East Is East

Starring:Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi, Emil Marwa, Chris Bisson, Jimi Mistry, Raji James, Ian Aspinall, Lesley Nicol, Emma Rydal, Ruth Jones, Ben Keaton, Kriss Dosanjh, John Bardon, Gary Damer, Albert Moses (II), Jimmi Harkishin, Rosalind March, Kaleem Janjua
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Studio: Miramax
Product Type: DVD

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Manchester in 1971 is not the ideal time and place to raise a proper Pakistani family. But George Khan (Om Puri), father of seven unruly moppets and husband to a willful British wife (Linda Bassett), is determined to wield his influence over his clan. But what a clan this is, with Nazir (Ian Aspinall), who refuses his arranged wife; Saleem (Chris Bisson) who creates--shall we say controversial?--works of art; Tariq (Jimi Mistry), the mod boy who lives for discos and English girls; Meenah (Archie Panjabi), the only girl and tomboy extraordinaire; and Sajid (Jordan Routledge), who lives in a dirty fur-trimmed parka. Abdul (Raji James) and Maneer (Emil Marwa) stay more quietly in the background, although they lend their voices to the chorus of dissent against traditional ways.

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Manchester in 1971 is not the ideal time and place to raise a proper Pakistani family. But George Khan (Om Puri), father of seven unruly moppets and husband to a willful British wife (Linda Bassett), is determined to wield his influence over his clan. But what a clan this is, with Nazir (Ian Aspinall), who refuses his arranged wife; Saleem (Chris Bisson) who creates--shall we say controversial?--works of art; Tariq (Jimi Mistry), the mod boy who lives for discos and English girls; Meenah (Archie Panjabi), the only girl and tomboy extraordinaire; and Sajid (Jordan Routledge), who lives in a dirty fur-trimmed parka. Abdul (Raji James) and Maneer (Emil Marwa) stay more quietly in the background, although they lend their voices to the chorus of dissent against traditional ways.

East Is East is Damien O'Donnell's directorial debut, and he nails the raucous tone from the opening scene, a church parade where the Pakistani children must do some deft maneuvering to avoid being seen by their Muslim father. At times such as these, the film is a straightforward comedy, and the children milk the cultural differences for every laugh they can. Yet the film takes a more somber turn when Saleem balks at his father's insistence on arranging Saleem's marriage. Puri is magnificent straddling the line between lovable father and brute enemy as he demands that the others obey his will, and his performance can be difficult to watch as he metamorphoses. Sympathies toward the characters shift throughout the film, highlighting the superb acting of the entire cast. Ultimately, though, humor wins out, making East Is East a tremendously fun film. --Jenny Brown

Customer Reviews:

Compelling Storytelling.......2006-11-01

With a rare combination of edge, grit, song and dance, heart, obscenity, and hilarity, the director takes this stage play and turns it into an unrelenting examination of the explosive tensions involved in a Pakistani family's assimilation into British society. The performances are all remarkable, and you won't mistake this for something you've seen before even though it has elements of "Bend It Like Beckham."

..........2006-06-09

This "tragic comedy" by Ayub Khan-Din takes place in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. It deals with the conflicts between different cultures and generations by telling the story of the Khans, a Pakistani-English family living near Manchester.
George, a Pakistani, who has married an English woman called Ella, is the head of the family and makes an effort to educate his children in the traditional Pakistani way, which means: according to Muslim principles, including customs like circumcision and arranged marriage. But as the seven teenagers feel rather English than Pakistani, the despotic Muslim doesn't really succeed in doing so.
Although some of the characters have unlovable traits you are forced to sympathise with all of them.
"East is East" gives a comprehensive impression of Pakistani life in Britain, considering both: advantages and problems of an Eastern society in a Western world.
It is worth seeing.

What you should know about tickletackle, tinsel and traditions!!!.......2006-05-21

We watched the film "East is East" in our English class and we all liked it very much. It's a film about a Pakistani family in Salford, GB and their religious and cultural problems. George, the strict Muslim father, tyrannizes his children and his English wife, Ella. He wants to force his sons to marry Pakistani women against their will. The father is very aggressive and brutal and often uses violence against his family. The film shows very well the Pakistani traditions, e.g. the marriage at the beginning. The oldest son Nazir wears tinsel to hide his face. When he puts away his tinsel, he recognizes.....

We don't want to say too much! Whatch the film. It's very funny!

Just Awesome!.......2006-02-27

When the first copy got scratched, we bought a second one. This is the kind of movie you just need to watch and enjoy - funny and serious, dealing with real issues, and so well done! Of course, this movie is meant for the culturally and racially open minded people - this movie speaks about tolerance and cultural clashes and integration, all things that should be a part of our lives, daily and forever!

A Must-See!

