Full screen presentation.

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.

Title from container.

Special features: Trailers (5 min.).

Sources used: videodisc container; Internet movie database WWW site, June 23, 2022.

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).

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.

In English with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai; closed-captioned.