I am Sam [videorecording] : [love is all you need] / Bedford Falls Company ; New Line Cinema ; Red Fish, Blue Fish Films ; produced by Marshall Herskovitz, Jessie Nelson, Richard Solomon, Edward Zwick ; writers by Kristine Johnson & Jessie Nelson ; directed by Jessie Nelson.
Formatted to fit your TV. Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: June 18, 2002. Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Summary:
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks and is obsessed with the Beatles. He has a daughter with a homeless woman; she abandons them as soon as they leave the hospital. He names his daughter Lucy Diamond (after the Beatles song), and raises her. But as she reaches age 7 herself, Sam's limitations start to become a problem at school; she's intentionally holding back to avoid looking smarter than him. The authorities take her away, and Sam shames high-priced lawyer Rita Harrison into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.
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