| Description |
1 DVD video (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
Set in the Pakistani community in south London, the film focuses on two youths--Johnny, a working-class white, and Omar, a Pakistani. Together they operate a laundrette, which Omar inherits from his uncle. While Johnny looks upon the laundrette as a life line on which to salvage his self-respect, Omar sees it as just the beginning step on the road to riches |
| Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985 |
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Title from container |
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Special features include trailers |
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Aspect ratio 16:9 |
| Credits |
Photography, Oliver Stapleton; film editing, Mick Andsley; music, Ludus Tonalis; writer, Hanif Kureishi; producers, Sarah Radclyffe, Tim Bevan; director, Stephen Frears |
| Performer |
Cast: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Shirley Anne Field |
| Notes |
BBFC rating: 15. Film censor's office: 15 |
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Subtitles in English for the hearing impaired |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Pakistanis -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Youth -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Self-service laundries -- England -- London -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Foreign films
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Frears, Stephen.
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Radclyffe, Sarah, 1950-
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Kureishi, Hanif.
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Jaffrey, Saeed, 1929-2015.
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Seth, Roshan, 1942-
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Day-Lewis, Daniel.
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