Title |
84 Charing Cross Road. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2020 |
Physical description |
1 DVD-video (95 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
General note |
Catalogued from container. |
Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4236. |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1986. |
The screenplay by Hugh Whitemore is based on a play by James Roose-Evans, which itself was an adaptation of the 1970 memoir of the same name by Helene Hanff. |
Credits note |
Directed by David Jones ; screenplay by Hugh Whitemore ; produced by Geoffrey Helman. |
Performer note |
Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench. |
Summary |
A New York writer with a passion for literature writes to a London bookstore in search of rare classics. A good-natured, reserved Englishman answers her request, beginning a relationship that spans two continents and two decades. |
Subject |
Hanff, Helene -- Film adaptations |
Hanff, Helene -- Drama |
Doel, Frank -- Drama |
Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain -- Drama |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Drama |
Feature films -- Great Britain |
Motion pictures, British |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
New York (N.Y.) -- Drama |
London (England) -- Drama |
Additional author |
Jones, David, 1934-2008 director. |
Helman, Geoffrey producer. |
Whitemore, Hugh screenwriter. |
Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005 actor. |
Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- actor. |
Dench, Judi, 1934- actor. |
Hanff, Helene |
Added title |
84 Charing Cross Road (Motion picture : 1986) |