I Am Sam (2001)
Love is all you need.
132 min
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.
- Release date
- December 3, 2001
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $22,000,000
- Box office
- $92,542,418
Trailer
Cast
- Sean Penn as Sam Dawson
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Rita
- Dakota Fanning as Lucy
- Dianne Wiest as Annie
- Loretta Devine as Margaret Calgrove
- Richard Schiff as Turner
- Laura Dern as Randy Carpenter
- Brad Silverman as Brad
- Joseph Rosenberg as Joe
- Stanley DeSantis as Robert
Crew
- Jessie Nelson · Director
- Kristine Johnson · Writer
- Jessie Nelson · Writer
- Marshall Herskovitz · Producer
- Jessie Nelson · Producer
- Richard Solomon · Producer
- Edward Zwick · Producer
- John Powell · Composer
- Elliot Davis · Cinematographer
- Richard Chew · Editor
- Mary Gail Artz · Casting director
- Barbara Cohen · Casting director
- Aaron Osborne · Production designer