M. Garzoni
Acton, Mass

watch it.......2006-02-15

This movie is about an english family with a pakistani father. It deals with the problems, they have with each other, because the children are more english, but the father wants them to be like pakistanis. There are also many other cultural, religious and social problems. I think, it has a great humour and it's also very exciting to watch, because of the unexpected turns. I would recommend it highly!

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Dripping with politics...
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Brigitte Lin shines in delirious Hong Kong wire fu classic.......2005-01-28

THE EAST IS RED (1993), a sequel to SWORDSMAN II (1992), is the crowning achievement in the long career of Taiwan-born Hong Kong cinema diva Brigitte Lin (who retired a year later). She is at her highest-flying, gravity-defying best here as Asia the Invincible, a kung fu master who'd obtained the powers of the Sacred Scroll and changed from a man into a woman as a result. Here, four months after her "death" in Part II, she comes back on the scene with the help of a Chinese court officer monitoring transgressions by Spanish and Japanese warships, and seeks to root out the cults that have sprouted in her name and destroy the fake Asia the Invincibles who have emerged to run these cults. One of the fakes is Snow (Joey Wang), who'd been Asia's lover when she'd been a man and who, we find, still loves the transformed Asia. Officer Koo (Yu Rongguang), watching these two beautiful women from the sidelines, gets mighty frustrated.

The film is shot through with the kind of grace and beauty that we only got in Hong Kong costume adventures. Every shot is gorgeous, every cut is perfect, every effect is breathtaking. The more fantastic the action, the more we suspend our disbelief, thanks to the ingenious staging and precision cutting. Characters never walk or take a boat when they can fly or run at high speed along the surface of the water. Characters rip the sails off ships and use them to fly through the air. Cannons are lifted as if they were rifles and ships are pushed back and forth by hand. Underneath it all is a deeply bitter romantic undercurrent. Never have I seen love, despair and rage so intertwined. Raw emotions propel the action and give a dreamy, delirious quality to the proceedings. Never has there been a Hong Kong film quite like this one and never will there be another one.

It wouldn't hurt to see SWORDSMAN II first, although it's not absolutely necessary. (SWORDSMAN I, from 1990, has very little, if any, connection, to the two sequels.) This upgraded DVD release offers 16:9 anamorphic enhancement and is far superior in quality to the earlier edition.

Skip this.......2002-07-28

This show is produced due to the highly successful of swordman II. However, it has a lousy plot. It continued from the 2nd episode saying Brigitte Lin is not dead and his (her?) concubine come and find him (her?). Any way, it really has no story plot at all. Just some nice fighting moves and trying to pass off as a movie. Skip this. Worst of the trilogy.

A must have for Brigitte Lin fans.......2001-09-05

This film is great simply for the fact that is alomst centers completely on Brigitte Lin's character. She lights up the screen as Asia, the Invincible. This film is interesting because there is no clear good guy/bad guy. The three main characters are really neither good or bad. Like so many people in real life. The plot starts out wonderfully with Asia in hiding, then setting out to rid the world of her imposters, then about three quarters into the movie the storyline heads downhill. The ending is a disapointing way to end a great trilogy. There are two elements that subtract from the overall movie. One element is the terrible subtitles. The other element is the weak ending which I mentioned earlier. This film is a must have for any Brigitte Lin fans (and everyone should be). The cinematography is excelent, some of the scenes in this movie will be embeded in my mind forever. In regards to the Swordsman trilogy, I liked the first the least simply because of the lack of star power. Jet Li an Brigitte Lin led Swordsman 2. The East is Red is led by Brigitte Lin and there is no question whose movie it is.

Dripping with politics..........2001-05-17

Dragon Inn is soaked with political subtext, but manages to wind up a fantastic Kung-Fu epic... The East Is Red is much the same thing with regard to the politics, but the movie suffers for it. Unless you really want to watch a bad kung-fu epic that serves as a metaphor for the handover of China, then I'd suggest staying away from this pitiful film. Swordsman 1 and 2 are far superior and this film is barely a sequel. Just pretend that only 2 Swordsman films were made and that this one was just a bad dream.

good action, fun flick.......2001-02-13

Kung fu master Ku misguidedly leads Spanish soldiers to the grave of Asia the Invincible (brilliantly overplayed by Brigitte Lin) to seize some Secret Scrolls -- a source of untold power. Well, apparently she's alive, and easily dispatches both the Spanish and a small army of ninjas (whose galleon converts into a submarine), before escaping on the back of a marlin. She now embarks upon a mission to destroy the numerous false pretenders to her title, ripping hearts and bodies asunder with her flying kung fu needles! With insane action sequences and hopelessly botched subtitles, it's hard to tell whether this was intended as a camp masterpiece, a genre parody, or what. - SP

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What you should know about tickletackle, tinsel and traditions!!!
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Starring: Om Puri , Linda Bassett , Jordan Routledge , Archie Panjabi , and Emil Marwa
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