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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 th...

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Corporate Authors: Brooksfilms (Firm), Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005 (Actor), David, Eleanor, 1956- (Actor), Dench, Judi, 1934- (Actor), Denham, Maurice, 1909-2002 (Actor), Gerroll, Daniel (Actor), Hanff, Helene, Helman, Geoffrey (Producer), Hopkins, Anthony, 1937- (Actor), Isbell, Tom, 1957- (Actor), Jones, David, 1934-2008 (Director), McNeice, Ian (Actor), Morgan, Wendy (Actor), Roose-Evans, James (Screenwriter), Ruehl, Mercedes (Actor), Whitemore, Hugh (Screenwriter)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Chinese
French
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
Thai
Published: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, ©2002.
Subjects:
Doel, Frank > Drama.
Hanff, Helene > Drama.
Hanff, Helene > Film adaptations.
Doel, Frank
Doel, Frank > Correspondencia > Teatro.
Hanff, Helene
Hanff, Helene > Correspondencia > Teatro.
1900-1999
Authors, American > 20th century > Correspondence > Drama.
Booksellers and bookselling > Great Britain > Correspondence > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
DVD vidéo.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Authors, American
Autores estadounidenses > Siglo XX > Correspondencia > Teatro.
Booksellers and bookselling
Friendship
London (England) > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
England > London
Great Britain
New York (State) > New York
Biographical films
Biographical films.
Drama
Feature films
Feature films.
Film adaptations
Films biographiques.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Based on the book by Helene Hanff; originally adapted for the stage by James Roose-Evans.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986.
Special features: Trailers (5 min.).
Title from container.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital sound; full screen presentation.
Audience:MPAA rating: Rated PG.
Awards:Winner, 1988 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Film award for Best Actress: Anne Bancroft.
Production Credits: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.
ISBN:0767881486
9780767881487

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