My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Saeed Jaffrey
Nasser
Roshan Seth
Papa
Daniel Day-Lewis
Johnny
Richard Graham
Genghis
Rita Wolf
Tania N. Ali
Winston Graham
Jamaican One
Dudley Thomas
Jamaican Two
Souad Faress
Cherry N. Ali
Derrick Branche
Salim
Garry Cooper
Squatter
Gordon Warnecke
Omar
Charu Bala Chokshi
Bilquis
Shirley Anne Field
Rachel
Stephen Frears
Director
Persis Maravala
Nasser's Elder Daughter
Hanif Kureishi
Writer
Nisha Kapur
Nasir's Younger Daughter
Walter Donohue
Dick O'Donnell
Tim Bevan
Producer
Sarah Radclyffe
Producer
Neil Cunningham
Englishman
Stanley Myers
Composer
Gurdial Sira
Zaki
Stephen Marcus
Moose
Hans Zimmer
Composer
Oliver Stapleton
Cinematographer
Ram John Holder
Poet
Mick Audsley
Editor
Dawn Archibald
Gang Member #1
Debbie McWilliams
CastingDirector
Jonathan Moore
Gang Member #2
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
ProductionDesigner
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
Lindy Hemming
Costume Design
Rocky Taylor
Stunt Coordinator
Rebecca O'Brien
Location Manager
Bill Weston
Stunt Coordinator
Jane Frazer
Production Manager
Ludus Tonalis
Original Music Composer
Nosher Powell
Stunt Coordinator
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Budget$860,000
Box Office$2,451,545
Filming LocationsLondon · Queenstown Road railway station · Battersea · Stockwell, United Kingdom · 11 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth
Genres
Wiki.
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, as reflected in the complex, and often comical, relationships between members of the Pakistani and English communities. The story focuses on Omar, played by Gordon Warnecke, a young Pakistani man living in London, and his reunion and eventual romance with his childhood friend Johnny (played by 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.