Blinded by the light

The Resource Blinded by the light
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Blinded by the light
Statement of responsibility
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 ; directed and produced by Gurinder Chadha
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  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
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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LMJ
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videorecording
Credits note
Original score by A.R. Rahman ; editor, Justin Krish ; director of photography, Ben Smithard
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13 (thematic material and language including some ethnic slurs)
Language note
English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); descriptive audio
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Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra, Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, Dean-Charles Chapman, Rob Brydon, Hayley Atwell
Runtime
118
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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