True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
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- TriviaMel Brooks bought Anne Bancroft the rights to the book "84 Charing Cross Road" for her birthday one year. They were husband and wife from 1964 to her death in 2005.
- GoofsHelene says that she wishes Geoffrey Chaucer had kept a diary of his time in the court of Richard III. Chaucer served Edward III and Richard II, more than 150 years before the reign of Richard III.
- Quotes
Helene Hanff: [reading from John Donne's "Meditations"] "All mankind is... one volume; when one man dies, one Chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every Chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand... shall bind up all our scattered leaves again, for that Library where every book shall lie open to one another."
- Crazy creditsThe production teams in New York and London were almost completely separate, and the closing credits reflect this: in front of a split screen showing Helene in New York and Frank in London, the crews for the two cities scroll side by side. In most cases the same jobs are shown in both columns, and the job titles are then shown in the center.
- SoundtracksFor unto us a child is born, Messiah HWV.56, act 3, No.12
Composed by George Frideric Handel
I like the technique used in this film. The interaction between Helene and her British friends occurs only through letters, so rather than have the characters write a letter and then dub what is written, eventually, the characters just face the camera and say what they would have written, with the camera cutting back and forth for each others response at times as though we suddenly become the recipient of their conversations.
The film also has a wonderful cast with Anne Bancroft as Helene, Anthony Hopkins as the generous Frank P. Doel, Judi Dench as his wife, and Mercedes Ruehl as Helene's neighbor. It is a wonderful story.
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- Zwischen den Zeilen
- Filming locations
- Glynde Place, Glynde, East Sussex, England, UK(Frank takes a bus out into the country looking for books)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,083,486
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,350
- Feb 16, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $1,083,486
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