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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

  • 1987
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.5K
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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
ComedyDramaRomance

Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional couple. They live amid chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody except each other. Things become interesting... Read allSammy and Rosie are an unconventional couple. They live amid chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody except each other. Things become interesting when Sammy's father visits.Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional couple. They live amid chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody except each other. Things become interesting when Sammy's father visits.

  • Director
    • Stephen Frears
  • Writer
    • Hanif Kureishi
  • Stars
    • Shashi Kapoor
    • Claire Bloom
    • Frances Barber
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
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    • Director
      • Stephen Frears
    • Writer
      • Hanif Kureishi
    • Stars
      • Shashi Kapoor
      • Claire Bloom
      • Frances Barber
    • 9User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    Shashi Kapoor and Ayub Khan-Din in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
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    Frances Barber in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
    Claire Bloom and Shashi Kapoor in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
    Wendy Gazelle and Ayub Khan-Din in Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
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    Shashi Kapoor
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    • Rafi Rahman
    Claire Bloom
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    • Rosie Hobbs
    Ayub Khan-Din
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    Magussi Shimanuki
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    • Director
      • Stephen Frears
    • Writer
      • Hanif Kureishi
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      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.
    • Quotes

      Sammy: How can things become so strange between a common couple?

    • Connections
      Referenced in There's Nothing Out There (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      My Girl
      Written by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson) and Ronald White (incorrectly named as Robert White)

      Performed by The Ghetto Lites

    User reviews9

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    9/10
    Story of What Love Really Entails
    I was turned onto this movie having loved this directors previous film "My Beautiful Lundrette" and this became no exception to S.Fears wonderful ability to create a surreal social climate around the films primary characters.

    Sammy is the two timing adulterous husband and Rosie is the cheating wife. They both know of the others affair's yet still can't seem to break off their marriage (a prime example of loving someone but not being in-love) of the two, Sammy wants most for them to "Love each other a Little more" as he state after finding out she recently slept with some guy who mysteriously shows up at his house after saving his father from the middle of a riot.

    Oh, the father is also an intricate part of the story. the father(Rafi) comes into S&R life on a whim, stating that "I have some past issues that I need to get away from". Wanting only to rekindle some kind of relationship with is estranged son, Rafi couldn't have come at a worse time. Amidst, a social revolt, a descending marriage and a past that haunts him in the form of a dead worker, that through Rafi's actions had a hand in killing. He becomes vital in the end of the movie (that I won't spoil) and teaches S&R that amongst all the problems they face, it's never to late to try to change and find the true meaning of love.

    A great film filled with great dialog and engaging characters
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    • Feb 3, 2005

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 30, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sammy und Rosie tun es
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Channel Four Films
      • Working Title Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,196,336
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $31,899
      • Nov 1, 1987
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,196,336
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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