My Beautiful Laundrette
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A young Pakistani Briton and his skinhead ex-classmate turned lover transform a run-down laundrette into a gleaming business while navigating race, class, and Thatcher's England.
Why watch: Shot in 16mm for Channel 4. Transferred to cinemas after Edinburgh went wild. Oscar-nominated screenplay.
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Cast
Gordon Warnecke as Omar Ali
Daniel Day-Lewis as Johnny Burfoot
Roshan Seth as Hussein "Papa" Ali
Saeed Jaffrey as Nasser Ali
Derrick Branche as Salim N. Ali
Rita Wolf as Tania N. Ali
Souad Faress as Cherry N. Ali
Shirley Anne Field as Rachel
Richard Graham as Genghis
Garry Cooper as Squatter
Charu Bala Chokshi as Bilquis
Persis Maravala as Nasser's Elder Daughter
Nisha Kapur as Nasir's Younger Daughter
Walter Donohue as Dick O'Donnell
Neil Cunningham as Englishman
Crew
Stephen Frears — Director
Hanif Kureishi — Writer
Sarah Radclyffe — Producer
Tim Bevan — Producer
Debbie McWilliams — Casting
Oliver Stapleton — Director of Photography
Mick Audsley — Editor
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski — Production Design
Lindy Hemming — Costume Design
Hans Zimmer — Original Music Composer
Stanley Myers — Original Music Composer
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