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My Beautiful Laundrette

An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

Director

Stephen Frears

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Box Office

$2,451,545

Production

Working Title Films,SAF Productions,Channel Four Films

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 6 nominations total

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Johnny

Daniel Day-Lewis

Genghis

Jamaican One

Jamaican Two

Salim

Derrick Branche

Squatter

Omar

Gordon Warnecke

Papa Hussein

Uncle Nasser

Rachel

Shirley Anne Field

Bilquis

Charu Bala Chokshi

Cherry

Tania

Nasser's Elder Daughter

Persis Maravala

Nasser's Younger Daughter

Englishman

Neil Cunningham

Dick O'Donnell

Zaki

Moose

Gang Member One

Gang Member Two

Telephone Man

Poet

Ram John Holder

Tariq

Student

Girl in Disco

Dealer

Kid One

Kid Two

Madame Butterfly Man

Zaki's Wife

Persis Khambatta

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Johnny Salim Omar Tania Gang Member

I'll send him to college in the autumn - My Beautiful Laundrette

I'll send him to college in the autumn

One thing more - My Beautiful Laundrette

Just keep moving - My Beautiful Laundrette

Just keep moving

Christ you move like a liner - My Beautiful Laundrette

Christ you move like a liner

In this damn country which we hate and love - My Beautiful Laundrette

In this damn country which we hate and love

What do you want to do with me What am I going to do with you - My Beautiful Laundrette

What do you want to do with me What am I going to do with...

You must be getting married - My Beautiful Laundrette

You must be getting married

Like me friends - My Beautiful Laundrette

Like me friends

You know who I met - My Beautiful Laundrette

You know who I met

I'm being promoted - My Beautiful Laundrette

I'm being promoted

It's nothing but a toilet and a youth club - My Beautiful Laundrette

It's nothing but a toilet and a youth club

On the other hand a little water on the brain might clear your thoughts - My Beautiful Laundrette

On the other hand a little water on the brain might clear...

Okay I'll charge you basic rent - My Beautiful Laundrette

Okay I'll charge you basic rent

You're one of us now Omar - My Beautiful Laundrette

You're one of us now Omar

I'm dead impressed by all this - My Beautiful Laundrette

I'm dead impressed by all this

What are you doing boy What am I doing - My Beautiful Laundrette

What are you doing boy What am I doing

What bloke - My Beautiful Laundrette

A launderette as big as the Ritz - My Beautiful Laundrette

A launderette as big as the Ritz

Why are you working for these people - My Beautiful Laundrette

Why are you working for these people

There's some things between them I'm looking into - My Beautiful Laundrette

There's some things between them I'm looking into

I'm a professional businessman not a professional Pakistani - My Beautiful Laundrette

I'm a professional businessman not a professional...

There ain't nothing I can say to make it up to you - My Beautiful Laundrette

There ain't nothing I can say to make it up to you

But where are those two buggers - My Beautiful Laundrette

But where are those two buggers

But first we must marry Omar off - My Beautiful Laundrette

But first we must marry Omar off

What the hell are you doing Sunbathing - My Beautiful Laundrette

What the hell are you doing Sunbathing

Bring Tania over here - My Beautiful Laundrette

Bring Tania over here

It took you a while to get on to us - My Beautiful Laundrette

It took you a while to get on to us

Where did you go You just disappeared - My Beautiful Laundrette

Where did you go You just disappeared

At school you and your friends kicked me all round the place - My Beautiful Laundrette

At school you and your friends kicked me all round the place

But today - My Beautiful Laundrette

I don't want my son in this - My Beautiful Laundrette

I don't want my son in this

We'll just have to do a job to get the money - My Beautiful Laundrette

We'll just have to do a job to get the money

Fuck me What's she doing with that mouse - My Beautiful Laundrette

Fuck me What's she doing with that mouse

I've got it - My Beautiful Laundrette

I thought you two were getting married Yes any day now - My Beautiful Laundrette

I thought you two were getting married Yes any day now

I'm going - My Beautiful Laundrette

I want to talk to Omo - My Beautiful Laundrette

I want to talk to Omo

This damn country has done us in - My Beautiful Laundrette

This damn country has done us in

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An ambitious Pakistani Briton and his white boyfriend strive for success and hope when they open a glamorous laundromat.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Stephen Frears

Writer: Hanif Kureishi

Production: Working Title Films,SAF Productions,Channel Four Films

Genre: comedy, drama, romance

Year: 1985

MetaScore: 75/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: $2,451,545

Released: 04 Apr 1986

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 6 nominations total

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