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East Is East

Year:

2000

Duration:

96 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Damien O'Donnell

Awards:

Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 16 wins & 8 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2000-04-14

Filming Locations: Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $53,569 (USA) (16 April 2000)

Gross: $4,170,647 (USA) (10 September 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Gary Damer

Emil Marwa

East Is East

Archie Panjabi

Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

Jordan Routledge

Sajid 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

Albert Moses

Abdul Karim

Jimmi Harkishin

Iyaaz Ali Khan

Rosalind March

Helen Karim

Kaleem Janjua

Mullah

Gary Lewis

Mark

Roger Morlidge

Fat Twat

Ralph Birtwell

Doctor

Madhav Sharma

Mr. Shah

Saikat Ahamed

Zaid

Bruce McGregor

Bouncer

Margaret Blakemore

Trisha

Thierry Harcourt

Etienne Francois

Leena Dhingra

Mrs. Shah

Tallat Nawaz

Nigget Shah

Sharmeen Rafi

Nushaaba Shah

Blake

Great Dane

Riot

Afghan

Enid Dunn

Judy (uncredited)

Preeya Kalidas

Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

Enoch Powell

Himself - Giving Speech (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Trivia

All of the actors portraying George's children were born in England and found it easy to relate to their character's feelings of being brought up to be British while being expected to maintain their family's cultural values and beliefs.

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The set department struggled to find authentic 1970s wallpaper and carpeting and had to pay a substantial amount of money to have it specially made for the production.

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Throughout the film, Abdul is revealed to be nicknamed Gunga Din by his workmates due to his being Pakistani. In a deleted scene, he ultimately lets this take its toll on him and lashes out at one of his workmates for this while drinking at a pub.

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Goofs

The lamp posts are too new for 1971. It is possible that most side streets were still gas lit with ornate cast iron poles or with smaller concrete posts.

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When the family enter Bradford they run over speed bumps which wouldn't be around in the 1970s.

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When the Khan family set off for Bradford in the van, a very large camera crew of about a dozen people are visible, reflected in the van.

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Quotes

George Khan: You can't have this thing puttarrr. It no belong to you.

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Ella Khan: The children have a right to know.

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Mrs. Shah: I believe in strict discipline. Especially in a NON-Pakistani environment.

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Faq

During the movie....

The daughter, is dancing in the back garden with the brush... What Bollywood movie is this Song from and what is the name of the song, because I love it but cannot for the life of me remember the names.....http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067546/soundtrack (the song you where asking is in 2nd number "Inhi Logon Ne")

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