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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   7,578 votes
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Director:
Damien O'Donnell
Writers:
Ayub Khan-Din (play)
Ayub Khan-Din (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
14 April 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog. more
Plot:
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 15 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
BBC Films announces 'East Is East' sequel
 (From digitalspy. 19 May 2009, 11:14 AM, PDT)

Theatre star joins 'Emmerdale' cast
 (From digitalspy. 3 August 2008, 1:23 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
High-class movie more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Om Puri ... George Khan
Linda Bassett ... Ella Khan
Jordan Routledge ... Sajid Khan

Archie Panjabi ... Meenah Khan

Emil Marwa ... Maneer Khan
Chris Bisson ... Saleem Khan

Jimi Mistry ... Tariq Khan
Raji James ... Abdul Khan
Ian Aspinall ... Nazir Khan
Lesley Nicol ... Auntie Annie
Emma Rydal ... Stella Moorhouse
Ruth Jones ... Peggy
Ben Keaton ... Priest
Kriss Dosanjh ... Poppa Khalid
John Bardon ... Mr. Moorhouse
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | Urdu
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
FilmFour more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Banned in Egypt. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Nazier runs away from the wedding there's a shot of Tariq without his hat on, yet the next shot shows George with Tariq behind him removing his hat. more
Quotes:
[Annie meets Tariq and Abdul's brides to be]
Auntie Annie: [sarcastic] Is it these two. They're bleedin' gorgeous. You're lucky you pair aren't ya. Landin' a couple of belters like these.
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Movie Connections:
Features "The Clangers" (1969) more
Soundtrack:
Allah-hu more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
High-class movie, 4 October 2002
7/10
Author: ian_harris from London, England

A bitter-sweet comedy with some moments of truly stark drama, this is a high-class movie. Yes, there are randy dogs and fat, ugly girls - but the piece is a class act because it mixes those "laugh-out-loud funny" comic set pieces with great drama so cleverly.

Very much a period piece, the movie is set in Salford in 1971 - a telling time for a part-Pakistani family with Enoch Powell's shadow never too far away and the break-away of East Pakistan (Bangladesh-to-be)unravelling as the film goes on. The poverty of 1971 Salford with the outside toilet, bedpans and tin bath is excellently portrayed. And at a more mundane level, the constant sight of a bright orange space-hopper and its comedic demise is truly nostalgic, especially to this reviewer whose own space-hopper suffered a similar fate around 1971.

Superb acting performances all round - Linda Bassett used to be one of the better-kept secrets on the UK stage, but now I suppose the secret is out. Highly recommended movie.

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