My Beautiful Laundrette
“A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.”
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
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Cast
32 people
Gordon Warnecke
Omar Ali
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Roshan Seth
Hussein "Papa" Ali
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Nasser Ali
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Stephen Frears Director · Hanif Kureishi Writer Hans Zimmer Composer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $860K · United States release March 7, 1986
Box office
Budget
$860,000
Worldwide gross
$2,451,545
Gross vs. budget
2.9×
Production
Working Title
Production
SAF Productions
Production
Channel Four Films
Production
Working Title Films
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Urdu
Release dates
United Kingdom · August 18, 1985
Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
United Kingdom · November 16, 1985
Theatrical
United States · March 7, 1986
Theatrical
Canada
September 7, 1985 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
September 3, 1986 · Theatrical
April 20, 1993 · Physical · VHS
March 11, 2003 · Physical · DVD
November 26, 2015 · Digital
November 26, 2015 · Physical · Blu-ray
November 18, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
September 18, 1986 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 1, 2025 · Theatrical · 40th Anniversary Re-Release
Japan
March 20, 1987 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 6, 1986 · Theatrical
March 17, 2009 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
June 15, 1996 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 10, 2001 · Physical · DVD
August 21, 2017 · Physical
August 1, 2025 · Theatrical · 40th Anniversary Re-Release
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