TY - ADVS AU - Bancroft,Anne AU - David,Eleanor AU - Dench,Judi AU - Denham,Maurice AU - Gerroll,Daniel AU - Hanff,Helene AU - Helman,Geoffrey AU - Hopkins,Anthony AU - Isbell,Tom AU - Jones,David AU - McNeice,Ian AU - Morgan,Wendy AU - Roose-Evans,James AU - Ruehl,Mercedes AU - Whitemore,Hugh ED - Brooksfilms (Firm) ED - Columbia Pictures. ED - Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - 84 Charing Cross Road SN - 0767881486 PY - 2002/// CY - Culver City, CA PB - Columbia Pictures, Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment KW - Doel, Frank KW - Hanff, Helene KW - Authors, American KW - 20th century KW - Correspondence KW - Drama KW - Booksellers and bookselling KW - Great Britain KW - Friendship KW - London (England) KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Film adaptations KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the book by Helene Hanff; originally adapted for the stage by James Roose-Evans; Originally produced as an international motion picture in 1986; Special features: Trailers (5 min.); Start -- Answering an ad -- Frank P. Doel -- Brian the Britisher -- Imaginary conversations Vol. 2 -- Doel home -- Meat rationing -- Christmas 1949 -- Food from Denmark -- Willie's deli -- Note from Cecily -- Helene's London fantasy -- Idea of the university -- Conga! -- Easter parcels -- Elizabethan love poems -- Maxine at Marks & Co. -- Ersatz Pepys -- Babysitter -- Gift of linen -- In hospital -- Nylons for Lent -- Trip canceled -- Evicted -- Modern library thing -- Alive & kicking -- All things must pass -- Finally made it; Director of photography, Brian West ; editor, Chris Wimble ; music composed and conducted by George Fenton ; production design, Eileen Diss, Edward Pisoni ; costume design, Jane Greenwood, Lindy Hemming; Anne Bancroft (Helene Hanff), Anthony Hopkins (Frank Doel), Judi Dench (Nora Doel), Jean De Baer (Maxine Bellamy), Maurice Denham (George Martin), Eleanor David (Cecily Farr), Mercedes Ruehl (Kay), Daniel Gerroll (Brian), Wendy Morgan (Megan Wells), Ian McNeice (Bill Humphries), J. Smith-Cameron (Ginny), Tom Isbell (Ed); MPAA rating: Rated PG N2 - Helene Hanff is a New Yorker who loves books but cannot afford expensive ones. When she sees an ad in the Saturday Review for a London bookstore, she sends them her want list and is soon delighted to receive a package of used books - good readable editions, cheap. She begins a correspondence with the bookseller, Frank Doel. Built on a basis of mutually held taste, knowledge, interests and consideration, the bond between the lonely New Yorker and the reserved Londoner lasts for years without the two people ever meeting each other. Based on a true story and the long running play ER -