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Plot Set in the Pakistani community of London, The film follows young Omar who enlists a friend's help to run an inherited laundrette. Together they transform it into a veritable palace, with space invaders and video screens... but trouble is only a step away...

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EAN5014138286880

eBay Product ID (ePID)3946658

Product Key Features

ActorDaniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Shirley Ann Field

Film/TV TitleMy Beautiful Laundrette

DirectorStephen Frears

LanguageEnglish

Run Time93 Mins

Aspect Ratio4:3 Full Frame

Release Year2001

FormatDVD

FeaturesFull Motion Menus\Scene Index\Theatrical Trailer\Biographies, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Additional InformationMY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE is a highly acclaimed and beautifully rendered portrait of two boyhood friends struggling to survive in racially tense Thatcher-era Britain. Omar, a homosexual Pakistani boy living in London with his alcoholic father, lifts a chunk of drug money from another Pakistani and, with his school chum Johnny, decides to renovate a grungy laundrette. Featuring seething dialogue and visually stunning camera work, the film explores the world of modern Pakistanis trapped between two cultures in Thatcher's Britain and their white working class counterparts with no future in their own country. Directed by renowned English filmmaker Stephen Frears (DIRTY PRETTY THINGS), written by Hanif Kureishi and featuring a star-making performance from a then-virtually unknown Daniel Day-Lewis, MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE stands as one of the best British films of the 1980s.

ReviewsThe Observer - [F]unny, daring[...]constantly takes you by surprise, The Guardian - [G]round-breaking, extraordinarily intriguing and undoubtedly controversial, Sight and Sound - ...One of the most delicate and touching love scenes in contemporary cinema....Unemphatic, guileless, easy, touching and unashamedly erotic..., New York Times - Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1986"

ScreenwriterHanif Kureishi

Format DescriptionDVD 5

Sound sourceDolby Digital Stereo

Movie/TV TitleMy Beautiful Laundrette