My Son the Fanatic (Original title)

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Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 01 May 1998 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Director: Udayan Prasad

Synopsis: Parvez is a Pakistani cab driver living in Bradford. While his home life becomes fraught when his son decides he is an Islamist fundamentalist, Parvez finds himself drawn more and more towards Bettina, a white prostitute who regularly uses his cab.

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Subjects: Cultural identity, Islamic fundamentalism

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Releases
Date: 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 87 mins Dialogue (original): English

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©: Son of Zephyr Limited, Production Company: Zephyr Films, Production Company: BBC Films, Production Company: UGC Droits Audiovisuels, Production Company: Arts Council of England, Executive Producer: George Faber, Producer: Chris Curling, Line Producer: Anita Overland, Production Manager: Philip Robertson, Production Co-ordinator: Ann Lynch, Production Accountant: Jim Hajicosta, Accounts Assistant: Clive Osborne, Location Manager: Mark Stephenson, Location Liaison: Michael Harm, Assistant Location Manager: Sam Taylor, Location Assistant: Carn Burton, Post-production Supervisor: Alistair Hopkins, Producer's Assistant: Pippa Best, Production Assistant: Andy Stebbing, Production Secretary: Jo Barker, Production Runner: Suk Sahota, Researcher: Yaseen Rahman, Assistant Director (1st): Nick Laws, Assistant Director (2nd): Mike Elliott, Assistant Director (3rd): John Withers, Script Supervisor: Emma Thomas, Casting: Simone Ireland, Casting: Vanessa Pereira, Crowd Casting: Aisha Wazir, Written by: Hanif Kureishi, Based on a short story by: Hanif Kureishi, Director of Photography: Alan Almond, Focus Puller: John Bremer, 2nd Unit Focus Puller: Camillo Spath, Grip: Richard Davies, Camera Trainee: Damon Randall, Low Loader Operator: Clive Noy, Stills Photographer: Joth Shakerly, Special Effects: Ian Rowley, Special Effects: Steve Breheney, Special Effects: Dougie Robson, Editor: David Gamble, 1st Assistant Editor: Kate Buckland, Production Designer: Grenville Horner, Art Director: Colin Blaymires, Art Director: Sarah Kane, Production Buyer: Dominic Smithers, Props Master: Andy Ludford, Standby Props: Ross Wilson, Ashley Stones, Dressing Props: Brian Sayce, Costume Designer: Mary-Jane Reyner, Costume Supervisor: Sandra Milman, Make-up Designer: Penny Smith, Opticals/Titles: Cine Image, Original Music: Stephen Warbeck, Music Performed by: Iain Ballamy, Music Performed by: B.K. Chandrashekhar, Music Performed by: Paul Clarvis, Music Performed by: Stuart Hall, Music Performed by: John Parricelle, Music Performed by: Martin Robertson, Music Performed by: Ralph Salmins, Huw Warren, Music Recordist/Mixer: Steve Parr, Music Recorded/Mixed @: Hear No Evil Studios (London), Music Consultant: Charlie Gillett, Sound Recordist: Albert Bailey, Re-recording Mixer: Adrian Rhodes, Post-production: De Lane Lea, Boom Operator: Dick Philip, Sound Maintenance: Anne Dodsworth, Supervising Sound Editor: Nick Adams, Assistant Sound Editor: Paul Wrightson, Dialogue Editor: Tim Hands, FX Editor: Sam Southwick, ADR Editor: Gordon Brown, Foley Editor: Imogen Pollard, Stunt Co-ordinator: Clive Curtis, Negative Cutter: Sylvia Wheeler, Grader: Colin Coull, Dialogue Coach: Joan Washington, Unit Publicist: Undine Marshfield, Cowan Symes & Associates, Studio: Ealing Studios

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Om Puri (Parvez), Rachel Griffiths (Bettina), Stellan Skarsgård (Schitz), Akbar Kurtha (Farid), Gopi Desai (Minoo), Harish Patel (Fizzy), Bhasker Patel (The Maulvi), Sarah Jane Potts (Madelaine Fingerhut), Judi Jones (Mrs Fingerhut), Geoffrey Bateman (Chief Inspector Fingerhut), Bernard Wrigley (drunk man), Moya Brady (druggy prostitute), Badi Uzzaman (man in mosque), Andy Devine (comedian), Shiv Grewal (waiter), Omar Salimi (Rashid), Dev Sagoo (taxi controller), Rowena King (Margot), Olwen May, Alison Burrows (prostitute), Parvez Qadir, Shakher Bassi (acolyte), Balraj Singh Somal, Rez Kempton (driver)

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