I Am Sam(Movie, 2001)

Name: I Am Sam
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001
Duration: T02:12:00
Rating: 3.8

| 2h 12min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 1,001 votes)

I Am Sam (stylized in all lowercase) is a 2001 American drama film co-written and directed by Jessie Nelson. It stars Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianne Wiest, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Richard Schiff, Loretta Devine and Laura Dern. Nelson and co-writer Kristine Johnson researched the issues facing adults with intellectual disabilities by visiting the non-profit organization L.A. GOAL (Greater Opportunities for the Advanced Living). They subsequently cast two actors with disabilities, Brad Silverman and Joe Rosenberg, in key roles. The film's title is derived fr... ()

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Awards & Nominations for I Am Sam

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor

About I Am Sam

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Los Angeles (California)

Plays in: Los Angeles (California)

Made by: New Line Cinema

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 30 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 04/05/2002 (World premiere: 12/28/2001)

Cast: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff, Laura Dern, Doug Hutchison, Elle Fanning, Ken Jenkins, Rosalind Chao, Wendy Phillips, Roma Maffia, Kimberly Scott

Director: Jessie Nelson

Producer: Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Richard Solomon

Screenwriter: Kristine Johnson

Film Editor: Richard Chew

Director of Photography: Elliot Davis

Composer: John Powell

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"不一样的爸爸"

"Yo Soy Sam"

"Yo Soy Sam [I Am Sam]"

"Sam je sui sam"

"아이엠샘"

"I Am Sam - A Força do Amor"

Keywords: father daughter relationship, childrens book, neurodiversity, social services, coffee shop manager, pizza hut, child custody, lawyer, foster parents, pro bono, locked door, mentally disabled, woman director

Budget: 22,000,000 USD

Revenue: 92,542,418 USD (= 421%)

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