TY - ADVS AU - Nelson,Jessie AU - Solomon,Richard AU - Herskovitz,Marshall AU - Zwick,Edward AU - Johnson,Kristine ED - New Line Cinema Corporation ED - Bedford Falls Productions ED - Red Fish Blue Fish Films (Firm) ED - New Line Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - I am sam: love is all you need SN - 0780638158 PY - 2002/// CY - [California] PB - New Line Home Entertainment KW - People with mental disabilities KW - Drama KW - Custody of children N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001; Editor, Richard Chew ; music, John Powell ; costume designer, Susie Desanto ; director of photography, Elliot Davis ; production designer, Aaron Osborne; Cast : Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Weist, Richard Schiff, Doug Hutchison, Loretta Devine, Laura Dern N2 - Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer 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 ER -