My beautiful laundrette

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.). Seth, Roshan, 1942- (actor.). Day-Lewis, Daniel, (actor.). Warnecke, Gordon, (actor.). Branche, Derrick, 1947- (actor.). Field, Shirley-Anne, 1938- (actor.). Stapleton, Oliver, (director of photography,, interviewee (expression)). Audsley, Mick, (editor of moving image work.). Tonalis, Ludus, (composer (expression)). Luczyc-Wyhowski, Hugo, (production designer.). Hemming, Lindy, (costume designer.). MacCabe, Colin, (interviewee (expression)). Fuller, Graham, 1956- (writer of supplementary textual content.). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, (production company.). Working Title Films, (production company.). SAF Productions, (production company.). Channel Four Films (Firm), (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (film distributor.). Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Shirley Anne Field. (Cast).

Summary: 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 comedy is also a subversive work of social realism, which dares to address racism, homophobia, and sociopolitical marginalization in Margaret Thatcher's England.

Item details

ISBN: 168143024X
ISBN: 9781681430249
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio). Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. Special features: Stephen Frears (director Stephen Frears talks to producer Colin MacCabe about the making of the film); Hanif Kureishi (the author discusses the film's inspirations and the impact of its success), Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe (the producers discuss the film that changed their careers); Oliver Stapleton (the cinematographer discusses working with Frears); Trailer. Plus: an essay on container insert "Postcolonialism in the wash" by film scholar Graham Fuller.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Photographed by Oliver Stapleton ; film editor, Mick Audsley ; music by Ludus Tonalis ; designed by Hugo Luczyc Wyhowski ; costume design, Lindy Hemming.
Participant or Performer Note:	Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Shirley Anne Field.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Awards Note:	Awards: Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival