Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stephen Frears
Written by	Hanif Kureishi
Produced by	Tim Bevan Sarah Radclyffe
Starring	Shashi Kapoor Frances Barber Claire Bloom Ayub Khan-Din Roland Gift Wendy Gazelle
Cinematography	Oliver Stapleton
Music by	Stanley Myers
Production companies	FilmFour International Working Title Films
Distributed by	Palace Pictures[1]
Release dates	13 September 1987 (1987-09-13) (Toronto International Film Festival) 30 October 1987 (1987-10-30) (New York[2])
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£1.37 million[3]

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]

Plot

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

• 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

The 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

1. "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)". BBFC. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
2. Canby, Vincent (30 October 1987). "FILM: 'SAMMY AND ROSIE'". The New York Times. p. C5. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
3. "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.
4. "BFI Screenonline: Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
5. "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Movie Review (1987)". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
6. Malcolm, Derek (10 November 1987). "America gets laid". The Guardian. p. 13.

Further reading

• 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

• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid at IMDb 
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid at Rotten Tomatoes
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid at Box Office Mojo