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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with ... See full summary » Director:Stephen FrearsWriter:Hanif Kureishi |
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Title: Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
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Rafi Rahman
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Rosie Hobbs
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Alice
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Sammy
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Anna
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Vivia
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Rani
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Tessa Wojtczak | ... |
Bridget
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Eva
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Margy
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Woman in Kitchen
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Asian Shopkeeper
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Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Raffi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Raffi try to find meaning through their lives and loves. Written by Martin Lewison <milst1@cislabs.pitt.edu>
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30 October 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Sammy y Rosie van a la cama See more »Filming Locations:
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$1,196,336 (USA)Company Credits
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Written by Ed Stratton and Vlad Naslas
Performed by Jack 'n' Chill
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During its initial release, many American newspapers would not run ads with the full title. Ads would show "Sammy and Rosie" printed at the top of a poster, with the bottom part shredded up. See more »Soundtracks
"The Jack That House Built"Written by Ed Stratton and Vlad Naslas
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I think that for the movie to make any sense, you have to have some knowledge of what's going on politically, culturally, historically, etc. Most of the detractors I've seen appear not to know the background. It's set during Thatcher's time in England. Sammy and Rosie are a hip urban couple. Their politics are progressive, and they live in a rough, racially mixed area of London. Sammy's father, once an important politician in his home country, has come to the London of his youth to retire; he'd gone to school there. His arrival upsets the balance of earnestness and hypocrisy in their lives.
One of the reasons I love movie is that no one gets off the hook-- it's challenging. People who seem politically correct and sincere have gaping flaws when their surface is scratched.
It's got one of my favorite scenes and lines ever. Sammy's father Rafi visits his great unrequited love Alice, played by the great Claire Bloom, and consummates his love, but she ultimately lambasts him, telling him he could have had her, but instead he must "content (himself) with having introduced flogging for minor offenses, nuclear capability and partridge-shooting into your country."