I am Sam

The Resource I am Sam
Label
I am Sam
Statement of responsibility
Avery Pix ; Bedford Falls Productions ; New Line Cinema ; Red Fish Blue Fish Films ; producers, Marshall Herskovitz, Jessie Nelson, Richard Solomon, Edward Zwick ; writers, Kristine Johnson & Jessie Nelson ; director, Jessie Nelson
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need
Member of
Additional physical form
Also issued on VHS.
Cataloging source
TEF
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Richard Chew ; music, John Powell
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13
Language note
Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning
Runtime
132
Series statement
New Line platinum series
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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