My Beautiful Laundrette

"A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture."

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Ratings & Reviews

6.7/10

302 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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Academy Awards

📋 1 nomination

Nominated

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

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Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$860,000

Production Cost

Worldwide

$2.5M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$1.6M

ROI: +185%

Budget Recovery285% of budget

$0|Budget: $860,000|Revenue: $2.5M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

27.8K

Daily Avg

463

7-Day Trend

-14%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Battersea

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Story Setting

Set In

London

Time Period

1980s

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Oliver Stapleton

Film Editing

Mick Audsley

Music / Score

Stanley Myers

Costume Design

Lindy Hemming

Production Companies

Working Title FilmsFilm4 Productions

Distributors

iTunesNetflixOrion PicturesFandango at Home

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch My Beautiful Laundrette

Available in 13 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaR	—	—	Amazon Video, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom15	Channel 4 Plus	—	—	—
Canada	—	—	Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom15

Germany16

France12

JapanR15+

South Korea18

Netherlands12

Production

Director

Stephen Frears

Writers

Hanif Kureishi, Hanif Kureishi

Production Companies

Working Title FilmsSAF ProductionsChannel Four Films

Cast

Gordon Warnecke

Omar Ali

Daniel Day-Lewis

Johnny Burfoot

Roshan Seth

Hussein "Papa" Ali

Saeed Jaffrey

Nasser Ali

Derrick Branche

Salim N. Ali

Rita Wolf

Tania N. Ali

Souad Faress

Cherry N. Ali

Shirley Anne Field

Rachel

Richard Graham

Genghis

Garry Cooper

Squatter

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Charu Bala Chokshi

Bilquis

No Image

Persis Maravala

Nasser's Elder Daughter

Tags & Keywords

london, englandskinheadsocietyfascismimmigrationfamily business laundromatworking classracismcar dealershipracial tensionlaundrylgbtalcoholic fatherstar crossed lovers

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