Eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield lives in New England in 1960, with his mother and his friends Carol and Sully. Ted Brautigan, a strange old man, moves into the rooms upstairs and the two become good friends, but Bobby soon discovers Ted is on the run from some sinister figures known only as The Low Men ...
This is a charming little movie which doesn't really have much of a plot, it's just about a friendship between a boy and an old man. It is extraordinarily rich in character though, and the four leads all step into their roles perfectly. It's also an exquisitely well-made period-piece of the time, by which I mean to say everything looks right - the clothes, the hairstyles, the cars, the furniture and so on - without ever drawing your attention to the fact. It's based on a great book by Stephen King which is really five separate stories with lots of linking themes and characters, all centred around the Vietnam war. The movie is really only the first story in the novel, Low Men In Yellow Coats, so if you want to find out more about Bobby, Carol and Sully, please read the book (though be warned it's not too cheery). Eloquently scripted by William Goldman, and featuring a great atmospheric score by Mychael Danna. Beautifully photographed in Virginia by Piotr Sobocinski, who sadly died not long after its completion.
This is a charming little movie which doesn't really have much of a plot, it's just about a friendship between a boy and an old man. It is extraordinarily rich in character though, and the four leads all step into their roles perfectly. It's also an exquisitely well-made period-piece of the time, by which I mean to say everything looks right - the clothes, the hairstyles, the cars, the furniture and so on - without ever drawing your attention to the fact. It's based on a great book by Stephen King which is really five separate stories with lots of linking themes and characters, all centred around the Vietnam war. The movie is really only the first story in the novel, Low Men In Yellow Coats, so if you want to find out more about Bobby, Carol and Sully, please read the book (though be warned it's not too cheery). Eloquently scripted by William Goldman, and featuring a great atmospheric score by Mychael Danna. Beautifully photographed in Virginia by Piotr Sobocinski, who sadly died not long after its completion.