Sammy and Rosie Get Laid is a 1987 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears, with a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi.[2][4][5]
| Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Stephen Frears |
| Written by | Hanif Kureishi |
| Produced by | Tim Bevan Sarah Radclyffe |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Palace Pictures[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1.37 million[3] |
Plot
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Sammy and Rosie are a married couple, both leading a promiscuous bohemian lifestyle until Sammy's father, Rafi, comes to visit to escape past issues.
Cast
edit- Shashi Kapoor as Rafi
- Frances Barber as Rosie
- Claire Bloom as Alice
- Ayub Khan-Din as Sammy
- Roland Gift as Danny
- Wendy Gazelle as Anna
- Meera Syal as Rani
- Suzette Llewellyn as Vivia
- Lesley Manville as Margy
- Allister Bain as Father
- Cleo Sylvestre as Mother
- Gerard Horan as Restaurant Manager
Release
editThe film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival before opening in New York on 30 October 1987. In the United States, it was released as Sammy and Rosie. The film was the closing gala at the London Film Festival on 29 November 1987.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)". BBFC. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b Canby, Vincent (30 October 1987). "FILM: 'SAMMY AND ROSIE'". The New York Times. p. C5. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 28.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Movie Review (1987)". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Malcolm, Derek (10 November 1987). "America gets laid". The Guardian. p. 13.
Further reading
edit- Maurer, Yael (Spring 2014). "'Not English but Londoners': Hanif Kureishi's Sammy and Rosie Get Laid" (PDF). The Literary London Journal. 11 (1). The Literary London Society: 32–43. ISSN 1744-0807.
External links
edit- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid at IMDb
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid at Rotten Tomatoes
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid at Box Office Mojo
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