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Summer of Sam

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Summer of Sam
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R,2hrs 22min
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July 2, 1999
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Touchtone Pictures
Synopsis: In the summer of 1977, a serial killer who called himself Son of Sam (real name David Berkowitz) held New York City in terror as he went on a killing spree, periodically writing letters to New York's media in which he took full responsibility for the murders and made clear that he intended to kill again. Spike Lee's Summer of Sam deals in part with this crime spree, but it mostly looks back at the fearful impact of his crimes on New York's collective consciousness. Vinny and Dionna (John Leguizamo ... Full Synopsis
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Lee has a wealth of material here, and the film tumbles through it with exuberance. Full Review
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67
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out of 100
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