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Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

Hearts in Atlantis poster
Directed by
Scott Hicks
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
Australia, United States
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 627 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young boy in the 1960s befriends a mysterious older man who rents a room in his house. The man seems to have strange abilities and is being pursued by dangerous figures.

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What happens

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 the memory of its cinematographer, Piotr SobociƄski, who died a few months before its release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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