Feisty Helen Hanff (Anne Bancroft) just loves rare books, the sort you can’t get in New York. Little does she know that a letter to a small second-hand bookshop in London will lead to a twenty year love affair with the staff and the city. Helen strikes up a particularly affectionate correspondence with Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins) at Marks & Co. in ‘84 Charing Cross Road. Her letters are soon followed by food parcels to the food-rationed staff, and insights into life across the Atlantic. A heartwarming, charming film based upon the memoirs of Helen Hanff and the play adapted from her book.
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ACMI Identifier
304483
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)