Summer of Sam (1999)

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R | 2 hr 22 mins | Drama, Biopic, Period | Released: 7/2/1999 |Box Office Total: $19.2M

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Synopsis:

It didn't get any hotter than the summer of 1977 in New York City. As temperatures soared into the hundreds things started to change in the city and it made everyone a little tense and crazy. Looters poured into the streets as a blackout plunged the city into drkness and fear; and a mysterious psychopath began gunning down random strangers in the night. As the media fueled fear and paranoia around 'Son of Sam', neighborhoods disintegrated, friends turned against each other, and trust turned into dread. As the atmosphere of a witch hunt for those who were not normal grew, porn star and punk rocker Pepe Valentine found himself under suspicion, and was nearly murdered by friends who suspected him of being the Son of Sam.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
7/2/1999

Studio	Credit
Touchstone Films	Studio
Director	Credit
Spike Lee	Director
Cast	Credit
John Turturro	of Harvey the Black Dog
John Leguizamo	Vinny
Adrien Brody	Ritchie
Mira Sorvino	Dionna
Jennifer Esposito	Ruby
Michael Rispoli	Joey T
Saverio Guerra	Woodstock
Brian Tarantina	Bobby Del Flore
Al Palagonia	Anthony
Ken Garito	Brian
Bebe Neuwirth	Gloria
Patti LuPone	Helen
Mike Starr	Eddie
Anthony LaPaglia	Detective Lou Petrocelli
Roger Guenveur Smith	Detective Curt Atwater
Ben Gazzara	Luigi
Joe Lisi	Tony Olives
James Reno	Crony
Arthur Nascarella	Mario
John Savage	Simon
Jimmy Breslin	Himself
Michael Badalucco	David Berkowitz
Spike Lee	John Jeffries
Lucia Grillo	Chiara
Nelson Vasquez	Officer Cruz
Darielle Gilad	Debbie Cadabra
Michael Harper	Raygun
Jessica Galbreath	Fire
Evan Cohen	Bite
George Tabb	Spider
Michael Imperioli	Midnight
Victor Colicchio	Chickie
Peter Maloney	Detective Timothy Dowd
Christopher Wynkoop	Sam Carr
Ernie Anastos	Anchorman
James W Jensen	Anchorman
Melba Tolliver	Anchorwoman
Phil Rizuto	Yankee Broadcaster
Reggie Jackson	Himself
Danielle Burgio	Girl in Parked Car
Lisa France	Girl in Parked Car
Peter Epstein	Chuckie
Jill Stokesberry	Rose
Joseph Lyle Taylor	Ron
Kim Director	Dee
Bill Raymond	Father Cadilli
Mildrid Clinton	Italian Woman at Murder Site
Emelise Aleandri	Italian Woman at Murder Site
Michael Sorvino	Bowler at Diner
Phil Campanella	Bowler No 2 at Diner
William H Burns	Officer
Ernest Mingione	Officer
Frank Fortunato	Doorman
Dan Zappin	Simon's Male Friend
Murielle Cohen	Simon's Female Friend
Christina Kolbe	Simon's Female Friend
Charlotte Colavin	Neighbor
Clayton Barber	Punk
Joie Lee	Bed Stuy Woman Interviewed
Rome Neal	Bed Stuy Man Interviewed
Mark Breland	Bed Stuy Man Interviewed
Susan Batson	Bed Stuy Woman Interviewed
Evander Holyfield	Man in Riot
Toneda Laiwan	Dot
Janet Paparazzo	Young Woman Shot by Son of Sam
Jodi Michelle Pynn	Young Woman Shot by Son of Sam
Jennifer S Badger	Woman Victim
Jeff DeRocker	Man in Car
Nick Oddo	Husband
Damien Achilles	Wounded Man
Joanne Lamstein	Woman in Car
Gabriel Barre	Johnny Nasso
Norman Douglass	Stunt Driver
Tara McNamee	Woman Victim
John Brown	Singer
Damian Branica	Bassisit
Lorne Behrman	Guitarist
Curtis Gove	Guitarist
James Baggs	Drummer
Rozie Bacchi	Brian's Girlfriend
Grace DeSena	Joe T's Girlfriend
Zoe Bournelis	Anthony's Girlfriend
Ashleigh Closs	Princess
Frank Cadillac	Patty aka Man with Weird Eyes
Daniel J Courtenay	Guitar Store Owner
Michael Prozzo	Rocco
Kathryn Hudd	Rocco's Girlfriend
Antonio Torres	Man Pulled from Car
Pamela Wehner	Lady at Block Party
Dionna Colicchio	Girl at Block Party
Victoria Galasso	Girl at Block Party
Danielle Tutelian	Girl at Block Party
