My Beautiful Laundrette

Synopsis

Feature film. Stephen Frears’ film about Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a son of a Pakistani immigrant, who embarks on a venture to renovate his uncle’s laundrette with the help of his childhood friend, ex-National Front member Johnny (Daniel Day Lewis).

Now available for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK, My Beautiful Laundrette remains ground-breaking in its bold exploration of issues of sexuality, race, class and generational difference. Heralded as one of Britain’s most commercially and critically successful films of 1986, it earned Hanif Kureishi an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay as well as launching the career of Daniel Day-Lewis.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

1985

Notes

The bfi’s 2017 dual-format DVD / Blu Ray release includes the following extras:

'Century of Cinema: Typically British’ (Stephen Frears, 1994, 74 mins): Director Stephen Frears explores the wealth of stylish and familiar images created by the British film industry in the 20th century, aided by fellow directors Alexander Mackendrick, Michael Apted, and Alan Parker and writer Gavin Lambert

'I’m British But...' (Gurinder Chadha, 1989, 30 mins): fascinating documentary on what it meant to be a young British Asian in the 1980s from the director of Bend it Like Beckham

'Memsahib Rita’ (Prathiba Parma, 1994, 20 mins): Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Starring Nisha Nayar & Meera Syal.

Subjects

Film studies

Keywords

homosexuality; immigrants - second generation; Thatcherism

Credits

Director

Stephen Frears

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis
Gordon Warnecke
Hanif Kureishi

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

BR Region B, Blu-Ray DVD

Price

£14.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

97 minutes

Year

2017

Distributor

Name

BFI Video

Email

video.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7957 8957

Fax

020 7957 8968

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
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