My beautiful laundrette / [written] by Hanif Kureishi ; produced by Sarah Radclyffe and Tim Bevan ; directed by Stephen Frears ; a Working Title Limited/SAF Productions production for Channel 4.

Set in the Pakistani community in south London, the film focuses on two youths--Johnny, a working-class white, and Omar, a Pakistani. Together they operate a laundrette, which Omar inherits from his uncle. While Johnny looks upon the laundrette as a life line on which to salvage his self-respect, Om...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Working Title Films (Production company)
SAF Productions (Production company)
Channel Four Films (Firm) (Production company)
MGM Home Entertainment Inc (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Kureishi, Hanif (Screenwriter)
Radclyffe, Sarah, 1950- (Film producer)
Bevan, Tim (Film producer)
Frears, Stephen (Film director)
Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015 (Actor)
Seth, Roshan, 1942- (Actor)
Day-Lewis, Daniel (Actor)
Warnecke, Gordon (Actor)
Branche, Derrick, 1947- (Actor)
Field, Shirley-Anne, 1938- (Actor)
Stapleton, Oliver (director of photography.)
Audsley, Mick (Film editor)
Tonalis, Ludus (composer (expression))
Luczyc-Wyhowski, Hugo (Production designer)
Hemming, Lindy (costume desinger.)
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English, French, and Spanish language subtitles; closed-captioned.
Series:MGM DVD.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 1 hr., 38 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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