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

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• 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

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• 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)

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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