Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (Original title)The Fuck (Working title)
Dates: 1987 (Copyright), 30 October 1987 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Film tells the story of Sammy, the hedonistic, thoroughly English son of a prominent Asian politician who abandoned the young man and his mother in London years before to seek wealth and power in his homeland, and the effect the father's return has on the family.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Ethnic communities
Releases
Date: 30 October 1987Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9047 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: January 1988Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9047 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Palace Pictures
Date: July 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: The Waste Land revisitedArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Exploration of the view that T.S. Eliot's poem is the key to the film's vision.
In: Bazaar n4 Spring 1988 Page: 16
Title: Sammy and Rosie get laidAuthor: NAIDOO, Sandeep Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Films and Filming n400 January 1988 Pages: 34-35
Title: [Films and Filming - n400 January 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Time Out n908 13 Jan 1988 Pages: 14-15
Title: [Time Out - n908 13 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Roland Gift.
In: The Listener v119 n3046 21 Jan 1988 Page: 30
Title: [The Listener - v119 n3046 21 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Positif n326 April 1988 Pages: 66-67
Title: Les FilmsAuthor: BOURGET, Jean-Loup Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: City Limits n328 14 Jan 1988 Page: 22
Title: [City Limits - n328 14 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Roland Gift.
In: City Limits n329 21 Jan 1988 Pages: -
Title: [City Limits - n329 21 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Time Out n909 20 Jan 1988 Pages: -
Title: [Time Out - n909 20 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v55 n648 January 1988 Pages: 20-21
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v55 n648 January 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Cinéaste v16 n3 1988 Pages: 40-41
Title: [Cinéaste - v16 n3 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n652/653 14 May 1988 Page: 50
Title: [Screen International - n652/653 14 May 1988: no known title]Language: English
Description: Report on the financing of the film.
In: Screen International n591 14 Mar 1987 Page: 16
Title: [Screen International - n591 14 Mar 1987: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Screen International n622 17 Oct 1987 Page: 1
Title: [Screen International - n622 17 Oct 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Title may have to change for North American exhibition, as many newspapers are refusing to accept ads for the film.
In: Screen International n624 31 Oct 1987 Page: 19
Title: [Screen International - n624 31 Oct 1987: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v299 n29 27 Oct 1987 Page: 3,82
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v299 n29 27 Oct 1987: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Bazaar n3 Winter 1987 Page: 9
Title: [Bazaar - n3 Winter 1987: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n600 16 May 1987 Page: 17
Title: [Screen International - n600 16 May 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Production report.
In: Variety 16 Sep 1987 Page: 12,122
Title: [Variety - 16 Sep 1987: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v57 n1 Winter 1987/88 Pages: 65-66
Title: [Sight and Sound - v57 n1 Winter 1987/88: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n593 28 Mar 1987 Page: 28
Title: [Screen International - n593 28 Mar 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Notes.
In: Screen International n574 15 Nov 1986 Page: 12
Title: [Screen International - n574 15 Nov 1986: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note
Author: BRILL, Lesley Pages: vi, 256 pages
Title: Hanif Kureishi
Author: Fischer, Susan Alice Pages: xvi, 175 pages
Title: Hybride Formen: new British cinema - television drama - hypermedia
Author: KREWANI, Angela Pages: 356 p.
Title: British cinema in the 1980s: issues and themes
Author: Hill, John Pages: ix-xiv, 261p.
Title: Hanif Kureishi: post-colonial storyteller
Author: KALETA, Kenneth C Pages: 293p.
Title: Sammy and Rosie get laid: the script and the diary
Author: KUREISHI, Hanif Pages: 127p
Dates: 1987 (Copyright), 30 October 1987 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Film tells the story of Sammy, the hedonistic, thoroughly English son of a prominent Asian politician who abandoned the young man and his mother in London years before to seek wealth and power in his homeland, and the effect the father's return has on the family.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Ethnic communities
Releases
Date: 30 October 1987Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9047 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: January 1988Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9047 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Palace Pictures
Date: July 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(22)
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v17 n2 1989 Pages: 91-94Title: The Waste Land revisitedArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Exploration of the view that T.S. Eliot's poem is the key to the film's vision.
In: Bazaar n4 Spring 1988 Page: 16
Title: Sammy and Rosie get laidAuthor: NAIDOO, Sandeep Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Films and Filming n400 January 1988 Pages: 34-35
Title: [Films and Filming - n400 January 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Time Out n908 13 Jan 1988 Pages: 14-15
Title: [Time Out - n908 13 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Roland Gift.
In: The Listener v119 n3046 21 Jan 1988 Page: 30
Title: [The Listener - v119 n3046 21 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Positif n326 April 1988 Pages: 66-67
Title: Les FilmsAuthor: BOURGET, Jean-Loup Article type: CreditsLanguage: French
In: City Limits n328 14 Jan 1988 Page: 22
Title: [City Limits - n328 14 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Interview with Roland Gift.
In: City Limits n329 21 Jan 1988 Pages: -
Title: [City Limits - n329 21 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Time Out n909 20 Jan 1988 Pages: -
Title: [Time Out - n909 20 Jan 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v55 n648 January 1988 Pages: 20-21
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v55 n648 January 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Cinéaste v16 n3 1988 Pages: 40-41
Title: [Cinéaste - v16 n3 1988: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n652/653 14 May 1988 Page: 50
Title: [Screen International - n652/653 14 May 1988: no known title]Language: English
Description: Report on the financing of the film.
In: Screen International n591 14 Mar 1987 Page: 16
Title: [Screen International - n591 14 Mar 1987: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Screen International n622 17 Oct 1987 Page: 1
Title: [Screen International - n622 17 Oct 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Title may have to change for North American exhibition, as many newspapers are refusing to accept ads for the film.
In: Screen International n624 31 Oct 1987 Page: 19
Title: [Screen International - n624 31 Oct 1987: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v299 n29 27 Oct 1987 Page: 3,82
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v299 n29 27 Oct 1987: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Bazaar n3 Winter 1987 Page: 9
Title: [Bazaar - n3 Winter 1987: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n600 16 May 1987 Page: 17
Title: [Screen International - n600 16 May 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Production report.
In: Variety 16 Sep 1987 Page: 12,122
Title: [Variety - 16 Sep 1987: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v57 n1 Winter 1987/88 Pages: 65-66
Title: [Sight and Sound - v57 n1 Winter 1987/88: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n593 28 Mar 1987 Page: 28
Title: [Screen International - n593 28 Mar 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Notes.
In: Screen International n574 15 Nov 1986 Page: 12
Title: [Screen International - n574 15 Nov 1986: no known title]Language: English
Description: Note
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
Title: ironic filmmaking of Stephen FrearsAuthor: BRILL, Lesley Pages: vi, 256 pages
Title: Hanif Kureishi
Author: Fischer, Susan Alice Pages: xvi, 175 pages
Title: Hybride Formen: new British cinema - television drama - hypermedia
Author: KREWANI, Angela Pages: 356 p.
Title: British cinema in the 1980s: issues and themes
Author: Hill, John Pages: ix-xiv, 261p.
Title: Hanif Kureishi: post-colonial storyteller
Author: KALETA, Kenneth C Pages: 293p.
Title: Sammy and Rosie get laid: the script and the diary
Author: KUREISHI, Hanif Pages: 127p