Taglines: Some people talk. Some people listen. When you’re 107 and going strong, you do whatever you want.
Roommates movie storyline. In 1963 Pittsburgh, Rocky Holzcek is a cantankerous 77-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 in Columbus 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 and head to Pittsburgh where Michael begins his medical residency, while Rocky continues working as a baker. An illness forces Rocky to move back to Pittsburgh with his grandson and his wife, and Rocky warms up to Beth.
Seven years pass, and Rocky lives with Michael and Beth and their two children, as Michael has built himself a prominent medical career. However, when Beth is killed in an automobile accident, the old man once again comes to support his grandson in his time of need. At the end of the film, Rocky dies at the age of 107, knowing that his grandson is well, and that he has provided all the care that he could for him.
Roommates is a 1995 American comedy-drama film, starring Roommates, Roommates 1995, Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore, Ellen Burstyn, Jan Rubes, Joyce Reehling, Ernie Sabella, John Cunningham, Noah Fleiss and Lisa Davis, 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, including in the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, United States. Several scenes were filmed on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, including scenes near the Admissions House, the Dieter-Porter Life Science Building, and Old Main. The aging of Rocky (the Peter Falk character) through creative make-up earned the picture an Academy Award nomination.
Roommates (1995)
Directed by: Peter Yates
Starring: Peter Falk, D.B. Sweeney, Julianne Moore, Ellen Burstyn, Jan Rubes, Joyce Reehling, Ernie Sabella, John Cunningham, Noah Fleiss, Lisa Davis
Screenplay by: Max Apple, Stephen Metcalfe
Production Design by: Dan Bishop, Douglas Higgins
Cinematography by: Mike Southon
Film Editing by: Seth Flaum, John Tintori
Costume Design by: Linda Donahue
Set Decoration by: Dianna Freas
Art Direction by: Jefferson Sage
Music by: Elmer Bernstein
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, some sensuality and language.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: March 3, 1995
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