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.

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An uncommon love story that takes place between a young South London Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke), who decides to open an upscale laundromat to make his family proud, and his childhood friend, a skinhead (Daniel Day-Lewis), who volunteers to help make his dream a reality. This culture-clash comed...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:My beautiful laundrette (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Working Title Films (Production company)
SAF Productions (Production company)
Channel Four Films (Firm) (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Frears, Stephen (Film director, interviewee (expression))
Kureishi, Hanif (Screenwriter, interviewee (expression))
Radclyffe, Sarah, 1950- (Film producer, interviewee (expression))
Bevan, Tim (Film producer, interviewee (expression))
Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015 (Actor)
Day-Lewis, Daniel (Actor)
Seth, Roshan, 1942- (Actor)
Field, Shirley-Anne, 1938- (Actor)
Branche, Derrick, 1947- (Actor)
Warnecke, Gordon (Actor)
Tonalis, Ludus (composer (expression))
Stapleton, Oliver (director of photography,, interviewee (expression))
Audsley, Mick (Editor of moving image work)
MacCabe, Colin (interviewee (expression))
Fuller, Graham, 1956- (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:Director-approved DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 767.
Subjects:
Pakistanis > England > London > Drama.
Youth > England > London > Drama.
Self-service laundries > England > London > Drama.
Gay men > England > London > Drama.
Sexual minorities > England > London > Drama.
London (England) > Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films > Great Britain.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films
Physical Description:1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet.
Format: Video DVD

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