2) The production company was Working Title.
3) Characters: Hussein family (Nasser, Salim, Ali and Omar)
Setting: London
Style: Comedy, Drama, Romance
4) Selling points for this film include; having Daniel Day Lewis in it, being one of Working Titles first films and being one of the first films about gay Pakistanis.
5) Back in 1985 this film would have been hard to sell as it was about gay Pakistanis. Most people had never seen a film about this as it was a bit of a taboo subject. Now it may be harder to sell as it is classed as an old film and compared to films that are out at the moment and the editing they use, it would probably pale by comparison. Films now are full of special effects and use big actors and actresses, MBLaundrette doesn't.
6) Synopsis from the Working Title website: My beautiful laundrette is set in London during the Thatcher years and is the story of Omar (Gordon Warnecke), a young Asian man who takes over his uncle's laundrette. He is helped by his white boyfriend Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis), who in turn is harranged by his neo-nazi friends who are out to taunt him for his association with Omar.
Cast & Crew:
| Omar | Gordon Warnecke |
| Johnny | Daniel Day Lewis |
| Nasser | Saeed Jaffrey |
| Papa | Roshan Seth |
| Salim | Derrick Branche |
| Rachel Noyce | Shirley Anne Field |
| Director | Steven Frears |
| Writer | Hanif Kureishi |
| Producer | Tim Bevan |
| Producer | Sarah Radclyffe |
| Cinematographer | Oliver Stapleton |
| Music | Stanley Myers |
7) 8) 9) Awards and nominations; | Ludus Tonalis Oscar Nomination, |
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