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My beautiful laundrette
Title:
My beautiful laundrette
Uniform Title:
My beautiful laundrette (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9781681430249
Edition:
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
General Note:
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.
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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.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC REGION 1, WIDESCREEN (1.66:1) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL MONAURAL.
Language Note:
IN ENGLISH WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING (SDH).
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