My Beautiful Laundrette | Stephen Frears

In Stephen Frears groundbreaking and hugely successful drama, Omar (Gordon Warnecke), the son of a Pakistani immigrant, 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).Written by Hanif Kureishi (The Buddha of Suburbia), My Beautiful Laundrette's bold exploration of sexuality, race, class and generational difference is compassionate, humorous and entertaining. A commercial and critical success, it earned Hanif Kureishi an Oscar® nomination for Best Screenplay and launched the career of Daniel Day-Lewis.Special featuresPresented in High Definition and Standard Definition1986 Q&A at the ICA with Stephen Frears, Hanif Kureishi, Sarah Radclyffe and Tim Bevan (1986, 98 mins, audio only)Gordon Warnecke on My Beautiful Laundrette (2015, 25 mins)Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (Stephen Frears, Michael Dibb, 1994, 77 mins): director Stephen Frears affectionate exploration of British cinema and the films that influenced himI'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 BeckhamMemsahib Rita (Prathiba Parma, 1994, 19 mins): a short film starring Nisha Nayar and Meera Syal exploring the physical and emotional violence of racismIllustrated booklet with full film credits and essays by Sarfraz Manzoor, Sukhdev Sandu, Simran Hans, Michael Brooke and Alex DavidsonUK | 1985 | colour | 98 mins | English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles| original aspect ratio 1.66:1 | cert 15 | Filmul nu are subtitrare in limba romana. / This movie does not have Romanian subtitles.