My Beautiful Laundrette (2003) UK
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Director:Stephen Frears
Studio:Channel Four Films
Producer:Tim Bevan, Sarah Radclyffe
Writer:Hanif Kureishi
Rating:4
Rated:R
Date Added:2013-04-06
UPC:027616869326
Price:£9.99
Awards:Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 3 nominations
Genre:Comedy
Release:2003-06-03
IMDb:0091578
Location:1219
Duration:97
Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French
Stephen Frears  ...  (Director)
Hanif Kureishi  ...  (Writer)
 
Saeed Jaffrey  ...  Nasser Ali
Roshan Seth  ...  Hussein Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis  ...  Johnny
Gordon Warnecke  ...  Omar Ali
Derrick Branche  ...  Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf  ...  Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress  ...  Cherry N. Ali
Richard Graham  ...  Genghis
Shirley Anne Field  ...  Rachel
Winston Graham  ...  Jamaican One
Charu Bala Chokshi  ...  Bilquis (as Charu Bala Choksi)
Dudley Thomas  ...  Jamaican Two
Garry Cooper  ...  Squatter
Neil Cunningham  ...  Englishman
Persis Maravala  ...  Nasser's Elder Daughter
Ludus Tonalis  ...  Composer
Oliver Stapleton  ...  Cinematographer
Mick Audsley  ...  Editor
Walter Donohue  ...  Dick O'Donnell
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski  ...  Production Designer
Nisha Kapur  ...  Nasser's Younger Daughter
Stephen Marcus  ...  Moose
Badi Uzzaman  ...  Dealer
Ayub Khan-Din  ...  Student
Gurdial Sira  ...  Zaki
Chris Pitt  ...  Kid One
Dawn Archibald  ...  Gang Member One
Kerryann White  ...  Kid Two
Gerard Horan  ...  Telephone Man
Jonathan Moore  ...  Gang Member Two
Ram John Holder  ...  Poet
Colin Campbell  ...  Madame Butterfly Man
Bhasker Patel  ...  Tariq
Dulice Liecier  ...  Girl in Disco (as Dulice Leicier)
Sheila Chitnis  ...  Zaki's Wife
Summary: Much of the Pakistani Hussein family has settled in London, striving for the riches promised by Thatcherism. Nasser and his right hand man, Salim, have a number of small businesses and they do whatever they need to make money, even if the activities are illegal. As such, Nasser and his immediate family live more than a comfortable lifestyle, and he flaunts his riches whenever he can. Meanwhile, his brother, alcoholic Ali, once a famous journalist in Pakistan, lives in a seedy flat with his son, Omar. Ali's life in London is not as lucrative in part because of his left leaning politics, which does not mesh with the ideals of Thatcherism. To help his brother, Nasser gives Omar a job doing menial labor. But Omar, with bigger plans, talks Nasser into letting him manage Nasser's run down laundrette. Omar seizes what he sees as an opportunity to make the laundrette a success, and employs an old friend, Johnny - who has been most recently running around with a gang of white punks - to help him. Johnny and Omar have a special relationship, but one that has gone through its ups and downs, the downs fostered by anti-immigration sentiments of white England. Omar and Johnny each have to evaluate if their ideals of success are worth it at all cost.