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My Beautiful Laundrette

1985 film by Stephen Frears
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My Beautiful Laundrette

Summary

My Beautiful Laundrette is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (584 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • My Beautiful Laundrette received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's director is recorded as Stephen Frears[5].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's screenwriter is recorded as Hanif Kureishi[6].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's composer is recorded as Stanley Myers[7].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's genre is recorded as romantic comedy[8].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's genre is recorded as comedy drama[9].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's genre is recorded as LGBTQ-related film[11].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Gordon Warnecke[12].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Daniel Day-Lewis[13].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Saeed Jaffrey[14].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Roshan Seth[15].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Richard Graham[16].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Shirley Anne Field[17].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Stephen Marcus[18].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Persis Khambatta[19].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Ayub Khan-Din[20].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's cast member is recorded as Gerard Horan[21].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's producer is recorded as Tim Bevan[22].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's producer is recorded as Sarah Radclyffe[23].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's production company is recorded as Working Title Films[24].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's production company is recorded as Film4 Productions[25].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's director of photography is recorded as Oliver Stapleton[26].
  • My Beautiful Laundrette's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0091578[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Tim Bevan[22] and Sarah Radclyffe[23]. My Beautiful Laundrette's director is recorded as Stephen Frears[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Hanif Kureishi[6]. Cast members include Gordon Warnecke[12], Daniel Day-Lewis[13], Saeed Jaffrey[14], Roshan Seth[15], Richard Graham[16], and Shirley Anne Field[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1985-01-01T00:00:00Z[28], +1986-09-25T00:00:00Z[29], +1985-11-16T00:00:00Z[30], +1986-03-07T00:00:00Z[31], and +1986-04-04T00:00:00Z[32]. Original languages include English[33] and Urdu[34]. Genres include romantic comedy[8], comedy drama[9], drama film[10], and LGBTQ-related film[11].

Reception

My Beautiful Laundrette received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]. Reviews include 98%[35], 8.3/10[36], and 75/100[37].

Why It Matters

My Beautiful Laundrette ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (584 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did My Beautiful Laundrette receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

Related Entities

Australia Daniel Day-Lewis film Hanif Kureishi London Netflix Orion Pictures Saeed Jaffrey Stephen Frears United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q18709181. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  28. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [36] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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