My beautiful laundrette
DVD - 2015
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, Omar sees it as just the beginning step on the road to riches.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Comedy films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection
c2015.
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- Director-approved DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen
- Item Description
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
Widescreen (1.66:1)
Special features: New conversation between director Stephen Frears and producer Colin MacCabe; New interviews with writer Hanif Kureishi, producers Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe, and director of photography Oliver Stapleton; trailer. Plus: an essay on container insert "Postcolonialism in the wash" by film scholar Graham Fuller. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: R.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton ; editor, Mick Audsley ; music, Ludus Tonalis.
- ISBN
- 9781681430249
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