1. Movie Title
I Am Sam
2. Year of Production
2001 (Theatrical) 2002 (Home Video)
3. Feature Length
134 Minutes
4. Director
Jessie Nelson
5. Producers and Studio
Director/Producer Jessie Nelson, Executive Producer David Scott Rubin & Producers Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Richard Solomon.
New Line Home Entertainment
6. Major Character Cast
Sam Dawson played by Sean Penn
Rita Harrison played by Michelle Pfeiffer
Lucy Diamond Dawson played by Dakota Fanning
7. Brief Synopsis
Mentally disabled Sam Dawson is a single father fighting to keep custody of his daughter Lucy with the help of his pro-bono lawyer, Rita Harrison.
11. Comparative Information
The movie portrays Sam Dawson as a mentally deficient parent. The closest the movie, and any resource on it, came to giving an actual diagnosis of his condition is given by a judge in the film stating "
you have the mental capacity of a 7 year old." This movie revolves around Sam fighting......
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