral, which triggers a film-length flashback to the early 1960s. Eleven-year-old Bobby lives with a brittle, disappointed single mum until his life is transformed by the influence of an elderly man, Ted Brautigan , who moves into the apartment above & hires the kid to read for him, also imparting temporarily some of his psychic power & beseeching him to be on the look-out for the sinister low men pursuing him.

Screenwriter William Goldman prunes the supernatural/science fictional elements, leaving vague the origins of the low men who could as easily be an evil government organisation or the mob as pursuers from another dimension; director Scott Hicks spends much more time on golden, melancholic nostalgia & imparting harsh & tender life lessons. Hopkins plays a benevolent Hannibal Lecter, dispensing wisdom & posing elegantly, but turning up the chill for a few scary King-type scenes. The kids are excellent, & Davis shows promise in a difficult role.

Sir Anthony Hopkins, CBE is a British -born American actor who was born Philip Anthony Hopkins in Margam, near Port Talbot, Wales to Richard & Muriel. He was strongly influenced & encouraged to become an actor by fellow Welshman Richard Burton, whom he met briefly at the age of fifteen. He also conquered an alcohol addiction in 1975 & has not touched a drop since, drinking sparkling cider at his March 2003 wedding. He now resides in the United States where he became a naturalized citizen on April 12, 2000. However, as a dual national, he retains his knighthood & can use the title Sir in the UK, but not in the US, since it is considered inappropriate according to the British consulate. Hes been married three times. His first two wives were Petronella Barker & Jennifer Lynton. Hes currently married to Stella Arroyave. He has a daughter named Abigail Hopkins from his first marriage. His most famous role was as the character Hannibal Lecter in the film The Silence of the Lambs for which he also won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role twice in Hannibal & Red Dragon. Posters Of Anthony Hopkins

Editors Choice: Red Dragon, Hannibal, Proof, The Worlds Fastest Indian, The Human Stain, Bad Company, Hearts In Atlantis, Instinct, View DVDology

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