I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)

I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)
by Jessie Nelson

I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)
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Actor: Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sean Penn
Director: Jessie Nelson
Brand: PENN,SEAN
Producer: Jessie Nelson
Writer: Jessie Nelson
Producer: Barbara A. Hall
Producer: Claire Rudnick Polstein
Producer: David Rubin
Producer: Edward Zwick
Writer: Kristine Johnson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-18
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: New Line Home Video

Movie Reviews of I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)

Movie Review: TOUCHING STORY
Summary: 5 Stars

STORY HOW A DISABLED MAN FIGHTS TO RETAIN CUSTODY OF HIS DAUGHTER. TEAR JERKER

Summary of I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)

Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn give career-defining performances in this humorous and heart-warming film about a mentally-challenged father who enlists the aid of a high-powered attorney to help him regain custody of his daughter. An all-star supporting cast and a spectacular soundtrack complete this unforgettable story of life, love and laughter.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Filmmaker Commentary - With Director / Co-screenwriter Jessie Nelson
DVD ROM Features:Script-to-Screen Link to Original Website Hot Spot
Deleted Scenes:Deleted and Alternate Scenes with optional Director commentary
Documentary:Original Documentary: Becoming Sam
Other:Theatrical Press Kit DTS sound
Theatrical Trailer


I Am Sam makes you laugh, cry, and recoil all at the same time. Perhaps no other film of recent memory has epitomized the shameless sentimentality of Hollywood as succinctly as director and screenwriter Jessie Nelson's story of a mentally challenged man fighting to retain custody of his 7-year-old daughter. Sam (Sean Penn), who has the mental age of 7, wipes down tables at a Los Angeles Starbucks and takes good care of his daughter Lucy, who was left with him shortly after birth by a homeless woman. Sam has gotten by just fine with a little help from his friends, including his eccentric neighbor (Diane Wiest) and a lovable group of similarly challenged friends, but a series of misunderstandings leaves Sam fighting to get Lucy back from the state. Sam's lawyer, Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), is an overly ambitious woman whose life is soon transformed by proximity to Sam's brimming humanity. Sean Penn is, as usual, wholeheartedly committed to his role and turns in an admirable, if overtly affected performance. However, I Am Sam, with all its earnest charm, reaches an emblematic low when Sam, a character apparently devoid of any authentic sentiment, delivers a courtroom speech memorized from Kramer vs. Kramer as the film's finale. --Fionn Meade

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