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I Am Sam (2001)
Directed by Jessie Nelson
“Love is all you need.”
Drama · 2h 12m
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
Cast
Sean Penn
Sam Dawson
Michelle Pfeiffer
Rita Harrison Williams
Dianne Wiest
Annie Cassell
Dakota Fanning
Lucy Diamond Dawson
Richard Schiff
Mr. Turner
Loretta Devine
Margaret Calgrove
Marin Hinkle
Patricia
Laura Dern
Randy Carpenter
Brad Silverman
Brad
J
Joseph Rosenberg
Joe
Stanley DeSantis
Robert
Doug Hutchison
Ifty
Crew
- Director
- Jessie Nelson
- Screenplay
- Jessie Nelson, Kristine Johnson
- Director of Photography
- Elliot Davis
- Original Music Composer
- John Powell
- Editor
- Richard Chew
- Producer
- Jessie Nelson, Edward Zwick, Richard Solomon, Marshall Herskovitz
Details
- Release date
- 2001-12-28
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, Germany
- Production
- New Line Cinema, Bedford Falls Productions, Red Fish, Blue Fish Films, "Sam" Productions
- Budget
- $22,000,000
- Box office
- $92,542,418