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Blinded by the Light / New Line Cinema presents in association with Levantine Films and Ingenious Media ; a Bend It Films production ; screenplay by Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges ; produced by Jane Barclay, Jamal Daniel, Gurinder Chadha ; directed by Gurinder Chadha.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 1000747909 | Warner Bros2000151345 | Warner Bros. | (disc)3000082291 | Warner Bros. | (container)12430788Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: [United States] : Warner Bros., [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Manzoor, Sarfraz, 1971- Greetings from Bury Park
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Original score by A. R. Rahman ; director of photography, Ben Smithard.
Cast: Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Dean-Charles Chapman, Aaron Phagura.Summary: Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
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Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.

DVD; region 1; widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); descriptive audio.

Title from disc surface.

Viveik Kalra, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir, Nell Williams, Dean-Charles Chapman, Aaron Phagura.

Based on the book "Greetings form Bury Park: race, religion and rock'n'roll" by Sarfraz Manzoor.

Wide screen.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2019.

Special feature: making-of featurette.

MPAA rating: PG-13 (thematic material and language including some ethnic slurs).

Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss,' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.

Original score by A. R. Rahman ; director of photography, Ben Smithard.

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