Hearts in Atlantis

Anthony Hopkins stars in this involving adaptation of a Stephen King tale set in the early 1960s. He plays a mysterious boarder with psychic powers, who enlists the help of an 11-year-old boy to watch out for shadowy figures that keep him on the run. Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, David Morse. Adapted by screenwriter William Goldman. Directed by Scott Hicks (“Shine”)., The story of a young boy who befriends an enigmatic lodger renting a room in his mother’s family boarding house and learns that the stranger possesses supernatural gifts, has a haunted past and is being pursued by sinister men. Based on a short story by Stephen King., A troubled boy finds solace with mysterious lodger Ted Brautigan. Young Bobby is picked on at school, but Ted’s stories and insightful wisdom give him the confidence to stand up to his bullies. Evocative coming of age tale., The story of a young boy who befriends an enigmatic lodger renting a room in his mother’s family boarding house and learns that the stranger possesses supernatural gifts, has a haunted past and is being pursued by sinister men., One of the short stories in a best-selling collection by author Stephen King becomes this mystery adapted for director Scott Hicks by screenwriter William Goldman, who previously transformed a King story into a box-office hit (Misery, 1990). In the summer of 1960, young Bobby Garfield (Anton Yelchin) is sharing adventures with his best friends Carol (Mika Boorem) and Sully (Will Rothhaar) when an enigmatic lodger named Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins) rents a room in his family’s boarding house. Bobby’s self-absorbed, widowed mother Liz (Hope Davis) couldn’t care less about her son, so Bobby, who is being tormented by local bullies, quickly befriends the otherworldly Ted, becoming his confidante, and reading the paper to him to save the aging man’s failing eyesight. Soon, Bobby learns that Ted possesses supernatural gifts, has a haunted past, and is being pursued by sinister men whose intentions are unclear. Hearts in Atlantis co-stars David Morse, who appeared in the previous King adaptation The Green Mile (1999), as the adult Bobby.