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84 Charing Cross Road [DVD] [1986]

DVD ~ Anne Bancroft
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  • Actors: Anne Bancroft, Jean De Baer, Daniel Gerroll, Anthony Hopkins, Eleanor David
  • Directors: David Jones
  • Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 20 May 2002
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005UWUL
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,263 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) and Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins) are lifelong friends who never meet in 84 Charing Cross Road, a unique comedy-drama based on a true story. Hanff and Doel are separated by 3,000 miles of ocean and joined by a passion for old books. Their relationship begins when New- Yorker Hanff orders a copy of Pepys' diary. Doel, as polite and soft-spoken as Hanff is loud and overbearing, fields the request from the titular book shop in London. For the next two decades they correspond without ever actually sitting down for tea and crumpets.

Director David Jones (Betrayal) does a reasonably good job of goosing a movie about something as un-cinematic as letter-writing, and the stars have fun chewing scenery on both sides of the Atlantic. The model for this kind of bittersweet relationship is David Lean's Brief Encounter, which, not coincidentally, is glimpsed here when Hanff steps out for a rainy-day matinee. --Glenn Lovell, Amazon.com



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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Friendship with Depth and Love, 14 Jun 2005
In these days of e-books, and bland books constructed from franchised ideas and formulas, we are presented "84 Charing Cross Road," a story about a relationship begun because of a mutual love of old great books.

Hopkins and Bancroft share a film highlighting both of their genuine personas.

Like Hopkins in "Shadowlands" and "The Remains of the Day," we see him in full glory, as a quiet man of grace and sophistication.

He owns the English bookstore, and Bancroft's character mails him a request for a book. Correspondence and a relationship begins. Contently and confidently married, Hopkins responds as an older brother might, and the two grow to cherish each other despite the distance.

As they care for each other, and slowly, their local friends and family become aware, we see how love transcends the sea. Neither character has an agenda, and this left me feeling a little less cynical about the world around me.

Like so many of today's e-mail- and chatroom-only friendships, they learn to appreciate each other, though knowing only the other as they choose to describe themselves.

This isn't a story about books or bookstores, despite the honest representation of their demeanor and personality. Any booklover knows the search for a book, and the texture of a bookseller's knowledge and connection with his books.

This is a movie about the depth, trust, and love of one unexpected relationship. Book lovers will enjoy the context, and good friends will smile knowingly.

--Brockeim
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's Only Words, And Yes, Words ARE Enough, 4 Feb 2008
By b4-its-2-l8 (London) - See all my reviews
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I read this book many years ago and found the simplicity of the story charming and quite heart-warming whilst the subtlety of the emotional undertones beautifully conveyed a genuine mutual respect and love. These self-same sentiments shine through in this 'page to screen' adaptation and I'm pleased to say none its charm has been lost in the process.

The story principley entails the real life correspondence that occurred in the 1940s-1960's between Helene Hanff, an American scriptwriter living in New York with a passion for second-hand books, and Frank Doel a knowledgeable bookseller living in London, working at an antiquarian bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road.

Frustrated at her inability to get the sort of books she wants (at the price she's willing to pay) in New York she tries her luck by writing to a firm in London. The reply she receives inspires her and leads to a witty and touching correspondence spanning 20 years. Although she's making business enquiries, Helene's style of communication through her letters with the bookstore is conversational and warm and this encourages different members of the bookstore to correspond with her in like fashion.

This film is a delight to watch, perfect for those quieter, more contemplative moods. The humour is mild and the humanity rich and at times genuinely touching as the letter writing relationship (note, they are not 'pen friends') between the principle characters deepens and matures.

Overall, a very gentle yet satisfying movie where the strongest 'character' is perhaps the words of the letters themselves. I watched this film with a friend and we were both so engrossed we hardly spoke a word to each other throughout!

If the 95 minutes run time is not enough for you, you could watch again but it in any of the 4 dubbed languages; French, German, Italian, and Spanish as well as a whole host of subtitled languages.
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A heartwarming tale of long-distance friendship, 11 Mar 2006
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Anne Bancroft's character is a that of a writer. She is an avid collector of first edition books. Anthony Hopkin's character is a buyer/seller of antique books. The story spans many years and the movie audience is allowed to peek into the lives of these 2 central characters as they exchange correspondence. How refreshing it was when people still wrote letters rather than sending emails. Anne Bancroft is witty and rather irreverent; while Anthony Hopkin's plays his role as a staid, boring Englishman to the hilt. How Anne Bancroft "loosens up" this stuff shirt of an antique books' seller is what makes this such a charming film. This has neither today's requisite of sex and violence...I wish they made more films like this today.
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