In early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children.
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Damien O'Donnell
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Title: East Is East (1999)
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| Linda Bassett | ... | ||
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Jordan Routledge | ... | |
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Emil Marwa | ... | |
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Raji James | ... | |
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Ian Aspinall | ... |
Nazir Khan
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Emma Rydal | ... | |
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Peggy
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Ben Keaton | ... | |
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Kriss Dosanjh | ... |
Poppa Khalid
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In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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This holiday weekend, America is heading 'East'! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
2 June 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Kelet az Kelet See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
£1,900,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£435,627 (United Kingdom), 7 November 1999, Limited ReleaseOpening Weekend USA:
$53,569, 16 April 2000, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$4,170,647, 10 September 2000Company Credits
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from "Pakeezah" (1971)
Licensed courtesy of The Grammophone Company of India Ltd.
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Trivia
Based on a popular stage production of the same name; most of the actors returned to reprise their roles in the movie. See more »Goofs
On the rooftops, modern metal gas vents are seen in place of the ceramic chimney pots that would have been in use at the time. See more »Quotes
Auntie Annie: Our Peter knows how far he can go before I knock him to Kingdom Come. And that's just my husband Mrs. Shah.See more »
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Special thanks to ... and all the residents of Openshaw. See more »Soundtracks
Chalo dildar chalofrom "Pakeezah" (1971)
Licensed courtesy of The Grammophone Company of India Ltd.
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East is East" is a refreshing inventive family story. Directly the first scene where two different religions and also two opposing views of life (namely the children's and the view of their conservative father) clash together. With the funny way of telling which is typical for the whole film, nevertheless the problems are shown in their graveness. The cast represents every member of this Pakistani family as an individual but the good relations between the siblings and their mother is shown as realistic as the problematic relation between them and their incorrigible father. The viewer gets the impression of a different culture but he will recognize a lot of aspects of his own family life, too, what was aimed by the makers who brought in the personal experiences. All in all, this movie is an evening-filling enrichment for the viewer.