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84 Charing Cross Road

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84 Charing Cross Road
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PG,1hr 40min
Genres:
Romance,Drama
Released:
February 13, 1987
Director:
David Jones
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench  ...more
Synopsis: Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Road had previously been a TV program and a stage play before it was converted into this 1986 film. The scene is New York, 1949: Anne Bancroft plays a struggling writer and passionate bibliophile, who answers an advertisement from a rare-volumes bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road in London. Thus begins a two-decade romance by correspondence between Bancroft and Briton Anthony Hopkins, the man in charge of the overseas department of Marks and Company. Though several ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
It's hard to build an entire film around charm, but this is essentially what the makers of 84 Charing Cross Road have done. How well they have succeeded will likely depend upon one's appreciation of -- or tolerance for -- the two characters who make up the core of the film. Epistolary in nature, director David Jones has done an admirable job of opening up the static story, finding ways of framing the ... Full Review
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Anne Bancroft
Helene Hanff
Anthony Hopkins
Frank Doel
Judi Dench
Nora Doel
Jean de Baer
Maxine Bellamy
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