My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
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Cast & Crew.
Gordon Warnecke
Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth
Hussein 'Papa' Ali
Saeed Jaffrey
Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche
Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf
Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress
Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field
Rachel
Richard Graham
Genghis
Garry Cooper
Squatter
Charu Bala Chokshi
Bilquis
Persis Maravala
Nasser's Elder Daughter
Nisha Kapur
Nasir's Younger Daughter
Walter Donohue
Dick O'Donnell
Neil Cunningham
Englishman
Gurdial Sira
Zaki
Stephen Marcus
Moose
Ram John Holder
Poet
Dawn Archibald
Gang Member #1
Jonathan Moore
Gang Member #2
Gerard Horan
Telephone Man
Bhasker Patel
Tariq
Badi Uzzaman
Dealer
Ayub Khan-Din
Student
Dulice Liecier
Girl in Disco
Chris Pitt
Kid #1
Kerryann White
Kid #2
Colin Campbell
Madame Butterfly Man
Sheila Chitnis
Zaki's Wife
Winston Graham
Jamaican #1
Dudley Thomas
Jamaican #2
Stephen Frears
Director
Hanif Kureishi
Author / Writer
Tim Bevan
Producer
Sarah Radclyffe
Producer
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography
Mick Audsley
Editor
Debbie McWilliams
Casting
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
Production Design
Lindy Hemming
Costume Design
Elaine Carew
Makeup Artist
Wendy Rawson
Hairstylist
Ray Perry Sr.
Property Master
Jim Dowdall
Stunt Coordinator
Nosher Powell
Stunt Coordinator
Rocky Taylor
Stunt Coordinator
Bill Weston
Stunt Coordinator
Mike Laye
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingR
Budget$860,000
Box Office$2,451,545
Filming Locations11 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth · Queenstown Road railway station · Battersea · Stockwell · London, United Kingdom
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My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi. The film was one of the first films released by Working Title Films. The film is set in London during the Thatcher years, and reflects the often fraught relationships between members of the Pakistani and English communities at that time, against the backdrop of social changes across the country. The story focuses on Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a British man of Pakistani origin, and his reunion and eventual romance with his childhood friend Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), now a street punk. The two become the caretakers and business managers of a launderette originally owned by Omar's uncle Nasser.
The British Film Institute ranked My Beautiful Laundrette as the 50th greatest British film of the 20th century. The film was adapted into a stage play in 2002 and 2019.