Helene Hanff's book 84 Charing Cross Roadhad 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 meetings are arranged, Bancroft and Hopkins never come face to face thanks to mitigating circumstances. But Anne finally makes it to London, and finds that much has changed. 84 Charing Cross Road was produced by Mel Brooks, the husband of star Anne Bancroft.
A New Yorker and a London bookseller establish a friendship through letters and books. Marvelous performances by Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. A film to treasure
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