New Theatrical
Romantic Releases:
"Born Romantic" and
"Hearts in Atlantis"
Synopsis - "Born Romantic"
Three young men, cursed with two left feet, pursue three beautiful women. A mystical cupid-like cab driver, Jimmy, aids the course of true love with words of wisdom for Eddie; lost clues for Fergus and Salsa lessons for Frankie as they embark on a series of adventures against a background of Salsa, Latin and Easy-Listening tunes.
Limited Release: September 28, 2001 (LA/NY)
Director: David Kane
Screenplay By: David Kane
Produced By: Michele Camarda
Cinematographer: Robert Alazraki
Editor: Michael Parker
Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood
Original Music By: Simon Boswell
Costume Designer: Jill Taylor
Starring: David Morrissey, Catherine McCormack, John Thompson, Adrian Lester, Jimi Mistry, Craig Ferguson, Ian Hart, and Jan Horrocks.
Rated R for language and sexuality.
Official Site: "Born Romantic"
Synopsis - "Hearts in Atlantis"
For middle-aged photographer Bobby Garfield (David Morse), the past comes kicking the door down one day when the death of a childhood friend beckons him back to the town of his upbringing, and the memory of his 11th summer in 1960.
It's a summer of friendship shared with his closest pals, Carol (Mika Boorem) and Sully (Will Rothhaar), and marked by the arrival of a new lodger, Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins) in the upstairs apartment of the boarding house where Bobby lives with his self-obsessed mother, Liz (Hope Davis).
Bobby's memory of his long-dead father is clouded by his mother's bitterness, but Ted fills the gap, offering him adult friendship and attention, and helping to open the boy's eyes to a bigger world. But Ted brings with him too a haunted past, and strange powers which both puzzle and alarm Bobby. When he offers Bobby a job, it's more than simply reading the paper to save the old man's failing eyes - Ted enlists the boy to help him avoid a powerful danger that's pursuing him.
As the last summer of Bobby's childhood draws to a close, Ted gives him a new understanding of his father, and the possibilities of life and love, before events overtake them all. Ted's pursuers close in, forcing Bobby to find depths of courage and forgiveness he never imagined.
And for the adult Bobby, revisiting his childhood home and the memories of a summer long gone, a chance encounter completes the circle of his journey back in time.
Castle Rock Entertainment presents, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment, "Hearts in Atlantis," a drama about love, courage and the enduring bonds of friendship.
Release Date: September 28, 2001
Director: Scott Hicks
Screenplay By: William Goldman, based on the book by Stephen King
Executive Producers: Michael Flynn and Bruce Berman
Director of Photography: Piotr Sobocinski
Editor: Pip Karmel
Production Designer: Barbara Ling
Composer: Mychael Danna
Costume Designer: Julie Weiss
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, David Morse, Anton Yelchin, Mika Boorem, Alan Tudyk and Will Rothhaar
Rated PG-13 for violence and thematic elements.
Official Site: "Hearts in Atlantis"
Review: Movie Review
NEW ON VIDEO - ROMANCE:
"A Knight's Tale" - Video Release September 25, 2001
NEW RELEASES - OTHER GENRES:
"Don't Say a Word" - Premieres September 28, 2001
"Extreme Days" - Premieres September 28, 2001
"Kids World" - Limited Release on September 28, 2001
"Zoolander" - Premieres September 28, 2001