Mario Macaluso	Italian Chef
Andrew Lasky	Officer Cruz Partner
Richard Paul	Detective with Decoy Dummy
Ray Carlson	Crime Scene Cop
Alexander J Vega	Bouncer
Steven Croft	Limo Driver
Mary Jo Todaro	Lady in Window
Jacqueline Margolis	Lady in Window
Iris Alten	Lady in Car Window
Valerie Mazzonelli	Lady with Dog
Hal Sherman	Arresting Detective
Nicholas Brown	Young Detective Petrocelli
Production Credits	Credit
Michael Imperioli	Executive Producer
Jon Kilik	Producer
Spike Lee	Producer
Jeri carroll-colicchio	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Opening Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Touchstone Pictures Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
FX	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Downtown Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Spike Lee	Screenplay
Victor Colicchio	Screenplay
Michael Imperioli	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Darryl A Smith	Accountant - payroll accountant
Jean Kalanzi	Assistant Accountant
Deb Dyer	Production Accountant
John B Finn	Post-Production Accountant
Carmen Rodriguez	Assistant Accountant
Sean Hogan	Assistant Accountant - post-production assistant accountant
Josh Schneider	Assistant Accountant - post-production accounting assistant
Art Department	Credit
Timothy Metzger	Leadman
Mark Selemon	Set Dresser - stand-by set dresser
Derrick Kardos	Art Department Coordinator - art department administrator
Charles E McCarry	Assistant Art Director
Nicholas Lundy	Art Director
Michael Greenblatt	Art Assistant
Diane Lederman	Set Decorator
Paul Cheponis	Assistant Set Decorator - assistant decorator
Therese DePrez	Production Designer
Harvey Goldberg	Set Dresser
Richard Tedesco	Art Assistant
Pamela Roy	Assistant Set Decorator - assistant decorator
Christina Tonkin	Assistant Set Decorator - assistant decorator
Sanjit De Silva	Art Assistant
Douglas Fetch	Set Dresser
Henry Kaplan	Set Dresser
Joanna Hartell	Set Dresser
Dana Neuwirth	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Winsome Sinclair	Extras Casting - extras casting director
Aisha Coley	Casting
Theron Smith	Extras Casting Assistant
Karen Gilman	Casting Director - associate casting director
Cherisse Gardner	Extras Casting - extras casting associate
Michael Alvarez	Extras Casting Assistant
Joanna Rodriguez	Extras Casting - extras casting coordinator
Jennifer Edwards	Extras Casting Assistant
Andrea Falco	Extras Casting Assistant
Ali Merhi	Extras Casting Assistant
Tuffy Questall	Extras Casting Assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Dawn Wolf	Craft Service
Dave Cerritos	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Anthony Moneforte	Craft Service - craft service assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Butch Robinson	Video - video operator
Ellen Kuras	Director of Photography
Braden Belmonte	Camera - camera loader
Don Ciana	Color Timer
Brian Carmichael	Camera Utility - video camera utility
Ray Perchke	Lighting Technician
Joe Trammell	Video Playback
Jeffery J Tufano	Camera Operator - "A" camera operator
Joe Violante	Dailies - dailies advisor
David C Lee	Photography - still photographer
Larry McConkey	Steadicam Operator
Carlos Omar Guerra	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 1st assistant
Chris Fielder	Film to Tape Transfer - transfer assistant
Andrea Dorman	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam 1st assistant
Peter Fernberger	Camera Operator
Peter G Hackman	Camera - stand-by camera scenic
James Shipley	Camera Utility - video camera utility
Leigh Rathner	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 2nd assistant
Costa Riccardo	Video - video archivist
