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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 93 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6409
Category: DVD
Actors: Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
Brand: Sony
Label: Sony Pictures
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 100 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: COLD07762D
ISBN: 0767881486
UPC: 043396077621
EAN: 9780767881487
ASIN: B00003CX8N
Release Date: May 21, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: 1986
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A letter to a london bookstore in search of rare english classics for a new york writer begins a relationship that spans two decades and two continents. Although their personalities and cultures are miles apart their friendship blossoms into a deeper affection. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Judi Dench Anthony Hopkins Run time: 99 minutes Rating: Pg
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Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) and Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins) are lifelong friends who never meet in this 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 ("unabridged, please!") of Pepys's diary. Doel, as polite and soft-spoken as Hanff is loud and overbearing, fields the request from his book shop in London. For the next two decades they correspond without ever actually sitting down for tea and crumpets. Brit director David Jones (Betrayal) does a reasonably good job of goosing a movie about something as uncinematic 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
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 84 Charing Cross Road November 19, 2008
This was one of my favorite films. It was very nostalgic for booklovers and fans of Anthony Hopkins. He won't disappoint you.
 Two great actors. November 19, 2008
The movie is charming and recalls a long-past time. Because it seemed so realistic, my disbelief would not stay suspended and I wondered if it depicted to any extent the way people interacted in those days (World War II). Also, Ann Bancroft was supposed to look much younger in the beginning of the film to show the length of time the relationship went on, and that didn't work at all. Techniques have come far since this film was made. All in all, I consider it a good addition to my dvd library.
NO SEX, NO VIOLENCE YET STILL COMPELLING & DRAMATIC October 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a deeply touching movie about a long-term frienship between booklovers stunningly enacted by the gifted Anne Bancroft and the amazingly young and handsome Anthony Hopkins. Anne Bancroft can really make an audience appreciate the writer's craft and how beautiful and spiritual poetic words are to her or him.
There is not one sex scene; not one scene involving nudity. There are no scenes of violence, intentional or arbitrary. It's a booklover's Platonic dream and romance.
That two people can grippingly hold an audience's attention while (only) discussing books makes this movie endearing and special and rare.
84 Charing the Best September 18, 2008
84 Charing Cross Road is a wonderful movie. Set in time when people actually wrote letters and developed relationships, with out "hooking up"! Delightful to see the characters younger than now, but yet very talented. Worth watching many times... - Donna
A Memorable Classic August 4, 2008
We begin with a true story that's compelling exactly as it is, let the screenplay tell it in the best way possible, and bring in some top-notch acting talent to bring it to life. This is the result, a film that you will love, remember long after it's over, and be thrilled that you own on DVD so you can watch it again and again. And you will. Get it!
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