Roommates

Roommates
Promotional movie poster
Directed by	Peter Yates
Produced by	Robert W. Cort Ted Field Scott Kroopf
Written by	Max Apple Stephen Metcalfe
Starring	Peter Falk D.B. Sweeney Julianne Moore Jan Rubes Frankie Faison
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Mike Southon
Editing by	Seth Flaum John Tintori
Distributed by	Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s)	March 3, 1995
Running time	108 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$22,000,000 (estimated)

Roommates is a 1995 film, starring Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney and Julianne Moore, directed by Peter Yates. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. The film was marketed with the tagline "Some people talk. Some people listen. When you're 107 and going strong, you do whatever you want." It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Plot summary

Rocky Holzcek is a cantankerous 76-year-old Polish-American baker who insists, despite relatives' protests, upon adopting his young grandson Michael when the boy's parents pass away. Twenty years later, Michael is a medical student who's forced to take his still-spry grandfather when the old man is evicted from his apartment building. Although the crusty, outspoken Rocky gets along with his Chinese college roommates, he is less enthused about his grandson's girlfriend, Beth. Eventually, Michael and Beth marry, move away and have children, while Rocky continues working as a baker, passing the age of 100. When a tragedy befalls Michael and his kids, the old man once again comes to his grandson's rescue, but even a force of nature like Rocky can't last forever.

Main cast

External links

• Roommates at the Internet Movie Database
• Roommates at Allmovie

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