31. That's what happened to " Laundrette " after it acquired the protective patina of a theatrical release. 32. "My Beautiful Laundrette " : As a bisexual street punk in this urban romantic comedy from Stephen Frears. 33. Several well-known directors had already been approached, including Stephen Frears ( High Fidelity, My Beautiful Laundrette ). 34. "This is a return to the dancing sympathy that suffused Frears'` My Beautiful Laundrette . "' 35. As they dance together in the laundrette , Omar and Johnny make love in the back room, narrowly escaping discovery. 36. After Salim arrives and enters the laundrette , the punks, who had been lying in wait, trash his car. 37. Elton is given the task of getting close to Rose Tyler's mother laundrette and is invited to her apartment. 38. That company's first major production was the Stephen Frears film " My Beautiful Laundrette " in 1985. 39. Encountering that evil in Hanif Kureishi's script for " My Beautiful Laundrette " saddened him, Frears said. 40. Frears made " My Beautiful Laundrette " for British television, never figuring it had potential for a theatrical release.