84 Charing Cross Road

New Yorker Helene Hanff corresponds with London bookseller Frank Doel and his colleagues from 1949 until 1969.

Release Date: 2002-05-21, Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested),

DVDs. 84 Charing Cross Road

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.

84 Charing Cross Road (fullscreen) - Dvd - Michael John Mcgann,tony Todd,bernie Passeltiner, charles Lewsen,connie Booth,danielle Burns,freda Rogers,roger Ostime,janet Dale,sam Stoneburner, james Eckhouse,kevin Mcclarnon,rupert Holliday Evans,anne Dyson,john Bardon,zoe Hodges,ronn Carroll,rebecca Bradley,marty Glickman,david Davenport,anne Bancroft,anthony Hopkins,judi Dench,jean De Baer,maurice Denham,david Jones - Star-crossed Lovers,writer's Life

Biographical Feature DVD - Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road had previously been a TV program and a stage play before it was converted into this 1986 film. The scene is New York, 1949: Anne Bancroft plays a struggling writer and passionate bibliophile, who answers an advertisement from a rare-volumes bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road in London. Thus begins a two-decade romance by correspondence between Bancroft and Briton Anthony Hopkins, the man in charge of the overseas department of Marks and Company. Though several meetings are arranged, Bancroft and Hopkins never come face to face thanks to mitigating circumstances. But Anne finally makes it to London, and finds that much has changed. 84 Charing Cross Road was produced by Mel Brooks, the husband of star Anne Bancroft. - 84 Charing Cross Road (DVD)