The Melbourne Athenaeum Library

84 Charing Cross Road.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: DAVID4236 | UmbrellaPublication details: Kew, Vic. : Umbrella Entertainment, 2020.Description: 1 DVD-video (95 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmOther title:
  • Eighty-four Charing Cross Road
Uniform titles:
  • 84 Charing Cross Road (Motion picture : 1986)
  • 84 Charing Cross Road (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
Production credits:
  • Directed by David Jones.
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins.Summary: Helen Hanff (Anne Bancroft), a feisty New York writer, mails a letter to a small London bookshop requesting some rare English classics. Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins), the reserved English bookseller, answers her request, beginning a touching and humorous correspondence that spans two continents and two decades. Hanff's acerbic wit starkly contrasts Doel's aloof British demeanour, but their mutual love of books forms a bond that deepens with each passing year. Their intimate, richly detailed letters draw us into their lives as Helen and Frank share their dreams, hopes, sorrows and joys--and in doing so, develop a lasting and extraordinary friendship.
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Umbrella: DAVID4236.

Directed by David Jones.

Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins.

Helen Hanff (Anne Bancroft), a feisty New York writer, mails a letter to a small London bookshop requesting some rare English classics. Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins), the reserved English bookseller, answers her request, beginning a touching and humorous correspondence that spans two continents and two decades. Hanff's acerbic wit starkly contrasts Doel's aloof British demeanour, but their mutual love of books forms a bond that deepens with each passing year. Their intimate, richly detailed letters draw us into their lives as Helen and Frank share their dreams, hopes, sorrows and joys--and in doing so, develop a lasting and extraordinary friendship.

Rated: G.

Regions 2, 4; PAL.

In English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. Subtitles in English HOH, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.

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