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Release Date:
28 September 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
What if one of life's great mysteries moved in upstairs?
Plot:
A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Bully
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Kiss
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Mysterious Stranger
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First Kiss
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Bicycle
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Awards:
2 wins
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Interview with Scott Hicks, director of 'The Boys Are Back'
(From screeninglog. 9 October 2009, 10:42 PM, PDT)
Scott Hicks: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 28 September 2009, 12:56 PM, PDT)
(From screeninglog. 9 October 2009, 10:42 PM, PDT)
Scott Hicks: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 28 September 2009, 12:56 PM, PDT)
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"The kiss by which all others will be measured..."
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anthony Hopkins | ... | Ted Brautigan | |
| Anton Yelchin | ... | Bobby Garfield | |
| Hope Davis | ... | Liz Garfield | |
| Mika Boorem | ... | Carol Gerber | |
| David Morse | ... | Adult Bobby Garfield | |
| Alan Tudyk | ... | Monte Man | |
| Tom Bower | ... | Len Files | |
| Celia Weston | ... | Alana Files | |
| Adam LeFevre | ... | Don Biderman | |
| Will Rothhaar | ... | John Sullivan | |
| Timothy Reifsnyder | ... | Harry Doolin (as Timmy Reifsnyder) | |
| Deirdre O'Connell | ... | Mrs. Gerber | |
| Terry Beaver | ... | Mr. Oliver | |
| Joe T. Blankenship | ... | Richie O'Rourke | |
| Brett Fleisher | ... | Willie Shearman |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and thematic elements.
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Runtime:
101 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #38401) |
South Korea:12 |
Japan:U |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Brazil:12 |
Finland:K-11 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:11 |
Peru:14 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:12
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Early in the movie, Ted mentions the Library Policemen. This is a reference to a story by Stephen King (who also wrote the source story for the movie) that appears in his anthology, "Four Past Midnight".
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Continuity: In the scene where Harry Doolin and the other boys are bulling Bobby and Carol, Carol's hair clip changes in each shot.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Bobby Garfield (Adult): Whenever it wants, the past can come kicking the door down. And you never know where it's going to take you. All you can do is hope it's a place you want to go.
Bobby Garfield (Adult): [answering machine message] Hi, you have reached the Garfield family. Jill and the boys are away skiing, you can reach them on their various cellphones. Me, I'm going to be on the road for a few days. I'll be back Tuesday.
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Bobby Garfield (Adult): Whenever it wants, the past can come kicking the door down. And you never know where it's going to take you. All you can do is hope it's a place you want to go.
Bobby Garfield (Adult): [answering machine message] Hi, you have reached the Garfield family. Jill and the boys are away skiing, you can reach them on their various cellphones. Me, I'm going to be on the road for a few days. I'll be back Tuesday.
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Movie Connections:
Features "The Bugs Bunny Show" (1960)
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Soundtrack:
(I've Got the) World on A String
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Sure to be one of the best-loved films of this fall, "Hearts in Atlantis" adapted from Stephen King's best seller mines a lot of familiar territory from "Stand by Me," but that beloved film is a good model. In "Stand by Me," it was a writer reflecting back on the childhood summer "when we found the body," here it's David Morse as a photographer remembering the summer of his eleventh year "when Ted the boarder moved upstairs." Downplaying King's supernatural elements, this film slowly, but surely, builds to an emotional payoff every bit as moving as the end of Rob Reiner's gem.
This is a small, gentle film with lots of character development and period atmosphere. The tech credits such as production design and cinematography are superb and bring to life a time--1960--which, for some of us, was not that long ago. The child-actors are perfectly cast, and Anthony Hopkins as the mysterious stranger gives one of his best, most-heartfelt performances. (This guy could read USA Today weather forecasts aloud and make them sound like Shakespeare.) While others may have taken a radically different approach to the material, emphasizing action and suspense, I think screenwriter William ("Misery") Goldman and director Scott ("Shine," "Snow Falling on Cedars") Hicks ultimately hit the right notes. I will interested in seeing if this decidedly low-key approach strikes a box office chord with moviegoers frazzled by the big, dumb summer action films. If there's any fairness left in the world it will. It's that good.