--- product_id: 60000700 title: "84 Charing Cross Road [DVD] [2002]" price: "₹ 3363" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/60000700-84-charing-cross-road-dvd-2002 store_origin: IN region: India --- # 84 Charing Cross Road [DVD] [2002] **Price:** ₹ 3363 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** 84 Charing Cross Road [DVD] [2002] - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 3363 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/60000700-84-charing-cross-road-dvd-2002) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description A story about love and the love of books, 84 Charing Cross Road features Academy Award(r) winners Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins in stellar performances. Helen Hanff (Bancroft), a feisty New York writer, mails a letter to a small London bookshop requesting some rare English classics. Frank Doel (Hopkins), the reserved English bookseller, answers her request, beginning a touching and humorous correspondence that spans two continents and two decades. Hanff's aloof British demeanor, but their mutual love of books forms a bond that deepens with each passing year. Their intimate, richly detailed letters draw us into their lives as Helen and Frank share theirdreams, hopes, sorrows and joys - and, in doing so, develop a lasting and extraordinary friendship. desertcart.co.uk Review Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) and Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins) are lifelong friends who never meet in 84 Charing Cross Road, a unique comedy-drama based on a true story. Hanff and Doel are separated by 3,000 miles of ocean and joined by a passion for old books. Their relationship begins when New- Yorker Hanff orders a copy of Pepys' diary. Doel, as polite and soft-spoken as Hanff is loud and overbearing, fields the request from the titular book shop in London. For the next two decades they correspond without ever actually sitting down for tea and crumpets. Director David Jones (Betrayal) does a reasonably good job of goosing a movie about something as un-cinematic as letter-writing, and the stars have fun chewing scenery on both sides of the Atlantic. The model for this kind of bittersweet relationship is David Lean's Brief Encounter, which, not coincidentally, is glimpsed here when Hanff steps out for a rainy-day matinee. --Glenn Lovell, desertcart.com Review: A most enjoyable film to watch - An extremely enjoyable and comforting film to watch. Well acted and presented. Review: It's Only Words, And Yes, Words ARE Enough - I read this book many years ago and found the simplicity of the story charming and quite heart-warming whilst the subtlety of the emotional undertones beautifully conveyed a genuine mutual respect and love. These self-same sentiments shine through in this 'page to screen' adaptation and I'm pleased to say none its charm has been lost in the process. The story principley entails the real life correspondence that occurred in the 1940s-1960's between Helene Hanff, an American scriptwriter living in New York with a passion for second-hand books, and Frank Doel a knowledgeable bookseller living in London, working at an antiquarian bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road. Frustrated at her inability to get the sort of books she wants (at the price she's willing to pay) in New York she tries her luck by writing to a firm in London. The reply she receives inspires her and leads to a witty and touching correspondence spanning 20 years. Although she's making business enquiries, Helene's style of communication through her letters with the bookstore is conversational and warm and this encourages different members of the bookstore to correspond with her in like fashion. This film is a delight to watch, perfect for those quieter, more contemplative moods. The humour is mild and the humanity rich and at times genuinely touching as the letter writing relationship (note, they are not 'pen friends') between the principle characters deepens and matures. Overall, a very gentle yet satisfying movie where the strongest 'character' is perhaps the words of the letters themselves. I watched this film with a friend and we were both so engrossed we hardly spoke a word to each other throughout! If the 95 minutes run time is not enough for you, you could watch again but it in any of the 4 dubbed languages; French, German, Italian, and Spanish as well as a whole host of subtitled languages. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00005UWUL | | Actors | Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Mercedes Ruehl | | Aspect Ratio | 16:9 - 1.85:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | 12,670 in DVD & Blu-ray ( See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray ) 4,192 in Drama (DVD & Blu-ray) | | Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (488) | | Director | David Jones | | Dubbed: | French, German, Italian, Spanish | | Item model number | 5035822111134 | | Language | English (Mono), French (Mono), German (Mono), Italian (Mono), Spanish (Mono) | | Media Format | Subtitled | | Number of discs | 1 | | Producers | Goeffrey Helman | | Product Dimensions | 1.7 x 11.9 x 16.1 cm; 80 g | | Release date | 20 May 2002 | | Run time | 1 hour and 35 minutes | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Subtitles: | Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish | ## Product Details - **Format:** Subtitled - **Genre:** Drama - **Language:** English - **Runtime:** 1 hour and 35 minutes ## Images ![84 Charing Cross Road [DVD] [2002] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91uyGV2UlXL.jpg) ![84 Charing Cross Road [DVD] [2002] - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91cjh17ubfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A most enjoyable film to watch *by L***N on 19 February 2026* An extremely enjoyable and comforting film to watch. Well acted and presented. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's Only Words, And Yes, Words ARE Enough *by B***8 on 4 February 2008* I read this book many years ago and found the simplicity of the story charming and quite heart-warming whilst the subtlety of the emotional undertones beautifully conveyed a genuine mutual respect and love. These self-same sentiments shine through in this 'page to screen' adaptation and I'm pleased to say none its charm has been lost in the process. The story principley entails the real life correspondence that occurred in the 1940s-1960's between Helene Hanff, an American scriptwriter living in New York with a passion for second-hand books, and Frank Doel a knowledgeable bookseller living in London, working at an antiquarian bookshop at 84 Charing Cross Road. Frustrated at her inability to get the sort of books she wants (at the price she's willing to pay) in New York she tries her luck by writing to a firm in London. The reply she receives inspires her and leads to a witty and touching correspondence spanning 20 years. Although she's making business enquiries, Helene's style of communication through her letters with the bookstore is conversational and warm and this encourages different members of the bookstore to correspond with her in like fashion. This film is a delight to watch, perfect for those quieter, more contemplative moods. The humour is mild and the humanity rich and at times genuinely touching as the letter writing relationship (note, they are not 'pen friends') between the principle characters deepens and matures. Overall, a very gentle yet satisfying movie where the strongest 'character' is perhaps the words of the letters themselves. I watched this film with a friend and we were both so engrossed we hardly spoke a word to each other throughout! If the 95 minutes run time is not enough for you, you could watch again but it in any of the 4 dubbed languages; French, German, Italian, and Spanish as well as a whole host of subtitled languages. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dvd was new and packaging perfect *by T***A on 7 December 2025* If you haven't seen this film it's a classic. Well worth a watch. 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