Thursday 20 November 2008

East Is East.

Directed by Damien O'Donnell
Written by Ayub Khan-Din
Starring Om Puri
Linda Bassett
Jordan Routledge
Music by Deborah Mollison
Distributed by Channel 4 Films (UK theatrical)
Miramax (US theatrical)
Release date(s) November 5, 1999
Running time 96 mins
Country UK
Language English/Urdu
Budget £1.9m

East is East is a BAFTA award-winning British comedy film released in 1999.

It is set in a mixed-race household with a Pakistani father and a British mother in Salford, in 1971.

East is East is based on the play of the same name by Ayub Khan-Din. It was directed by Damien O'Donnell.