Although this was director Stephen Frears' third feature, it was the first to earn him widespread notoriety and put his career on firm footing.
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Along with A ROOM WITH A VIEW, this film established Daniel Day-Lewis as one of the leading actors of British cinema.
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Screenwriter Hanef Kureishi, then 29, collaborated with Frears on one more project, SAMMY AND ROSIE GET LAID, which continued to explore many of the same issues--race, class, and the effect of the Thatcher government on Britishsociety. Kureishi has since published novels and directed his own films.
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Estimated budget: $900,000.
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"The working class is such a great disappointment to me."--Papa (Roshan Seth) to Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis)
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"I'm a professional businessman, not a professional Pakastani."--Nasser (Saeed Jaffrey) to Omar (Gordon Warnecke)
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"Everything is waiting for you. The only thing that ever waited for me is your father."--Rachel (Shirley Anne Field) to Tania (Rita Wolf)
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