Jim Belletier	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Richard Eliano	Camera Operator
Patrick Capone	Camera Operator
Zsolt Kadar	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 2nd assistant
Jody Williams	Camera Assistant - camera production assistant
Steven Drellich	Camera Operator
Management	Credit
Thomas Nousias	Manager - scenic shop manager
Music	Credit
Edward Simon	Music Performer - piano
Maisie Weissman	Music Editor
Isobel Griffiths	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
The Who	Song Performer
Eddie Cochran	Song
Linda Cohen	Music Coordinator
Alex Steyermark	Music Supervisor
Terence Blanchard	Music Conductor - score conductor
Terence Blanchard	Music
Terence Blanchard	Trumpet - trumpet solos
Maurice Murphy	Trumpet - trumpets
Jerry Capeheart	Song
ABBA	Song Performer
Alison Lacourse	Music - music assistant
Steve Wick	Music Performer - tuba
Lori Slomka	Music Editor
Anthony Pike	Music - bass clarinet
Heatwave	Song Performer
Benny Andersson	Song - songs
Andy Crowley	Trumpet - trumpets
Stephen Henderson	Music Performer - percussion
Julie Andrews	Music - bassoon
Stig Anderson	Song - songs
Machine	Song Performer
Frank Ricotti	Music Performer - percussion
Jay Weigel	Music - music preparation
Bjorn Ulvaeus	Song - songs
Gary Kettel	Music Performer - percussion
First Choice	Song Performer
Elvin Bishop	Song Performer
Wilf Gibson	Music Performer - violins
Rod Temperton	Song
Kevin Nance	Song
Roger Garland	Music Performer - violins
Roy Ayers	Song Performer
August Darnell	Song
Mike Starr	Song Performer
Peter Oxer	Music Performer - violins
Bruce Gray	Song
Rebecca Hirsch	Music Performer - violins
The Terence Blanchard Group	Song Performer
Talking Heads	Song Performer
Bruce Hawes	Song
Perry Montague-Mason	Music Performer - violins
Patrick Kiernan	Music Performer - violins
War	Song Performer
Elvin Bishop	Song
Chic	Song Performer
Roy Ayers	Song
Boguslav Kostecki	Music Performer - violins
Emlyn Singleton	Music Performer - violins
Edwin Birdsong	Song
Elton John	Song Performer
John Mercer	Song
Manon Derome	Music Performer - violins
Kiki Dee	Song Performer
Gillian Findlay	Music Performer - violins
Harold Arlen	Song
Michael Zager Band	Song Performer
MFSB	Song Performer
David Byrne	Song
Mike McMenemy	Music Performer - violins
John Bradbury	Music Performer - violins
LES Stitches	Song Performer
Chris Fantz	Song
Peter Brown	Song Performer
Martina Weymouth	Song
Eddie Roberts	Music Performer - violins
The Emotions	Song Performer
Vaughan Armon	Music Performer - violins
Sylvester Allen	Song
Harold Brown	Song
George Tabb	Song Performer
James McLeod	Music Performer - violins
Michael Harper	Song Performer
Benedict Cruft	Music Performer - violins
Morris Dickerson	Song
Dermot Crehan	Music Performer - violins
Evan Cohen	Song Performer
Leroy Jordan	Song
Charles W Miller	Song
Adrien Brody	Song Performer
Simon Fischer	Music Performer - violins
Jennifer Esposito	Song Performer
Lee Oskar	Song
Steven Levine	Music Performer - violins
Jessica Galbreath	Song Performer
Warren Zielinski	Music Performer - violins
Howard Scott	Song
Jerry Goldstein	Song
Darielle Gilad	Song Performer
Everton Nelson	Music Performer - violins
Grace Jones	Song Performer
Mark Berrow	Music Performer - violins
Bernard Edwards	Song
Nile Rodgers	Song
Cathy Thompson	Music Performer - violins
Marvin Gaye	Song Performer
Antonia Fuchs	Music Performer - violins
Thelma Houston	Song Performer
Ann Orson	Song
Frank Sinatra	Song Performer
Carte Blanche	Song
Mike DeSaulles	Music Performer - violins
Jonathan Strange	Music Performer - violins
Michael Zager	Song
Julian Leaper	Music Performer - violins
Alvin Fields	Song
Gillian Cohen	Music Performer - violins
Kenny Gamble	Song - songs
Leon Huff	Song - songs
Curt Gove	Song
