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Summer of Sam

starring: Michael Badalucco, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Esposito, Ken Garito, Ben Gazzara

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SORVINO,MIRA
EAN: 9780788818189
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 078881818X
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 21, 1999
Running Time: 142 minutes
Sales Rank: 15548
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 02, 1999



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Product Description:
All of the events of the infamous new york city summer of 77 are seen mostly through the eyes of vinny a philandering bronx hairdresser. Until that summer vinny sees himself as king of the old neighborhood hes a disco king drives a nice car has the respect of his old buddies and a beautiful wife. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 10/07/1999 Starring: John Leguizamo Adrien Brody Run time: 142 minutes Rating: R Director: Spike Lee

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It's important to note that Spike Lee's drama is not titled Son of Sam. Summer of Sam doesn't chronicle the killer as much as the times: the blistering hot summer of 1977 when the Big Apple's psyche was taken hostage by the lone gunman. We spot the killer (Michael Badalucco) in his mad ramblings, but the film centers on two friends from the Bronx: Vinny and Ritchie (John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody). Vinny and his wife, Dionna (Mira Sorvino), bury a bad marriage (he cheats at a drop of a hat) in the disco halls of the area. Ritchie returns to the neighborhood sporting punk hair, punk clothes, and a British accent that immediately infuriates the neighborhood boys oozing far too much testosterone. Cops, local mob leaders, and the guys on the street all have ideas who the killer is; neighborhood loners to Reggie Jackson (in the midst of World Series heroism) are on their misguided lists of suspects. When the film looks at how the citizens faced the fearful times, Lee scores with his energetic camerawork and pop soundtrack. Yet the film is banal in its domestic dramatics. The film takes large detours into Vinny's home sex life (stagnant) and Ritchie's extracurricular activities. One of the marriage arguments--though real and well acted--is so long and cliché-ridden you wonder if someone fell asleep in the editing booth. Add the point-blank killings and nonstop vulgarity and you have Lee's most unpleasant film. --Doug Thomas



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - One of the WORST,most worthless films ever made
A hateful, unwatchable abortion of a movie--Who green-lighted this piece of trash and WHY? Awful story, ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Weird
The movie is not what I expected it to be. Nope, not at all.


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - A Spike Lee Junk
Spike Lee retreads the same old thing - a film with stereotypical Black and Italian-American "types" in ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - S.O.S.
This film, for the most part is great, everything except for the scene that involves an orgy. For the most ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - One of the trashiest movies I've ever seen
Spike Lee gets the feel and the look of the late 70s down pat, but this movie ultimately fails as either a ... Read More

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