Directed by:
David Hugh JonesCinematography:
Brian WestComposer:
George FentonCast:
Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Jean De Baer, Mercedes Ruehl, Ian McNeice, James Eckhouse, J. Smith-Cameron, Tony Todd, Maurice Denham (more)VOD (1)
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Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins - Director: David Jones 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 demeanor, 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 ex (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Anne Bancroft
USA
Best movies:
L'Homme éléphant (1980)
The Graduate (1967)
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Anthony Hopkins
UK
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
L'Homme éléphant (1980)
The Father (2020)
Judi Dench
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Jean De Baer
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Wall Street (1987)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Mercedes Ruehl
USA
Best movies:
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV movie)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
The Fisher King (1991)
Ian McNeice
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV movie)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
James Eckhouse
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Big (1988)
J. Smith-Cameron
USA
Best movies:
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)
Tony Todd
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
Le Rocher (1996)
The Man from Earth (2007)
Maurice Denham
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Connie Booth
USA
Best movies:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
How to Irritate People (1968) (TV movie)
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Ronn Carroll
Best movies:
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) - a.f.
Rupert Holliday-Evans
UK
Best movies:
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV movie)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Eleanor David
UK
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Gwen Nelson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
David Davenport
UK
Best movies:
Becket (1964)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Carry On Cleo (1964)
Wendy Morgan
UK
Best movies:
Fingersmith (2005) (TV movie)
Othello (1981) (TV movie)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
John Bardon
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Fierce Creatures (1997)
Roger Ostime
UK
Best movies:
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
The Blue Max (1966)
Tom Isbell
USA