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Release Date:
14 April 2000 (USA)
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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...
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Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards.
Another 15 wins
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7 nominations
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(9 articles)
Om Puri "livid" over Ahuja comparison
(From digitalspy. 11 November 2009, 2:43 AM, PST)
Irish Crew Board 'East is East' Sequel
(From IFTN. 28 September 2009, 7:24 AM, PDT)
(From digitalspy. 11 November 2009, 2:43 AM, PST)
Irish Crew Board 'East is East' Sequel
(From IFTN. 28 September 2009, 7:24 AM, PDT)
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A different side of England
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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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96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
USA:TV-PG (TV rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Egypt:(Banned) |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Italy:T |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:11 |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Australia:M
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Banned in Egypt.
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Anachronisms: Terraced housing in Salford would have had sash windows back in 1971/2. Only one house had them in the shots.
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George Khan:
...when I come this country, I have no luggage. Today what I got?
Meenah Khan: You got a chip shop. dad.
George Khan: Right. Own bloody business, see.
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Meenah Khan: You got a chip shop. dad.
George Khan: Right. Own bloody business, see.
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Features "The Clangers" (1969)
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Moving
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I wish there were more movies about the different cultures in the UK. Not just the Anglo, but the Pakistani and West Indian perspectives. Even the Southeast Asian view. The East Indians have shown great strides with movies like "Bend It Like Beckham" and a few others. This movie got away from me until recently. I saw in the library video section and decided to check it out. The box is very deceptive. They put a young interracial couple, front and center on the cover when actually their subplot is very peripheral to the story. I guess the movie studio figured they'd get a wider audience interested with younger faces on the cover since the main characters look to be in their 50s.
George Khan (Om Puri) has left his native Pakistan to live in the UK with its soveriegnty ties. Though he has a wife back in his homeland (she is only mentioned, not seen), he marries a white Englishwoman, Ella (Lynda Bassett). They have 7 kids: 6 boys and 1 girl. Flash forward to the late 60s (where the movie actually begins) and we see his kids are truly English in behavior though he stresses that they must go to Mosque to study and worship. His oldest is to be wed in an arranged marriage to a woman he hardly knows. He runs out in the middle of the ceremony in fear, embarrassing his family especially his father who disowns him. This sets the tone of the movie. His kids are English-born and want to live like their friends in their working-class neighborhood but George wants to raise them as traditional Muslims, despite opposition from his wife, Ella, who only wants the kids to be happy. She tries to help them avoid run-ins with their father who despite his cheerfulness is quite an ogre when angered. The kids range in attitude and indifference toward George's attempts to introduce them to the traditional ways.
This is a decent introduction to East Indian life in the UK especially since it's set during a time when there was political strife over immigration of non-whites into Britain. Though it's an effective comedy, it also touches on the frustration immigrants of any culture go through to hold onto or reject their identity. The only thing marring this movie is a domestic violence scene that may bother some. Still a very good movie worth seeing.