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84 Charing Cross Road
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The 1986 film 84 Charing Cross Road is a bit like fine wine, it's only for discriminating tastes and persons who appreciate the finer things in life. This film can best be described as a chamber piece, that probably works better as a stage play than a film. It is based on the book of the same... Read full review »
Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft Nurture a Long-Distance Friendship in 84 Charing Cross Road
The other day, I watched The Shop Around the Corner, the 1940 movie starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan as two quarrelsome shop employees who don’t realize that they’re falling in love with each other through correspondence. I presume this movie was the reason my eyes settled... Read full review »
84 Charing Cross Road (1986)
Dear Anthony Hopkins, I have misplaced the coaster on my coffee table, and now guests are leaving rings on it from their coke bottles. Could you send me a copy of "Obscura's Compedium", for them to use instead? It would also serve as an excellent doorstop. Yours, Anne Bancroft.
Dear Mrs...
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84 Charing Cross Road DVD
While searching for rare English books New York writer Helene Hanff's Anne Bancroft letter to a London bookstore run by Frank Doel Anthony Hopkins begins a relationship between the two that spans two decades and two continents. Although their personalities and cultures are miles apart their friendship blossoms into a deeper affection. Bancroft's performance earned her the BAFTA award the British equivalent of the Oscar. Based on James Roose-Evans's play which was based on Helene Hanff's memoir.
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84 Charing Cross Road [DVD] [1900] [Multilingual] [Region 1]
Anne Bancroft's husband, Mel Brooks, purchased the rights to the story for her as a twenty-first anniversary present. Based on the memoirs of Helene Hanff, a television writer, which detailed her correspondence with bookseller Frank Doel over twenty years. In 1975, the BBC produced a television show based on Hanff's memoirs. This program, in turn, was adapted for the stage in 1981 by James Roose-Evans. The 1982 New York stage version ran for 96 performances. The Broadway show's original cast included Rosemary Leach (Helene Hanff), David Swift (Frank Doel), Barbara Ward (Cecily Farr), Charmian May (Megan Wells/Maxine Stuart), Charles Kinross (Mr. Martin), Adrian Hall (William Humphries), and Susanna Best (John Todd).
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While searching for rare English books, New York writer Helene Hanff's (Anne Bancroft) letter to a London bookstore, run by Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins), begins a relationship between the two that spans two decades and two continents. Although their personalities and cultures are miles apart, their friendship blossoms into a deeper affection. Bancroft's performance earned her the BAFTA award, the British equivalent of the Oscar. Based on James Roose-Evans's play, which was based on Helene Hanff's memoir.
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| Stars | Anne Bancroft | |
| Actors | Eleanor David | |
| Available Formats | DVD | |
| Directors | David Jones | |
| UPC | 043396077621 | |
| Genre | Dramas | |
| Subgenre | Romances | |
| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) | |
| Release Date | 1986 | |
| Running Time | 1hr 40min | |
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| Original Language | English | |
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| Screenwriter | Hugh Whitemore | |
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| (10/01/2002, p.62, Lucy Neville): "...An astute and moving dramatisation of the long correspondence between New York writer and bibliophile Helene Hanff and London second-hand bookshop manager Frank Doel..." | ||
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