James Boggs	Song
John Brown	Song
Damian Branica	Song
Lorne Behrman	Song
Peter Brown	Song
Robert Rans	Song
Maurice White	Song
Albert Phillip McKay	Song
George Tabb	Song
Michael Harper	Song
Evan Cohen	Song
Louiguy	Song
Edith Piaf	Song
Mack David	Song
Marvin Gaye	Song
Bob Gaudio	Song
Bill Crandall	Song
Bill Dalton	Song
Tom Austin	Song
Ekundayo Paris	Song
Nelson Pigford	Song
Barry White	Song
Pete Townshend	Song - songs
Cary Gilbert	Song
Fred Ebb	Song
John Kander	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Jay Carrado	Stunts
Jeffrey Ward	Stunt Coordinator
Roy Farfel	Stunts
Jeremy Frey	Stunts
Chuck Jeffreys	Stunts
David Lomax	Stunts
Tara McNamee	Stunts
Elliot Santiago	Stunts
Keith Siglinger	Stunts
Manny Siverio	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Gaston Pierre	Location Assistant
Ben McCrea	Location Scout
John Kilik	Production Manager
Oronde E Giddings	Location Coordinator - location department coordinator
Andrea Greer	Script Supervisor
Jay Cannold	Production Supervisor
Betty Chin	Production Coordinator
Colin Cumberbatch	Assistant Production Coordinator
Miles Ferguson	Post-Production Supervisor
Mike Ellis	Assistant Director
Carey DePalma	Assistant Location Manager - assistant location supervisor
Seth Burch	Assistant Location Manager - assistant location supervisor
Natalie Arango	Location Coordinator - location department coordinator
Tracey Hinds	Assistant Director
John Verni	Location Assistant
Sam Verni	Location Assistant
Roger McDonald Lee	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Michael Pinkney	Assistant Director - additional 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Evelyn Santana	Publicity - assistant publicist
Jackie Bazan	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Glenfield Payne	Sound Effects Editor
Rolf Pardula	Sound Mixer
Kenton Jakub	ADR Editor
Kevin Lee	Sound Editor
George A. Lara	Foley - foley engineer
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
David Boulton	ADR - ADR engineer
Ben Cheah	Foley Editor
Dave Flynch	Assistant Sound Editor
Blake Leyh	Sound Designer
Tom Fleischman	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Stuart Deutsch	Boom Operator
Geoff Foster	Sound Mixer - score recorder & mixer
Gina Alfano	ADR Editor
Andrew Kris	Foley Editor
Kristen M Johnson	Assistant Sound Editor
Deborah Li Lavois	ADR Editor - assistant ADR editor
Tim O'Shea	Foley Editor
Jennifer Ralston	Foley Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Betsy Asher Hall	Effects Supervisor - CG supervisor
Chad Merriam	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Raymond Mapps	Graphics - choreographic coordinator
Steven Kirschoff	Special Effects Coordinator
Donald Robinson	Graphic Designer
Todd Shifflett	Visual Effects Supervisor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Michael Tavares	Wardrobe Supervisor
Monica Kitchen	Wardrobe - wardrobe coordinator
Michelle Johnson	Hair Stylist - key hair stylist
Kimberly Gray	Wardrobe Assistant - wardrobe production assistant
Anita Gibson	Makeup - key makeup
Richard Owings	Assistant Costume Designer
Ruth E Carter	Costume Designer
Joseph Campayno	Makeup Artist
Jordanna Fineberg	Costumes - key costumer
Leonard Drake	Hair Stylist - key hair stylist
Margot Boccia	Makeup - Mira Sorvino's makeup
Darlene Jackson	Wardrobe Supervisor
Azan Kung	Assistant Costume Designer
Paul A Simmons Jr	Costumes - key costumer
Michael Alan Stein	Assistant Costume Designer
Anthony Gueli	Hair Stylist
Yolanda Carter	Costumes - costumer
Pashelle Clayton-Robinson	Costumes - costumer
Yvens DeThelismond	Assistant Costume Designer
Maria Font	Costumes - costumer
Yvette Stapleton	Costumes - costumer

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