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Quick Info

Rating

6.5/10

Release1999

Runtime2h 22m

StatusReleased

Budget$22,000,000

Revenue$19,288,130

Production

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Touchstone Pictures

Movie

Summer of Sam

1999

2h 22m

6.5

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Synopsis

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

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