84 Charing Cross Road

84 Charing Cross Road

  • Director: David Hugh Jones
  • Writer: Helene Hanff,James Roose-Evans,Hugh Whitemore
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: February 13, 1987
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Zwischen den Zeilen
  • 84 Charing Cross Road is a feature film released by Columbia Pictures on February 13, 1987, based on a novel, directed by David Hugh Jones and starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins .
    The film tells the story of Helene Hanff, a New York writer who loves to read old books, and Frank, the director of a British bookstore, through letters to start the story of decades of book ordering, book buying, and the exchange of hearts and emotions.

    Details

    • Release date February 13, 1987
    • Filming locations Glynde Place, Glynde, East Sussex, England, UK
    • Production companies Brooksfilms, Columbia Pictures

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,083,486

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $24,350

    Gross worldwide

    $1,083,486

    Movie reviews

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    • By Guy 2022-12-31 07:40:48

      Emotions from "84 Charing Cross Street"

      Opening the first page of Helene Hanff's epistolary novel "84 Charing Cross Street", what caught my eye was: "If you happen to pass by No. 84 Charing Cross Street, please give me a kiss, I owe her a lot. ........"

      On October 5, 1949, a poor female writer living alone in New York sent a brief business letter...

    • By Shanie 2022-12-30 14:30:13

      shadow lover

      Shadow lover friendship deeper than love

      Book Fate - Knowing Books, Fans, Collecting Books, Trapped in Letters, Far from Dead Books

      Soul Mate = Couple?

      2016-4-6 Xueeryou Bookstore

      The film "84 Charing Cross Street", which was filmed in 1987 and released on 2.13, relies on real life to depict the grand occasion of British second-hand bookstores in 1949. The film's script is based on the novel of the same name, which began in the 1970s and made the...

    • By Danielle 2022-12-28 18:48:07

      84 Charing Street - Something between the lines

      [84 Charing Street], the first time I heard about this book that was loved by book lovers all over the world was 8 years ago, but I still haven't read it. After being recommended by a friend, I recently watched the movie adapted from this novel.

      To be honest, the movie is not as exciting as I imagined, and there is always a dullness like the rambling of trivia. At the end of the film, I only found a little bit of feeling. When the heroine was crying because of the loss of a distant...

    • By Keven 2022-12-21 23:24:17

      84 Charing Cross Street

      In 2018, Eslite Bookstore opened in Shenzhen. I have two biggest hobbies in that city. One is walking in Shenzhen Bay Park, and the other is reading and writing in this bookstore. I watched Li Jian’s Shenzhen concert on the evening of January 19. After the meeting, I left Shenzhen the next day. Before leaving, I bought the book "84 Charing Cross Street" at Eslite Life.

    • By Dewayne 2022-12-21 13:45:14

      The person who knows you best is thousands of miles away, but has never met in your life.

      ?Picture 1: Frank's one-day trip with his wife and daughter, and a question and answer with his youngest daughter. Frank is too cute. He still gave me a more serious and serious feeling in the book, and this small clip enriched my perception of his personality.

      ?Picture 2: Hailian wrote in the letter: My precious dentist gave me a month's leave, but he happily took his wife on his honeymoon. I paid for the travel expenses. Because of the high cost of the dentist, Hailian's plan to go...

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    • By Juvenal 2023-08-08 22:23:40

      Maybe everyone is a book, and the world has given them a different translation. It's hard to show this story in a movie, but it's pretty...

    • By Johnson 2023-08-07 20:51:16

      Should I, in my late years perhaps, write about 44 Museum Street? "Over the years" is an amusing...

    • By Daphney 2023-08-02 03:50:33

      Recognized Anne in the first minute, it's just so her! And i simply like it, what a charming...

    • By Natalia 2023-07-30 06:08:31

      Existence is a surprise, although it will die sooner or...

    • By Robin 2023-06-11 15:01:11

      Twenty years of letter friendship, long and light. We should believe that there really is a confession that does not require a confession. (Of course, this is in the...

    Movie plot

    In January 1969, American writer Helene Hanff ( Anne Bancroft ) finally fulfilled her 20-year-old wish: to travel to the United Kingdom by plane, where she went to 84 Charing Cross Road in London. Hailian lives in New York. She loves English literature, but 20 years ago, when she was young, her income was limited and she could not buy books in large quantities. She had to read several classic works in her hand repeatedly to satisfy her...
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    Movie quotes

    • Frank P. Doel: I shall be only too pleased to root for the Brooklyn Dodgers, if you will reciprocate by a few cheers for the Spurs - the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, to the uninitiated, who are at present languishing next to the bottom of the League. However, the season does not finish until next April, so they have time to get themselves out of the mess.

    • Frank P. Doel: [reading "He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven" by William Butler Yeats] "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths, Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

    • Helene Hanff: Somebody gave me this book for Christmas. It's "A Great Modern Library" book. Ever seen one of those? It's less attractively bound than the "Proceedings of the New York State Assembly" and it weighs more. It was a given to me by a gent who knows I'm fond of John Donne. The title of this book is: "The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne *and* the Complete Poetry of William Blake"? The question mark is mine. Will you please tell me what those two boys have in common except - they were both English and they both wrote.