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Title: I am Sam


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I am Sam
  • Love is all you need

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  • Starring
  • Sean Penn
  • The Interpreter (2005)
  • The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
  • 21 Grams (2003)
  • Mystic River (2003, won the Oscar as Best
    Actor)
  • And many others

3
  • Dakota Fanning
  • War of the Worlds
    (2005)
  • Michelle Pfeiffer
  • Chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 most
    beautiful people in the world for 6 times

4
  • Awards
  • Nominated for Oscar ( Best Actor in the
    leading role)
  • Another 7 wins 7 nominations ( e.g. Best
    Actor, Best young actress, Outstanding new
    talent)

5
Plot
  • 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.

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Plot
  • 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

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Plot
  • 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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Key Words
  • Mentally retarded
  • Intellectual / Mental Capacity
  • The Department of Child and Family Services
  • Custody hearing
  • Pro bono
  • Beatles
  • John Lennon
  • Starbucks
  • YWCA
  • Foster
  • Adoption
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