84 Charing Cross Road (1987) - Anthony Hopkins recites Yeats (with lyrics)

[walkabou5]

A wonderful film

[LammaDogLover]

Thank you Anthony. I read this at a dear friend's funeral today and you trained me up for it.

[highcasescriver]

Just Beautiful

[HerAeolianHarp]

Beautiful and meaningful. A wonderful book. A gem of a film.

[Deadmanfan4life]

He is so hot lol

[darkhorsegeorge]

@Deadmanfan4life THIS finally someone agrees lololo

[pacencia1961]

Suberbo!

[alesbica]

I love how he reads one of the poems from his own distant relative, William Yeats. How appropriate and how beautiful.

[joesoap81]

@alesbica

I knew Hopkins Mother was Yeats but I didnt know they were relatives?

Im writing this 4 miles from Yeats grave in Sligo btw.

[niloh96]

@joesoap81 Well stranger,'He Wishes for the Clothes of Heaven',he is speaking directly to Maud Gonne in this poem,the woman he had his pathetic infatuation with for so many years.And tells her that if he had the sky and heavens above,he would lay them at her feet.

Hopkins reads it pretty well,better than Yeats himself.

[lazz208]

This film is beautiful - this story is beautiful - this poem is beautiful and Anthony Hopkins voice adds to this extraordinary moment.

[huttond12]

Beautiful. That is all that is needed to be said.