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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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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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Certification:
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: In the film they constantly use the term "shillings" when referring to prices and money. Britain ditched the pounds, shilling and pence currency in February 1971 - and adopted the present pounds and pence decimal system. In the opening scene of the film the caption read "Salford, Manchester, 1971" and after the eldest brother ran away from his marriage a second caption, in more or less the second or third scene, then read "six months later" thus meaning that Britain had by then changed currency. As a result, when one of the brothers keeps begging his mum for ten shillings etc, it was factually incorrect.
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Quotes:
[Abdul and Tariq approach a local nightclub]
Bouncer: All right, Tony, how ya goin' mate?
Tariq Khan: All right, Bazza?
Bouncer: Yeah, good to see ya. All right, in ya go.
Tariq Khan: Nice, mate.
Bouncer: [to Abdul] Where do you think you're going, smiler?
Tariq Khan: This is our kid, erm...
Abdul Khan: Arthur, me name's Arthur.
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Bouncer: All right, Tony, how ya goin' mate?
Tariq Khan: All right, Bazza?
Bouncer: Yeah, good to see ya. All right, in ya go.
Tariq Khan: Nice, mate.
Bouncer: [to Abdul] Where do you think you're going, smiler?
Tariq Khan: This is our kid, erm...
Abdul Khan: Arthur, me name's Arthur.
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Movie Connections:
Features "The Clangers" (1969)
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Soundtrack:
Wonderful World, Beautiful People
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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.