Title:
My beautiful laundrette [blu-ray]
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
©2015
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781681430232
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Widescreen (1.66:1)
Special features: New conversation between director Stephen Frears and producer Colin MacCabe; New interviews with writer Hanif Kureishi, producers Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe, and director of photography Oliver Stapleton; trailer.
Performers:
Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Derrick Branche, Shirley Anne Field.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray; region A; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; LPCM 1.0 monaural.
Geographic Term:
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English with opti0nal English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
Audience:
MPAA rating: R. CHV rating: R (from earlier DVD release).