My Beautiful Laundrette
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My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 British comedy-drama film that explores race, class, and sexuality in Thatcher-era London through the story of a young British-Pakistani man running a laundrette with his white former lover.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| My Beautiful Laundrette canonical | 7 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay by Hanif Kureishi ⓘ |
| castMember |
Daniel Day-Lewis
NERFINISHED
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Derrick Branche NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Warnecke NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Roshan Seth NERFINISHED ⓘ Saeed Jaffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Anne Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Souad Faress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Oliver Stapleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Stephen Frears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Curzon Films
NERFINISHED
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Orion Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Mick Audsley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Edinburgh International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| genre |
LGBT-related film
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comedy-drama ⓘ independent film ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Johnny
NERFINISHED
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Omar Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lindsay Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
British-Pakistani identity
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class ⓘ interracial gay relationship ⓘ race ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early prominent gay relationship depiction in British cinema
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portrayal of Thatcher-era social and economic tensions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Channel 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Sarah Radclyffe
NERFINISHED
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Tim Bevan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Channel 4 Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1985-11-18 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 97 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Hanif Kureishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Thatcher era ⓘ |
| writer | Hanif Kureishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.