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.
MPAA Rating: PG-13; for thematic material and language including some ethnic slurs.|||adult
New Line Cinema presents ; in association with Levantine Films and Ingenious Media ; a Bend It Films production ; executive producers, Tory Metzger, Renee Witt, Peter Touche, Stephen Spence, Hannah Leader, Tracy Nurse, Paul Mayeda Berges ; screenplay by Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges ; produced by Jane Barclay, Jamal Daniel ; produced and directed by Gurinder Chadha.
Inspired by the words and music of Bruce Springsteen.
Based on the memoir, "Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock n' Roll" by Sarfraz Manzoor.
Special feature: Making-of featurette.
Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Dean-Charles Chapman.
Director of photography, Ben Smithard, B.S.C. ; original score by A.R. Rahman ; editor, Justin Krish ; production designer, Nick Ellis.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (aspect ratio 2.39) presentation, Dolby 5.1 surround.
English audio ; French and Spanish subtitles, English SDH ; English descriptive audio.
