I Am Sam
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, Richard Schiff, Loretta Devine and Laura Dern.
Plot
In 1993, Sam Dawson, a Starbucks barista with an intellectual disability, becomes the single father of Lucy Diamond Dawson, named after the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", following her abandonment by her mother, a homeless woman with whom Sam had sex, who had no interest in having her. Sam is well-adjusted and has a supportive group of friends with disabilities as well as a kind, agoraphobic neighbor, Annie, who takes care of Lucy when Sam cannot.
Awards
More details
| author | Kristine Johnson |
|---|---|
| award | Producers Guild Stanley Kramer Award |
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Jessie Nelson |
| editor | Richard Chew |
| events | autism |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | agoraphobia agoraphobic association football beatles child custody disabled end foster care foster family foster home foster parents group of friends intellectual disability lose love lucy in the sky with diamonds mother figure pro bono question run away single father soccer starbucks the beatles song |
| musicBy | John Powell |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| producer | Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz |
| productionCompany | Bedford Falls Productions |
| publisher | New Line Cinema |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles |