Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

1987 British film

Shashi Kapoor
Frances Barber
Claire Bloom
Ayub Khan-Din
Roland Gift
Wendy Gazelle

CinematographyOliver StapletonMusic byStanley Myers

Production
companies

FilmFour International
Working Title Films

Distributed byPalace Pictures^[1]

Release date

13 September 1987 (1987-09-13)

Running time

101 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget£1.37 million^[2]

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid is a 1987 British film directed by Stephen Frears, with a screenplay by Hanif Kureishi.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Plot

Sammy and Rosie are a married couple, both leading a promiscuous bohemian lifestyle until Sammy's father comes to visit to escape past issues.

Cast

Shashi Kapoor as Rafi
Frances Barber as Rosie
Claire Bloom as Alice
Ayub Khan-Din as Sammy
Roland Gift as Danny
Meera Syal as Ranii
Lesley Manville as Margy

References

^ "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)". BBFC. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "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.
^ Canby, Vincent (30 October 1987). "FILM: 'SAMMY AND ROSIE'". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^ "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.

External links

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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