84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

Directed by

David Hugh Jones

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 228 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A New York writer and a London bookseller become friends through letters over 20 years, never meeting in person. The film follows their correspondence and the small but meaningful connection they share.

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What happens

84 Charing Cross Road is a 1987 drama film directed by David Jones, and starring Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Mercedes Ruehl, and Jean De Baer. It is executive produced by Bancroft's husband, Mel Brooks. The screenplay by Hugh Whitemore is based on a play by James Roose-Evans, which itself is an adaptation of the 1970 epistolary memoir of the same name by Helene Hanff — a compilation of letters between Hanff and Frank Doel dating from 1949 to 1968. Several characters who are not in the play were added for the film, including Hanff's Manhattan friends and Doel's wife Nora. The film garnered mainly positive reviews from critics, as well as receiving numerous industry awards and nominations. Bancroft won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Hanff. Additionally, Dench was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Whitemore for Best Adapted Screenplay. Dench has said that 84 Charing Cross Road is one of her favourite films in which she has appeared. The film has become something of a cult classic among bibliophiles and epistemophiles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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