Hearts in Atlantis is a
2001 film directed by
Scott Hicks. It is loosely adapted from
Stephen King's novella "Low Men in Yellow Coats", from his story collection
Hearts in Atlantis.
Plot
Hearts in Atlantis revolves around Robert "Bobby" Garfield, a middle-aged man recollecting his past, in particular the summer when he was eleven years old. During that summer he and his two friends Carol Gerber and John "Sully" Sullivan experienced many things together, the most mysterious of which was meeting an elderly drifter named
Ted Brautigan.