Hearts in Atlantis (film)

Hearts in Atlantis is a 2001 AmericanAustralian drama thriller film directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins. It is loosely adapted from Stephen Kings novel.

Bobby lives with his single mother, the selfcentered Liz Garfield Hope Davis, who takes in Brautigan as a boarder. Ted takes the lonely Bobby under his wing, while his mother is busy with her job including entertaining her boss as a way of paying off debt supposedly left by Bobbys late father. The two form a paternal fatherson bond, and it slowly becomes evident that Ted has some psychic and telekinetic powers. These same powers are the reason that Brautigan has come to this sleepy town. In due course Ted entrusts Bobby with the knowledge that he has escaped the grasp of the Low Men, strange people who would stop at nothing to get him back in their control.After reading Bobbys mind and realizing that the boy dreams of owning a bicycle Ted kindly offers Bobbya week in exchange for his reading a newspaper out aloud. Bobby quickly figures out that Ted has some other purpose in mind. Mysteriously, Ted asks Bobby to keep an eye on the neighborhood looking for any signs of the low men, like announcements about missing pets. Bobby sees one, but doesnt tell Ted, afraid to lose his new friend. ........

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