East Is East Movie Review 1999

Culture clash comedy is set in 1971 in the northern working-class community of Salford, England. Pakistani immigrant George Khan (Puri) is the would-be stern patriarch to a brood of six sons and one daughter. While he wants to raise his kids traditionally, they're rebelling. Especially in the marriage department: despite his own long marriage to the English Ella (Bassett), George tries to arrange marriages to fellow Pakistanis for his two eldest sons, with disastrous results. Story is swift-paced, definitely not p.c., and is told in amusingly broad strokes. Based on Khan-Din's play.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Culture Clash, Marriage, Adapted from a Play, Period Piece: 1970s, Immigration, Family Comedy

Screenplay

Ayub Khan-Din

Cast

Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Archie Panjabi, Chris Bisson, Jimi Mistry, Ian Aspinall, Jordan Routledge, Raji James

Cinematography

Brian Tufano

Director

Damien O'Donnell

Music

Deborah Mollison

Producer

Miramax Films

Awards

British Acad. 1999: Film.