My beautiful laundrette
(DVD) 

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Contributors
Frears, Stephen, film director,
Kureishi, Hanif, screenwriter,
Radclyffe, Sarah, 1950- film producer,
Bevan, Tim, film producer,
Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015, actor.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert. 
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DVD Drama
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Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
715515151818, DLW244873

Notes

General Note
Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio).
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1985.
General Note
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.
General Note
07/21/2015
Creation/Production Credits
Photographed by Oliver Stapleton ; film editor, Mick Audsley ; music by Ludus Tonalis ; designed by Hugo Luczyc Wyhowski ; costume design, Lindy Hemming.
Participants/Performers
Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Shirley Anne Field.
Description
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.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: R.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Awards
Awards: Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Frears, S., Kureishi, H., Radclyffe, S., Bevan, T., Jaffrey, S., Seth, R., Day-Lewis, D., Warnecke, G., Branche, D., Field, S., Stapleton, O., Audsley, M., Tonalis, L., Luczyc-Wyhowski, H., Hemming, L., MacCabe, C., & Fuller, G. (2015). My beautiful laundrette (Director-approved DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stephen, Frears et al.. 2015. My Beautiful Laundrette. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stephen, Frears et al.. My Beautiful Laundrette The Criterion Collection, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Frears, Stephen,, et al. My Beautiful Laundrette Director-approved DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2015.

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