Hearts In Atlantis / Scott Hicks / 2001

Hearts in Atlantis is a 2001 American mystery drama film directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins and Anton Yelchin. It is loosely adapted from Stephen King’s Dark Tower tie-in “Low Men in Yellow Coats,“ a novella in the 1999 collection Hearts in Atlantis after which the film was named. The film is dedicated to cinematographer Piotr Sobociński, who died of a heart attack a few months before its release. The film was shot in Richmond and Staunton, Virginia. Release Box office Hearts in Atlantis opened at #3 raking in $9,021,494 in its opening weekend at the U.S. box office. The film would eventually gross a domestic total of $24,185,781, somewhat short of its $31 million budget, but with an international $6,733,634, it would total $30,919,415. Reception Hearts in Atlantis received mixed reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 49% based on reviews from 137 critics, with an average score of 5.8/10 and the consensus states “Hearts in Atlantis is well-acted and beautiful to look at, but the movie is nothing more than a mood piece.“According to Metacritic, which sampled the opinions of 30 critics and calculated a score of 55 out of 100, the film received “mixed or average reviews“. Roger Ebert gave it three and a half out of four stars. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, David Morse, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, Deirdre O’Connell, Will Rothhaar, Timmy Reifsnyder, Alan Tudyk, Tom Bower, Celia Weston, Adam LeFevre, Timothy Reifsnyder, Brett Fleisher, Wes Johnson, Bourke Floyd, Lawrence Gougan, Steve Little, Cris Cunningham, David Harscheid, Terry Jernigan, John Johnson, Raymond H. Johnson, Rick Kain, Robert Shepherd, Sean Edwards. Directed: Scott Hicks. Based: Hearts In Atlantis By Stephen King. Produced: Kerry Heysen. Screenplay: William Goldman. Edited: Pip Karmel. Cinematography: Piotr Sobociński. Music: Mychael Danna. Release: September 28, 2001. Distributed: Warner Bros. Pictures. Production: Castle Rock Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment. Running Time: 01:40:53.