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Stephen Kingcast

Episode 168-Scott Hicks' Hearts In Atlantis (2001)

Stephen Kingcast

Constant Reader

Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7680 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Anthony Hopkins makes his Stephen King debut in the adaptation of "Low Men in Yellow Coats", his introductory entry in the Hearts In Atlantis collection.  The novella tackled abandonment, rape, the end of childhood, young love, corruption of the innocent, determination of the human spirit, and the strength to continue fighting the system.  Can the movie successfully convey these themes?  Find out this week in the Stephen Kingcast! As always, write in at stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow me on Instagram, Tik Tok, Facebook and Bluesky. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, welcome to the Stephen King cast,

0:02.0

One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.

0:04.1

Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King

0:07.3

in the chronological order of publication.

0:09.4

And this week I'm reviewing the 2001 adaptation of Stephen King's 1990 novella,

0:15.4

Low Men in Yellow Coats, known more famously as the Anthony Hopkins starring film,

0:20.4

Hearts and Atlantis.

0:22.3

Now, I don't have much memory of this movie.

0:26.1

I remember seeing it.

0:27.1

I couldn't tell you when.

0:28.9

But I remember seeing it, and I remember thinking, eh, it was.

0:33.2

I mean, it just, it looked nice, but I don't remember it having any substance.

0:38.4

So this was one that I was actually very interested in revisiting because I didn't have much of a feeling one way or another.

0:43.6

I remember being, being disappointed, but I just, I wasn't sure if I, I personally wasn't in the right place, the right state of being.

0:52.9

If I wasn't paying attention when I was watching

0:55.1

it, if I just, if my interests weren't lining up with what the director was giving me, I don't

1:01.0

know, I didn't know how I felt about the movie, so it was very interesting for me to revisit

1:06.5

this. So this was one of the reviews that I was really, really looking forward to getting to.

1:13.6

But before I get into the review itself, I just want to share a listener email.

1:21.4

And this unnamed listener writes, hi, I just want to say, I really enjoy your podcast and

1:26.9

will be leaving a five-star

1:29.2

review on iTunes. Just listen to a bunch of episodes, including the one on Night Shift.

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